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Living Life in the Solution

I’m a compulsive overeater; what some might consider a “garden variety” overeater. In my disease, when I start eating, I cannot stop. I would graze constantly throughout the day, take multiple servings of food at mealtimes, and nibble on Read more

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All About Acceptance

I accept all that is as it is

Acceptance is the inner realization that all is well despite outward appearances.

All problems are arguments with reality.

Happiness doesn’t come from getting what I want – it comes from wanting what I already have.

Serenity isn’t freedom from Read more

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This Obsession

This Obsession - OASV member poetry

This obsession – always thinking, planning, wishing to be thin, beautiful.

This obsession is the way I hate myself: the way I look, the way I am, who I am.

When I attack my body, I attack my soul, Read more

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