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Rigorous Honesty Opens The Path to Recovery from Compulsive Eating

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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Abstinent Holidays

“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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Tool of Sponsorship

“We ask a sponsor to help us through all three levels of our program of recovery: physical, emotional, and spiritual.” – Tools of Recovery Pamphlet

The first time I heard about OA, I said, “Is that a group thing? Read more

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