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Tradition Two: For our group purpose, there is but one ultimate authority–a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern. I don’t know about you, but I just love running the show, being in charge, telling other people what to do. When […]

Tradition Three in Overeaters Anonymous tells us: The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop eating compulsively. When I attended my first few meetings, I heard people talking about abstinence and, in some cases, abstaining from certain foods and eating behaviors. I was appalled. I had spent a lifetime dieting and restricting as […]

Alone in the dark How did I get here? Again I didn’t want to Yet here I am Again Every day I wake up I say “not tonight” Every night I’m here Again Self loathing Obese Isolated Body Aches Again Then I met you I act “as if” I write to you I hit my […]

A man arrives at a bus stop, and while waiting, he notices two men working in the center divider of the road. He watches the first man dig a hole about three feet deep, then move down about 4 feet and digs another one. Meantime the second man fills the first hole up with the […]

Acceptance is the inner realization that all is well despite outward appearances. All problems are arguments with reality. Happiness doesn’t come from getting what I want – it comes from wanting what I already have. Serenity isn’t freedom from the storm; it is peace within the storm. Acceptance is Not Arguing with Reality. Acceptance is […]

This obsession – always thinking, planning, wishing to be thin, beautiful. This obsession is the way I hate myself: the way I look, the way I am, who I am. When I attack my body, I attack my soul, my Inner Self. My soul fills me like water fills a sponge, Reaching everywhere, Even into […]

In working Overeaters Anonymous’ Twelve-Step program of recovery from compulsive overeating, we have found that a number of tools are available to assist us. The Tools of Recovery, p1 When I showed up at my first meeting, I didn’t have any idea what to expect. It was the basement of a church, and the meeting […]

Step One: We admitted we were powerless over food — that our lives had become unmanageable. Once we honestly examine our histories, we can deny it no longer: our eating and our attitudes toward food are not normal; we have this disease. Overeaters Anonymous Twelve Steps & Twelve Traditions, p3 I have heard people say […]

With all the earnestness at our command, we beg of you to be fearless and thorough from the very start. – Alcoholics Anonymous p. 58 Welcome to the new website and the new blog. I am thrilled to have the opportunity to share my experience, strength and hope! I’ve gone through a lot of holidays, […]