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No More Nighttime Eating – Thank you, OA!

OA is autonomous except in matters affecting the whole

Although I never admitted to this before coming to Overeaters Anonymous, I struggled for decades with uncontrollable nighttime eating.

Recovery from compulsive eating and sugar addiction was but a far-fetched dream for the vast majority of my life. It Read more

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Again

Love yourself

Alone in the dark How did I get here? Again I didn’t want to Yet here I am Again

Every day I wake up I say “not tonight” Every night I’m here Again

Self loathing Obese Isolated Body Aches Read more

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Laughter is the Best Medicine

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A man is sitting at a bar, crying. The bartender asks, “Why are you crying?” Man says, “I wish I knew where I was gonna die.” Bartender says “Why’s that?” Man sobs “I wouldn’t go there.”

A man from Read more

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Higher Power/God

Higher Power or God

Within the Twelve Steps of Overeaters Anonymous, the word “God” appears three times – for the first time in Step Three, and then again in Steps Five and Six. And although the appearance of this word should not be Read more

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