The apostle Thomas had one up on me, said “I believe, help my unbelief.” I don’t believe but you say I must, that I “came to believe” in some power greater than me. You talk of the God of my […]
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It IS a Disease!
We of Overeaters Anonymous have found in this Fellowship a way to recover from the disease of compulsive overeating. ~ The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous (Kindle Locations 49-50). An OA physician had an epiphany… When I am in […]
Continue reading »The Greatest Possession
Cling to the thought that, in God’s hands, the dark past is the greatest possession you have – the key to life and happiness for others. (Alcoholics Anonymous, page 124) Humiliation, shame, rage — hurling dung on the hopes of family, treacherous […]
Continue reading »Casting a Line
How do you carry the message? Wait until the compulsive eater comes like a salmon bounding up the river ready to be grasped? Sure, but the others? We are an organization of attraction, not promotion. And walking up, suggesting, “Have […]
Continue reading »It’s Simple
We can make recovery complicated and oh, how natural that feels, we controllers, we perfectionists, we worriers. But if we diversify, upsize, augment or elaborate on it, we don’t add… we eviscerate it. It’s simple. Not easy, mind you, but […]
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