“And they lived happily ever-after.” I grew up on fanciful fairytales and the happy-endings of Disney movies. How many of them ended with that famous one-liner? “And they lived happily ever after.” In coming into OA (after years of binge eating, sugar addiction, and endless fixing with food), my belief was that when/after I reach […]
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Two-Way Prayer
Two-plus years into my abstinence and recovery, I began to struggle. My food was in order, I was attending meetings and sponsoring, but something was missing. Using food to manage my emotions was pretty much a thing of the past, my life was much simpler and less stressful, and I found more possible to accept […]
A New Year – A Renewed Commitment to Recovery
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.” This feeling doesn’t come from an overflow of food (as once was the case), but from […]
All About Abstinence
What is abstinence in Overeaters Anonymous? Abstinence is a gift from God, but I’m the one who gets to keep it or throw it away. Abstinence is the gateway to recovery. Abstinence is the most important thing in my life. Abstinence needs to be strong, but not brittle. Abstinence: I abstain from starting over. I […]