Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon OA unity. ~ Tradition 1, Overeaters Anonymous

We are a group.
We are insane people.
We are powerless,
our lives unmanageable.
We come in usually
with no self-respect,
believing ourselves worthless
while trying to pretend
we’re the top of the heap,
God’s gift to you.
We stay to learn
we’re equal, excellent,
worthy human beings.
But to stay healthy,
to be restored to sanity,
to be a family of choice,
the ones who don’t
let each other down,
we leave our egos behind
and just do the one job we have
keeping clean our side of the street.