Like compulsive overeaters, normal eaters will sometimes find pleasure and escape from life’s problems in excess food. Compulsive overeaters, however, often have an abnormal reaction when we overindulge. We can’t quit. A normal eater gets full and loses interest in food. […]
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A Minute Poem
The rules for a minute poem: 3 quatrains (or 4-line stanzas) 8 syllables in the first line of each stanza 4 syllables in the remaining lines of each stanza rhyme scheme: aabb/ccdd/eeff written in strict iambic meter Recovery in twelve […]
Continue reading »God Is my Oxygen Tank
My life is unmanageable by me. I’m powerless over my obsession. I have to have help, but not just assistance. I’m dependent on my Higher Power not just for guidance, for leading me in the right direction, but for life […]
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Our common welfare should come first, personal recovery depends upon OA unity. Tradition One The last Saturday in February all over the world we recognize Unity Day in Overeaters Anonymous. More than 6,500 registered groups in over 80 countries, about 60,000 […]
Continue reading »The Newcomer
She came in a few minutes after the meeting started. Ginger was leader for the day and and answered her “Is this where you talk about losing weight?” with a “Yes, and other things. We’re all people who have compulsive […]
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