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 with a candlelight ceremony. All around the world OA members were celebrating Unity Day in their own ways. Our local Unity Day focused on Principles, Steps, Traditions, and promises. The Milwaukee Area Intergroup provided a setting with a spiral of unlit candles … Read More
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 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
Atheists & Agnostics An Atheist in OA I am writing to share my experience as an atheist in OA. I feel disappointed by the lack of articles written by atheists, particularly articles that don’t end with the author finding faith in God. Even the Big Book’s chapter “To the Agnostic” (Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th. ed., pp. 44–57) encourages nonbelievers to try believing in God. I assert that it’s … Read More