Recovery Relationships Finding Support By admin Posted on June 1, 2018 3 min read 0 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Reddit Share on Pinterest Share on Linkedin Share on Tumblr I came into OA on May 31, 2013, fearful, bitter, angry, resentful, and worried about everything. When the Twelve Steps were read at my first meeting, I heard the First Step and thought, “How could this group of people possibly know me?” My life was unmanageable. I was on family leave to provide constant care to my husband. I was eating myself to death since I was bitter, angry, and lonely—and any other excuse I could come up with to eat everything in sight. At the first meeting, I told the group I would stop bingeing, and with the help of my Higher Power, I have been able to keep that promise. Our daughter, age 35, died from an accidental drug overdose three months before my husband passed away in January 2014, at the age of 70. The OA groups gave me support and love with no judgments. I continue to feel support from the groups. I work the Twelve Steps every day. Sometimes honesty is hard to face, but I learn from each of the challenges that come my way. I reach out to people in the OA groups to give them support and love too. Another one of my compulsive behaviors is wanting to be perfect in everything I do. I am learning this is a behavior I need to work on as I continue in the program. I keep telling myself that progress, not perfection, is the word of the day. My thanks goes out to the OA organization for the help, love, and support it gives to each person who wants to recover from compulsive overeating. If you work the Steps and keep coming back, the program does work. — Susan W., Flagstaff, Arizona USA
