How OA Changed My Life OA Found Me Prior to entering Overeaters Anonymous in September 2004, I was a 25-year-old woman who could not break free of the binge an…
Newcomers Losses and Gains I’ve lost 40 pounds (18 kg) in a little over a year. I’ve made it; I weigh slightly less than my goal weight. But I have the…
Ask-It Basket What is the source of the OA Promise? I haven’t been able to find it in the OA Twelve and Twelve or Overeaters Anonymous, Third Edition. The OA Promise, which beg…
Journal Questions For Discussion and Journaling How has OA changed your life? Is your recovery new enough that you are just now finding sanity with food, or has your recove…
Newcomers Fortune Telling Who would have thought, when I entered my first OA meeting six months ago, that my life was going to change in every conceiv…
Higher Power God Shows Up While I was raised with a concept of God, I used to wonder how God could exist in the chaos and fat that surrounded my life.…
Service Service That Helps As part of my OA service, I have the privilege of reviewing articles for upcoming issues of Lifeline. I just finished readin…
Steps Step 1: Always a Beginner When I came into OA, I met a longtimer I particularly admired. She was slender and energetic. She shared wisdom and love wit…
Traditions Tradition 1: No One Answer “I really believe that the solution to most of the problems that confront us today is to be found in growth, individually an…
OA Responsibility Pledge One Main Reason I volunteered to write Lifeline about OA’s Responsibility Pledge, but when I started thinking about my stories on this topic…
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