Oreos, cake mixes, frosting, pudding, marshmallow ice cream topping, Taco Bell bean burrito and cinnamon twists, chocolate syrup, Sofritos, bacon flavor bits, crescent rolls, Ritz crackers, Pop Tarts, pastry sweets, chocolate candy, flan, Nutter Butter, granola bars, graham crackers, Krispy […]
Continue reading »Category: Awareness
And We Ate
Our lives became unmanageable when the car wouldn’t start, the computer broke down, or our checking account wouldn’t balance. We suffered from other people’s unmanaged lives or from bad luck. What alternative did we have? We ate to sate the […]
Continue reading »Outside Issues
Overeaters Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the OA name ought never be drawn into public controversy. ~ Tradition Ten Eight-and-a-half years ago I attended my one and so-far only San Antonio OA meeting. A member there wondered […]
Continue reading »How Much Is It Worth?
Every OA group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions. ~ Seventh Tradition What was life like…before? All you can eat buffet, Nine Ninety-Nine, plus tax. A box of donuts…for the office, though they don’t get there, Another Nine Ninety-Nine, […]
Continue reading »And I Don’t Even Know Your Name
It’s the Industrial Revolution and the growth of urban concentrations that led to a sense of anonymity. ~ Vint Cerf We decry anonymity, want to be known, but now and again the very bane leading to loneliness, isolation, alienation sloughs […]
Continue reading »