Recovery Worldwide Wonder I came into OA twenty-nine years ago, weighing over 171 pounds (78 kg). I had stopped weighing three months before, but I wa…
Service Virtual Service I am a compulsive overeater from Brazil, and I have so much gratitude for virtual meetings. I am alive because one night in …
Service Calling In I started calling into an OA Steps and Traditions study meeting in April 2015, after I made a service commitment to find mee…
Abstinence Half a World Away When I lived in Lithuania, which had no OA groups at the time, staying connected to my OA group in Montana helped me maintai…
Abstinence Phone Connection I have been a compulsive eater since birth, seventy-six years ago. I first came to OA thirty-seven years ago, and though not…
Abstinence Make It by Phone It was a rainy evening, and I was tired and unmotivated. I did not relish the thought of taking my daughter home, grabbing d…
Recovery Online Recovery I was working more than sixty hours a week when I returned to program after years of relapse. Most of the meetings I could a…
Service Forever Grateful I decided to try phone meetings and to commit to ninety meetings in ninety days after hearing an OA member speak about them.…
Service Telephone Dream This Monday around 6:45 a.m., I dreamed that I was at an OA telephone meeting with more than one hundred other people. A del…
Recovery How Far I’ve Come I’ve come from being a screaming, hitting mother to a calm, effective grandmother. From a yo-yoing binger and dieter to an a…
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