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March 24, 2025
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Abstinence and Recovery
OA Has Transformed My Outlook on Life
March 20, 2025
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Abstinence and Recovery
I Used Food to Outrun the Pain of My Childhood Sexual Abuse. But I’ve Found Empowerment in Overeaters Anonymous, and Now There’s No Need to Run
March 6, 2025
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Unity with Diversity
I Gained Weight After Bariatric Surgery, and I Am Neurodivergent. I Just Celebrated 90 Days of Abstinence in OA
March 3, 2025
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Newcomers
Freedom Ride: Abstinence from Binge Eating on the Drive Home from Work
February 26, 2025
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Newcomers
My Compulsive Physical Hunger Was Impersonating a Spiritual Hunger
February 24, 2025
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Newcomers
Somehow in All the Mess, OA Made Its Way Back to Me
Registration Opens in April: World Service Convention Is August 21–23, 2025, in Orlando, Florida USA
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December 20, 2024
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Unity with Diversity
World Service, Worldwide Friends
December 12, 2024
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Unity with Diversity
The World’s Longest String of Abstinent Days
December 23, 2024
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Unity with Diversity
The Funnest Thing I’ve Ever Done
November 29, 2024
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Unity with Diversity
Soak Up the Recovery and Fellowship
Featured Topic: Higher Power
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November 4, 2024
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Higher Power
When Higher Power Works the Drive Thru
October 6, 2022
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Higher Power
My Higher Power = Life Force
April 20, 2022
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Higher Power, Tools
God Wants Me in OA
September 27, 2022
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Higher Power, Unity with Diversity
I’m Still an Agnostic and I Still Keep Coming Back
Share Your OA Recovery with Lifeline
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July 24, 2022
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Steps and Traditions, Tools
The New Lifeline: A Vision to Share Our Recovery on Lifeline.oa.org
July 24, 2022
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Steps and Traditions, Tools
My Sponsor Said, “Send it to Lifeline”
July 1, 2016
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Steps and Traditions, Tools
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