The OA recovery program is patterned after that of Alcoholics Anonymous. We use AA’s Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, changing only the words “alcohol” and “alcoholic” to “food” and “compulsive overeater.” ~ Overeaters Anonymous “Our Invitation to You”
Everybody needs a twelve-step program.
And how many dozens of identified problems
have found his answer, discovered the sameness,
created a new “Anonymous?”
Twelve-step programs benefit everyone,
not just those lucky enough to find their program.
The truths are universal. But sometimes I wonder…
Bill Wilson got sober and within a day or two
his delusions of grandeur had him spreading salvation
to a world of drunks. But it’s not a delusion if it’s true.
And how many dozens of identified problems
have found his answer, discovered the sameness,
created a new “Anonymous?”
Twelve-step programs benefit everyone,
not just those lucky enough to find their program.
The truths are universal. But sometimes I wonder…
Bill Wilson got sober and within a day or two
his delusions of grandeur had him spreading salvation
to a world of drunks. But it’s not a delusion if it’s true.
Not that Wilson did it, not even Wilson and Smith.
It was a community growing through the discoveries,
through experiencing recovery without knowing how.
The twelve steps were a gift to Bill and Bob…
and through them to the whole wide world,
those who have found their “Anonymous”
and those who have found life better by knowing
those.
It was a community growing through the discoveries,
through experiencing recovery without knowing how.
The twelve steps were a gift to Bill and Bob…
and through them to the whole wide world,
those who have found their “Anonymous”
and those who have found life better by knowing
those.
