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My OA Weight Release Journey: Happily Ever After?

Decades of Recovery: Abstinence Habits + Practices

“And they lived happily ever-after.”

I grew up on fanciful fairytales and the happy-endings of Disney movies. How many of them ended with that famous one-liner?

 “And they lived happily ever after.”

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Comparing Weight Loss Drugs to OA’s Twelve Steps

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You’ve likely noticed the multitude of news headlines and social media posts regarding “easy” and “dramatic” weight loss resulting from “a simple weekly injection,” along with the promise of that injection being made available “in the near future” as Read more

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Rigorous Honesty Opens The Path to Recovery from Compulsive Eating

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A Requirement for Recovery

In addition to having a sincere desire to stop eating compulsively, rigorous honesty is possibly the most important factor in success in recovery. The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous clearly states:

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