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A New Year – A Renewed Commitment to Recovery

OASV - the best time is now for new beginnings

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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The Deadly Disease No One wants to Discuss – Compulsive Eating

To sustain life, every living thing must eat – and, typically, human beings must eat several times a day from a wide variety of food groups. And yet, each of us will come to develop a relationship with food Read more

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Abstinence

I love abstinence

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 Read more

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