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.
Higher Power
When I “Knew It All,” It Led to 10 Years of Relapse. Thankfully, the Longer I Am in OA, the Less I Know
Mimi D. from California USA has gained and lost 100 pounds (45 kg)—twice. The first time was during her first 18 years in OA. Thinking she was “cured” was the beginning of a decade of relapse and a rapid 100-pound weight gain. Yet today, she is abstinent and says, “My soul like a watered garden.” Learn how she found her way back to OA and abstinence.
I Found My OA Recovery, so Why Did God Leave Me Stranded?
Diane D. did all the right things to find recovery in OA, from surrendering in Step One to adopting a plan of eating and throwing herself into service. But then everything crashed because of illness and an outside addiction, and God seemed nowhere to be found. How did she make it back to recovery?
My Three-Legged Stool Kept Falling Over Until I Started ‘Acting as If’
“I heard the word God and nearly ran out the door,” says Anonymous from Illinois USA, “but I stayed and listened to the leader talk about hope.” Turns out, a belief in God wasn’t necessary, nor was belief in a higher power. All that was needed were three simple words and three simple Steps.
I Returned to OA Because My Spirit Hunger Can’t be Nourished by a Box, Bag, Bottle, Batch, Bin, or Bucket of Food
Kara M. did all the “research”: dieting, binge eating, bulimia, weight-loss surgery. In the end, she still felt malnourished. “I was starving for something take-out food could not provide,” she recalls. And then God called her back to OA, and she learned how to change with the help and support of our program.
Now Hiring: A Big God
Jacki shares a writing exercise placing a help wanted ad for her personal Higher Power. In OA, we need a Power that is greater than our problem with food, and we get to choose for ourselves the nature of this Higher Power.
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.”
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.
Scientific Approach
After struggling with weight and atheism, Frank H. found a Higher Power within himself, transforming his approach to recovery through Overeaters Anonymous.