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All About Acceptance

I accept all that is as it is

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.

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This Obsession

This Obsession - OASV member poetry

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, Read more

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Tools of Recovery: Overview

What is in your toolbox of recovery

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

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