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Having and Being an OA Sponsor – The Gift Beyond Measure!

Helping another person up the hill is what a sponsor does in OA

It has been almost 9 years (and 90 pounds ago) since I returned to OA – and what a journey it has been! I never could have imagined that finding a sponsor – and being a sponsor – would Read more

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Falling Into My Higher Power

Food recovery

I am sitting in the shade of a tree overlooking the water of the Niagara River as it rushes toward the American Falls. It’s the last day of my vacation, so I came back to this park to meditate Read more

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Sharing the worst of myself led to the best things

Sharing 5th Step with Another

Step Five: Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.

“We find we can cope with both good times and bad, learning and growing spiritually from each experience, as our Higher Read more

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