WSBC 2015 Keynote Speech by Matt
Matt, a young person in OA, talks about his recovery journey and the impact that other OA members had on him as they carried the message to him through their example of taking themselves and the OA program seriously.
Unity with Diversity
Episode 7: “Amazing Recovery: Passport to Unity” Podcast Series
OA invites DIVERSITY and promotes UNITY. In this episode, health issues add to one member’s challenge and another member speaks to the LGBTQ+ experience in OA.
Episode 6: “Amazing Recovery: Passport to Unity” Podcast Series
OA invites DIVERSITY and promotes UNITY. In this episode, one OA member speaks from the perspective of an English language learner and another member speaks about entering OA as a young person aged 18–30.
Episode 5: “Amazing Recovery: Passport to Unity” Podcast Series
OA invites DIVERSITY and promotes UNITY. In this episode, one OA member speaks about recovery from a man’s perspective and another describes finding a “non-traditional” Higher Power
Episode 4: “Amazing Recovery: Passport to Unity” Podcast Series
OA invites DIVERSITY and promotes UNITY. In this episode, one OA member describes coming back from relapse and another finds motivation in a program that promotes 90 days of abstinence from compulsive eating.
Episode 3: “Amazing Recovery: Passport to Unity” Podcast Series
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.
Episode 2: “Amazing Recovery: Passport to Unity” Podcast Series
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.
Episode 1: “Amazing Recovery: Passport to Unity” Podcast Series
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.
Episode 9: “Amazing Recovery: Passport to Unity” Podcast Series
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.
Knock, Knock
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.