Recovery Around the World Together Around the OA Global Campfire Disparate yet one. Broken, but being made whole in the telling. Huddled around the campfire of our hearts. Finding a commona…
Unity Day Protecting the Gift On the last Saturday in February, just before 2:30 p.m. EST, a group of OA intergroup members and guests formed a circle. On…
Unity Day Lighting the Day Last February 28, about thirty-five OA members joined together at Milwaukee’s Dewey Center to honor the Principle of unity w…
Let's Meet at Convention Empty Chairs, Full Heart I sat at the table waiting for someone to show up for the meeting. No one came. I’d felt angry before, but tonight was diffe…
Recovery Around the World From Me to We When I first came to the program of Overeaters Anonymous, I found out I wasn’t alone; there were lots of people who had the …
Abstinence Directions to Follow Abstinence is the most important thing in my life without exception. Because of the seriousness of this disease, I don’t foo…
Abstinence All My Affairs I sit here at 1:00 in the morning; I just finished some work on my latest job. I’m not irritable, restless, or even resentfu…
Steps Dodging Curveballs When life throws me a curveball, I work the Twelve Steps around it. Today is a fitting example. I realized a large part of m…
Abstinence Nights Free Nighttime was always hardest for me when it came to overeating. Before OA, the only tool I had was to starve myself througho…
Higher Power Spirituality 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 s…
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