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The Paradox of Powerlessness

I define addiction as the overpowering compulsion to do something that I know is going to hurt me. As an active addict, I lost the power to NOT eat food that I don’t even want to eat! Compulsive overeating Read more

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A New Year – A Renewed Commitment to Recovery

More and more, with each passing year, I count the many blessings that have come from working the Twelve Steps of Overeaters Anonymous. Today, deep in my heart, I can really FEEL the experience of “my cup runneth over.” Read more

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Thanks to Step Two I Came to believe

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Step Two: Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.

“Having reduced us to a state of absolute helplessness, you now declare that none but a Higher Power can remove our obsession. Some Read more

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