Share It Relatable Insight By admin Posted on January 1, 2019 2 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 could relate so much to “OA Is Ready When You Are” (September 2018), especially these parts: “Just because I’m not thin does not mean I’m not abstinent or that the program isn’t working.” “I think it’s a mistake to focus too much on physical recovery.” “Before OA, I was crazy and unbalanced.” “I thought the rest of the world saw someone fat, unattractive, unworthy, unacceptable. Today I know that’s not what the world saw. I never was that person. No one is that person. Those thoughts were created and fueled by my own inability to accept myself.” “I don’t have a perfect body, but I can still love and accept myself (and consider myself lovable).” My own weight is slowly going down. For me, the main gift is that I stopped gaining. I feel more balanced. Laughter has returned to my life. In the mirror, I like what I see looking back at me. For years, I felt like a failure in program because I didn’t have “perfect abstinence.” I finally got it that there is no such thing; not for me, anyway. I keep coming back. I fear what will happen if I don’t. As the saying goes, it works if you work it! Thank you for writing and sharing your insightful article with Lifeline. — V. J., Traverse City, Michigan USA