I Found Wealth and Wisdom in Step Ten

When a job offer didn’t turn out as expected, Anonymous from the USA, reached out for a Tool and called an OA friend in recovery. “What I got in return,” she says, ”was a gift I never expected.” (And the gift came via a Step Ten inventory.)

“On Awakening” Daily Meditation

Follow the recorded script from the OA Foot Step’s Daily Meditation Meeting called “On Awakening.” Start with a fifteen-minute reading period, followed by the “On Awakening” reading from Alcoholics Anonymous, pp. 86-88. Finish by meditating for ten minutes and journaling for fifteen minutes.

It Is Truly Never Too Late to Come Back to Overeaters Anonymous

Can you find recovery from compulsive eating later in life? Nancy from Texas USA came back in her mid 60s after 30 years of relapse with compulsive eating. “That first meeting when I returned to OA was a ‘God moment’ for me,” she says, “and I’ve had many more God moments since.”

Service Teaches Me About Trust: A Look at Concept One

“Through service in OA, my issue of not trusting people has come up for healing,” says Barb K. of Indiana USA. Over the years, Barb has learned in OA how to negotiate speaking up when she needs to speak up and trusting in OA unity when other OA members see things differently, and this shows just how valuable service can be to our recovery.

About Face: I Turned to Program to Deal with a Challenging OA Member

I must . . . practice acceptance, no matter how uncomfortable that may feel. I am currently having difficulty practicing “principles before personalities” (Tradition Twelve). We have a challenging OA member at one of my meetings. Her attendance is erratic, but when she is there, the meeting immediately takes on an “uptight and on-alert” vibe, … Continued

I Am One of Many: Food Is the Connection, but It Is Not the Answer

Deborah has endured jail, marital separation, and cancer, but today she shines with recovery. “I am now claiming six years of abstinence,” she says. “Y’all have taught me life is fun, but my meals can’t be fun. . . . It’s worth all the daily discipline for freedom from food obsession.”