Finding peace, embracing the promises, learning what life is… The only sadness remaining is seeing all those without the kind of joy discovered. But then again, there’s happiness in carrying the message, in sharing the program, in addressing the sadness […]
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My Needs Are My Responsibility
Can’t you see I’m hurting? Why don’t you comfort me? How can you not understand I need to go to this meeting? I know you have all these needs, and I am working of getting to them even though I’ve got […]
Continue reading »Where’s the Focus?
If you focus on the weight you’ll lose the recovery — but if you focus on the recovery, you’ll lose the weight. ~ Cliff We always say we’re “not a weigh-and-pay” group, but how often do we treat OA as a […]
Continue reading »Let Me Be of Service
God, I offer myself to Thee. I come here to do service though part of me longs to escape, to bask in the workshops, to fill my own coffers with recovery. Lord, I come in service to do the business […]
Continue reading »What a Sponsor!
And by learning to trust people I have come to trust a God who today is my greatest friend and sponsor, sustaining me through all. ~ Overeaters Anonymous, Second Edition (Kindle Locations 2741-2742). The relationship of sponsor and sponsee is special, […]
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