To My Higher Power
What does it feel like to be willing? It might feel so good that you can’t help but pray “make it stay forever . . . just for today.”
Higher Power
A New Dimension of Unease: Traveling and Working the OA Program
Mary was very excited about her trip to Italy, but she had also became very anxious about it’s world-famous food culture, a prime attraction for tourists. How to manage this? She found simple and powerful answers from her sponsor and OA-approved literature. Her sponsor’s reminder? “I’m pretty sure God is in Italy.”
Higher Power’s Message in a Bottle . . . of Nail Polish
What does it mean to live life in between mealtimes? Follow the story of this anonymous OA member who describes her day and how even small, mundane activities can reflect back to you your own state of recovery.
Slip, Fall, Thank My Higher Power, Pick Myself Up
Anothony V. from Pennsylvania USA finds a lesson in the pain that comes from emotional pain, whether a slip or relapse back into compulsive eating or childhood trauma. “Today I can thank God for that pain . . .” he says.
Death, Unemployment, Homelessness, and Biplar Disorder: I Kept Coming Back and Am Living in Abundance with the Tools and Traditions of OA
Donna from Massachusetts USA has seen just about the worst in terms of the hardships that life can throw at you. Yet in OA, her life has been transformed into one of abundance. “I love the real stuff of this world,” she says. “I appreciate the struggle.”
Choosing Words That Bring Me Closer to My Higher Power
“I’ve found it helpful—and even necessary—to rewrite the prayers in ways that make them more meaningful to me,” says A.M. who says this helps with his humility and gives him greater strength and hope.
God I Need You
Jacki’s prayerful poem beautifully creates a space for conscious contact with your own Higher Power.
10 Questions About Abstinence with a Member of Overeaters Anonymous: Commitment, a Higher Power, Making Changes
Lisa A. from California USA saw that abstinent OA members not only committed to their plan of eating but also committed to working the OA program. Keeping her abstinence has required adjustments over the years, but nevertheless, “I am free from compulsive eating . . . and free to experience the promises . . . of the Big Book,” she says.
Freedom Ride: Abstinence from Binge Eating on the Drive Home from Work
Martine from Texas USA used to binge eat on the way home from work, stopping at multiple fast food drive-thrus. “But tonight . . .,” she says, ”I thanked my Higher Power . . . and the OA program for giving me the freedom . . . to look back on my day of healthy and abstinent eating.”
My Compulsive Physical Hunger Was Impersonating a Spiritual Hunger
Sepidah, an OA member from Iran, came into the program feeling physically, mentally, and spiritually bankrupt. “I could barely bear the weight of my soul,” she says. Through OA and working the Twelve Steps, however, she has found a workable solution. “I am calm,” she says. “I sleep more peacefully . . . and I have better balance in working the Steps.”