Service Remember Small Towns By the grace of God and the miracle of Overeaters Anonymous, I currently have over thirteen years of continuous abstinence a…
Higher Power Spiritual Action Plan Today I’ll walk the spiritual path by using an action plan. I will: Think of others. This relieves me of the “bondage of sel…
Newcomers Principle Assets I received a short-notice invitation to go to Nashville for the SOAR8 (Region Eight) Recovery Convention so I packed my bag,…
Steps Step 3: Power Surge At my home meeting, a member shared a story about wanting a specific food and not being able to stop herself from going to b…
Traditions Tradition 3: Desire and Beyond Many a member has said that if the requirements for membership in OA were more stringent than “a desire to stop eating compu…
Service Is There More? I have been in program for more than twenty-three years. I came in to prove to my doctor that OA, like everything else I’d t…
Relapse New Beginning When I came back to OA in 2005, I was in yet another relapse, with much weight gain, physical misery, and emotional and spir…
Recovery Inside Life (at the Convention) From the time I was a preteen struggling with weight and food, I thought I would always be on the outside of life, looking i…
Recovery Convention-al Wisdom As I planned to attend a regional convention, my hope was to grasp a nugget of information that would ignite and excite me t…
Recovery Finally Home I am 62 years old and a recovering anorexic and bulimic. After suffering from this disease since the age of 15, I reached my…
How OA Changed My Life Recovery True Freedom When a fellow OA member suggested I reflect on what true freedom looks like for me, I discovered I could probably write a book. Before OA, I truly felt I already had it in the form of a solid career, … Read More
Higher Power Spirituality Stepping-Stones, Nuggets, and Gems Spirituality is the solution to our problem of powerlessness, and we find this solution in the Twelve Step program of recovery. I’ve experienced three stepping-stones in this process: Amen, Amends, Am… Read More
The Road Narrows My twenty-ninth birthday in OA is approaching, and it is cause for renewed reflection about my program. I spoke to my sponsor a week ago and mentioned to her that I was thinking of not taking a candle this year. Other OA members on their birthdays pitch about life changes: weddings, kids, jobs, financial gain, or acquisition of cars. I … Read More
Share It: Powerful Shares, Joyful Reading, Pages and Prayers Powerful Shares I wanted to share how sad I am to hear about the discontinuation of Lifeline. It has literally been a lifeline to me. I am one of the ones who answered your 2018 subscription appeal, and I recently renewed my subscription and will cherish every last issue. Thank you for the articles about “The Joys of Retreats and … Read More
Recovery Beyond Measure In a few days, I will celebrate thirty-eight years of recovery in OA. Today my goal is health, sanity, and wellness, not a size 8. Physically, my body has been a normal size for many years. G-d has removed the compulsion for what I call “the hard stuff”—the stuff you see at the grocery checkout counter. I have reached a … Read More