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Miracles of Recovery: Following Doctors’ Orders

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A recent conversation with a fellow OA member had me thinking about the miracles of recovery in Overeaters Anonymous. One of those miracles enables us to follow doctors’ orders regarding changes to our food and action plans to support Read more

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Levels of Competence in Recovery

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I’ve been in OA for 30 years. Over time in recovery listening to speakers at meetings, retreats, and conferences, I’ve heard many ways to express the levels of competence in recovery. One of the ways I marked my early Read more

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Abstinent Holidays

surviving the holidays with a eating disorder.

“Once we become abstinent, the preoccupation with food diminishes and in many cases leaves us entirely.” — Our Invitation To You.

Before I came into OA, my disease didn’t know the difference between a holiday and a regular day. Read more

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