How OA Changed My Life The Dress Fits When I read “My Favorite Color” in the July 2015 Lifeline, my heart lifted. I too want to share the joy of living and the fr…
How OA Changed My Life One Day at a Time After some years in another recovery program, I discovered I had substituted food for the alcohol I was no longer drinking. …
Slipping & Sliding Four Decades On January 19, 2016, I will enjoy forty years of recovery in Overeaters Anonymous. On that day, the fifty-sixth anniversary …
How OA Changed My Life Not According to Plan Before OA, I was living and keeping busy, but my eating and weight were not in control. I felt hopeless, thinking I would ne…
How OA Changed My Life Growing Up in OA No one comes to a Twelve Step program on an upswing, and I was no exception. I was overweight and felt certain foods were th…
Relapse & Recovery Here for a Reason Before March 2014, my life was full of self-hatred, fear, and isolation. I took the phone off the hook and ate all day and n…
How OA Changed My Life A Gift Without Measure I came to my first OA meeting in January 2008. I was obese, angry, unhappy, and scared. My father was abusive, my mother was…
How OA Changed My Life Oh is One Syllable Driving to my OA meeting this morning, I felt a sense of calm about this past week. An authority figure had made an inapprop…
How OA Changed My Life Feeling Good I have been thinking about how proficient I was at feeling bad, and how I am now learning to feel good. My food compulsion s…
Atheists & Agnostics Something Like Physics I am a member of OA who is successfully working the program, and I am an atheist, or maybe an agnostic, but I’m not concerne…
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