OA invites DIVERSITY and promotes UNITY. In this episode, one OA member describes recovery from anorexia, bulimia, overexercising, and purging with laxatives and another OA member relies on virtual OA meetings to maintain a 100-pound weight loss.
OA invites DIVERSITY and promotes UNITY. In this episode, one OA member describes what it is like to have decades of recovery and another OA member focuses on the Big Book: Alcoholics Anonymous, Fourth Edition.
OA invites DIVERSITY and promotes UNITY. In this episode, one member explains why she chooses to weigh and measure her food and increase her accountability, and another OA member describes Twelve Step recovery from binge eating.
OA invites DIVERSITY and promotes UNITY. In this episode, one OA member describes a vicious cycle of eating and exercising coupled with low self-esteem and the changes that came with OA recovery.
In Knock, Knock, Valerie G. reflects on her journey in Overeaters Anonymous, where a pivotal moment of openness to the concept of a Higher Power sparked a reexamination of her beliefs and a shift in her spiritual journey.
n Overeaters Anonymous, I found a community that taught me to believe in a power greater than myself—not through God, but through the fellowship and support of others who understand the journey.
In “Something Like Physics,” Mercy F. shares her journey in Overeaters Anonymous as an atheist who finds strength in spiritual practices without a traditional Higher Power, embracing instead the principles of Good Orderly Direction and “doing the next right thing.”
“As an atheist with a spiritual life, I’ve learned to embrace acceptance and the diverse spiritual paths within Overeaters Anonymous, choosing practices from various traditions that help me live in harmony without imposing one ‘right’ way to believe.”
“The speaker’s words, ‘I lost a whole person,’ struck me deeply, pushing me to finally confront my own struggles with food and find a path to lasting recovery through OA.”
“Spirituality, for me, is found in the transcendent connections with others—a sacred fellowship that nurtures, fulfills, and transforms, as beautifully experienced within OA meetings.”