I was good at signing up. For weigh-and-pay, for gym, for a brand new exercise device, for any new gadget, for hypnotism, metal ear balls, pills of all varieties, charts, dares, partners, promises…I was good at signing up. The closest […]
Continue reading »Wide Arms
The Infinite Goodness has such wide arms that it takes whatever turns to it. ~ Dante Alighieri Wide arms. To hug a whole world. Big enough to include compulsive overeaters along with anorexics and bulimics. Large enough to include Jew, […]
Continue reading »Because We Have Boats
Hurricanes are kind of our claim to fame – because we have boats.~ James Cummings, Game Warden What do you have to offer? How can you help? Experience? Equipment? Understanding? What boats do you have to rescue compulsive eaters? Can […]
Continue reading »Unity
…the unity of OA is a matter of life and death to us.~The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous (Kindle Locations 1213-1214). Organizations are important to who we are, what we are, how we fit. Some more than […]
Continue reading »On Purpose
Each group has but one primary purpose — to carry its message to the compulsive overeater who still suffers. ~ Tradition Five, Overeaters Anonymous Eight in the morning, Sunday evening, the crack of dawn…or before. Members uniting by Skype, by […]
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