Step 9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others. I have realized I was unfair to you last May when you suggested a change in our agreement and I […]
Continue reading »Trading Worry for Peace
God took my worry; I received His peace. Now I could understand what living one day at a time truly meant. ~ Overeaters Anonymous. Voices of Recovery. Overeaters Anonymous. Kindle Edition. One Day at a Time. The phrase appears in the […]
Continue reading »Never Normal Eaters
Recovery in OA is based on the recognition that we are not—and never can be—normal eaters. ~ Anonymous, Overeaters. For Today (Kindle Locations 3101-3102). Overeaters Anonymous, Inc.. Kindle Edition. All my life… at least the last sixty years… I’ve imagined living […]
Continue reading »Do the Things You Think You Cannot Do
“You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that […]
Continue reading »Seek the Lord While He May Be Found
Admitting our faults and the places we have erred requires humility and vulnerability. We can “seek the LORD while he may be found.” Yet as the writer says, it is only when we are willing to be mindful of God’s […]
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