Trust Higher Power Today
When obsessive thoughts come, like worry about regaining weight, turn to Higher Power because you open the door to Higher Power turning to you when you are in need.
Obsession
Eight Practical Lessons I’ve Learned from Working OA’s Twelve Steps
Jean C. first joined OA 35 years ago but failed to work the Steps, which she attributes to another 18 years outside the rooms. Today, however, she is back, she is abstinent, and she is here to share what she has learned.
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.”
I Was Binge Eating Large Pizzas, Pints of Ice Cream, and Boxes of Cookies Until I Found Remarkable Recovery Through Overeaters Anonymous
OA member A.K. from Wyoming USA was consumed by the demons of her addiction to food. “I withdrew from my friends and family, too embarrassed to face them in my current state,” she says. When she followed her therapist’s suggestion to try OA, she experienced, “a profound emotional and spiritual shift” in addition to “shedding physical weight.”
Goodies in the Break Room? I Made a Call for Help
When our job is stressful (or even when it isn’t), an announcement of snacks in the break room can create a moment of weakness. When it happened to Linda, she reached for two Tools, literature and the telephone, to keep her abstinence.
When Higher Power Works the Drive Thru
“After several years of my sugar-free food plan, everyone started getting on my last nerve,” says Judith. But TWICE when she hopped into her car and set off to get a trigger food, Higher Power had a different plan.
Asian, Pacific Islander, and Desi (APID) Specific Focus Workshop
This podcast features an Asian, Pacific, Islander, and Desi (APID) specific-focus workshop that was made open to visitors outside OA. The podcast highlights the experience, strength, and hope that APID members have to share within the OA Fellowship and to those outside OA who are still suffering from compulsive eating and compulsive food behaviors. 0:00–7:11Introductions … Continued
Interview with Isa, a Food Addict
Isa experienced food addiction and body image issues from early childhood. “I would have done anything to be thin,” she says. After topping 242 pounds (110 kg), she joined OA and knew right away she was in the right place.
When I Began Using Meditation as an Alternative to Compulsive Eating, I Was Able to Overcome My Childhood Trauma
Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of working OA’s Twelve Steps, Steven recounts his discovery of how meditation in Step Eleven helped him untangle his emotional wounds and his compulsive overeating.