Overeaters Anonymous http://www.oa.org I put my hand in yours, and together we can do what we could never do alone. Wed, 16 May 2012 17:00:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Copyright © Overeaters Anonymous 2012 info@oa.org (Overeaters Anonymous) info@oa.org (Overeaters Anonymous) 1440 http://www.oa.org/feed/?post_type=podcasts I put my hand in yours, and together we can do what we could never do alone. Overeaters Anonymous Overeaters Anonymous info@oa.org no no New Literature Coming http://www.oa.org/new-literature-coming/ http://www.oa.org/new-literature-coming/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 16:36:55 +0000 joi http://www.oa.org/?p=126554 The delegates at the 2012 World Service Business Conference have approved the following new and revised literature:

• A rewrite of Before You Take That First Compulsive Bite, Remember…
• An updated version of To the Newcomer, which also includes updates to the Fifteen Questions
• A new item titled Voices of Recovery e-Workbook, which provides thought-provoking questions for each of the daily readings in Voices of Recovery; and
• A revision of Sponsoring Through the Twelve Steps, to incorporate additional Big Book references.

Some items are back-ordered: Because numerous literature items contain the Fifteen Questions, the following items are on back-order until updates are printed. Please watch “What’s New” on the oa.org home page for an announcement of when the updated pamphlets are available.

Items on back-order because of revised Fifteen Questions
#130 A Program of Recovery
#270  To the Newcomer
#710K/711K Newcomer Packet
#740 Newcomer Meeting Leader’s Kit
#750 Is Food A Problem for You?
#753 Introducing OA to Health Care Professionals
#755  Fifteen Questions
#780  Introducing OA to the Clergy
#150S  Antes de Tomar Ese Primer Bocado Compulsivo, Recuerda
#270S Al Recién Llegado
#755S Quince Preguntas

Item on back-order because of a complete rewrite
#150 Before You Take That First Compulsive Bite, Remember…

The Voices of Recovery e-Workbook will be available by mid-June. The e-Workbook will be a downloadable PDF at bookstore.oa.org.

Changes to Sponsoring Through the Twelve Steps will be made when the current inventory is depleted. In the meatime, an addendum listing the changes will be included with all pamphlet orders.

 

]]> http://www.oa.org/new-literature-coming/feed/ 0 Now Online: Second-Quarter A Step Ahead http://www.oa.org/now-online-second-quarter-a-step-ahead/ http://www.oa.org/now-online-second-quarter-a-step-ahead/#comments Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:40:14 +0000 joi http://www.oa.org/?p=124216 The second-quarter issue of A Step Ahead is now available online.

Learn about the features of OA’s updated Web site, the latest information about WSBC 2012, and the results of OA’s annual audit.

]]> http://www.oa.org/now-online-second-quarter-a-step-ahead/feed/ 0 NEW! Rotation-of-Service Skit http://www.oa.org/new-rotation-of-service-skit/ http://www.oa.org/new-rotation-of-service-skit/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:51:07 +0000 joi http://overeat-vmweb1.inetuhosted.net/?p=10752 At the Board of Trustees meeting in November, the board approved a skit that the region chairs presented during WSBC 2011. The skit explores the importance of rotating service positions, using a lighthearted approach designed to engage and amuse OA members. Available for free download.

]]> http://www.oa.org/new-rotation-of-service-skit/feed/ 0 NEW! Updated Suggested Meeting Format Includes Abridged Tools http://www.oa.org/new-updated-suggested-meeting-format-includes-abridged-tools/ http://www.oa.org/new-updated-suggested-meeting-format-includes-abridged-tools/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:18:06 +0000 joi http://overeat-vmweb1.inetuhosted.net/?p=5432 At the November 2011 Board of Trustees meeting, the board members approved updates and revisions for the Suggested Meeting Format. The revisions include more inclusive language, an emphasis on abstinent sponsors, added focus on Lifeline magazine and updated guidelines for collecting Seventh-Tradition contributions.

In addition, the new meeting format includes the Abridged Tools of Recovery. This is a board-approved abridgement that includes two or three-sentence descriptions of each tool, taken directly from The Tools of Recovery pamphlet. OA groups can use this abridgement to save time during meetings. The Abridged Tools of Recovery is also available as a stand-alone document.

]]> http://www.oa.org/new-updated-suggested-meeting-format-includes-abridged-tools/feed/ 0 OA’s Best-Selling Books: Now for e-Readers http://www.oa.org/oa%e2%80%99s-best-selling-books-now-for-e-readers/ http://www.oa.org/oa%e2%80%99s-best-selling-books-now-for-e-readers/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:53:44 +0000 joi http://overeat-vmweb1.inetuhosted.net/?p=5418 Five of OA’s best-selling books are now available in popular e-reader and mobile-device formats.  PLEASE NOTE: These books are not available through OA’s online bookstore. The best way to find them is to go to your e-reader store and search by the specific title of the book.

The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous
Provides a detailed, moving exploration of how OA’s Steps and Traditions help members recover and how the Fellowship functions as a whole. e-reader price:  $6.50

For Today
Offers inspiring and thought-provoking affirmations and readings for each day of the year, written especially for OA members. e-reader price: $6.50

Voices of Recovery
This daily reader contains inspirational quotations from OA literature along with experience, strength and hope written by OA members for OA members.  e-reader price: $6.50

Overeaters Anonymous, Second Edition
Includes personal stories of OA members, the complete text of “Our Invitation to You,” the founder’s story, and views of the program by non-OA professionals. e-reader price: $6.50

Abstinence
Member-written essays from Lifeline magazine offer help, encouragement and direction as you strive for and maintain abstinence. e-reader price: $5.75

]]> http://www.oa.org/oa%e2%80%99s-best-selling-books-now-for-e-readers/feed/ 0 Now Available! Index for The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous http://www.oa.org/now-available-index-for-the-twelve-steps-and-twelve-traditions-of-overeaters-anonymous/ http://www.oa.org/now-available-index-for-the-twelve-steps-and-twelve-traditions-of-overeaters-anonymous/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 23:14:08 +0000 oa http://clients.rynotechnologies.com/oa/?p=5079 From “abstinence” through “wrongs,” this comprehensive index will guide you quickly to the important concepts and key words found in the OA 12&12. Available for free download. Index will be added to printed copies of the book as new stock is ordered.

]]> http://www.oa.org/now-available-index-for-the-twelve-steps-and-twelve-traditions-of-overeaters-anonymous/feed/ 0 NEW Conference-Approved Pamphlet! http://www.oa.org/new-conference-approved-pamphlet/ http://www.oa.org/new-conference-approved-pamphlet/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 23:12:56 +0000 oa http://clients.rynotechnologies.com/oa/?p=5077 A Common Solution: Diversity and Recovery
Strengthen your program by reading the recovery stories of OA members from all walks of life. Learn how they used a diversity of approaches to achieve a common solution: recovery! Members in remote areas and those who are housebound found recovery through telephone meetings. Determined members overcame the challenges of starting OA meetings in non-English speaking countries. Members found homes in OA meetings despite their differences of age, health, sexuality and gender identity, and cultural or religious backgrounds. #265/$1.00 To order, go to bookstore.oa.org.

]]> http://www.oa.org/new-conference-approved-pamphlet/feed/ 0 Updated and Revised Tools of Recovery Pamphlet http://www.oa.org/updated-and-revised-tools-of-recovery-pamphlet/ http://www.oa.org/updated-and-revised-tools-of-recovery-pamphlet/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 23:09:25 +0000 oa http://clients.rynotechnologies.com/oa/?p=5072 The Tools of Recovery pamphlet now includes a detailed description of OA’s ninth tool, action plan. It also features OA’s colorful new pamphlet design. Find indispensable guidance on using the OA program’s nine tools: a plan of eating, sponsorship, meetings, telephone, writing, literature, action plan, anonymity and service. #160/$.30 To order, visit the OA bookstore at bookstore.oa.org.

]]> http://www.oa.org/updated-and-revised-tools-of-recovery-pamphlet/feed/ 0 Updated and Revised Professional Outreach Manual http://www.oa.org/updated-and-revised-professional-outreach-manual/ http://www.oa.org/updated-and-revised-professional-outreach-manual/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 23:07:52 +0000 oa http://clients.rynotechnologies.com/oa/?p=5070 OA’s Professional Outreach Manual is now available with updated information and a new look! This comprehensive guide for groups and service bodies includes tips on starting a professional outreach committee; contacting professionals; conducting panel presentations; and working in prisons, medical facilities, schools and other settings. Three-hole punched and spiral bound. #772/$15 To order, visit the OA bookstore at bookstore.oa.org.

]]> http://www.oa.org/updated-and-revised-professional-outreach-manual/feed/ 0 Black OA Members Share Their Experience, Strength and Hope (p. 7) http://www.oa.org/black-oa-members-share-their-experience-strength-and-hope-p-7-2/ http://www.oa.org/black-oa-members-share-their-experience-strength-and-hope-p-7-2/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:24:26 +0000 oa http://clients.rynotechnologies.com/oa/?p=4939 Family members thought it odd that my eating habits had changed. Some even signified about me being ‘too good’ to eat the food they had spent all day cooking. My only support came from our program and my Higher Power.

]]> http://www.oa.org/black-oa-members-share-their-experience-strength-and-hope-p-7-2/feed/ 0 Seeking the Spiritual Path (p. 20) http://www.oa.org/seeking-the-spiritual-path-p-20/ http://www.oa.org/seeking-the-spiritual-path-p-20/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:23:37 +0000 oa http://clients.rynotechnologies.com/oa/?p=4902 My sponsor said, ‘Act as if you believe, and some day the desire will become reality.’ Because I trusted my sponsor and wanted the kind of recovery I saw in her, I acted as if I had a loving God in my life. Eventually, in conjunction with my own spiritual awakening, the desire became reality.

]]> http://www.oa.org/seeking-the-spiritual-path-p-20/feed/ 0 A Guide for Sponsors (p. 14) http://www.oa.org/a-guide-for-sponsors-p-14/ http://www.oa.org/a-guide-for-sponsors-p-14/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:22:39 +0000 oa http://clients.rynotechnologies.com/oa/?p=4904 You don’t have to be perfect–just willing.

]]> http://www.oa.org/a-guide-for-sponsors-p-14/feed/ 0 A Guide for Sponsors (p. 2) http://www.oa.org/a-guide-for-sponsors-p-2/ http://www.oa.org/a-guide-for-sponsors-p-2/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:21:35 +0000 oa http://clients.rynotechnologies.com/oa/?p=4906 The program is not meant to be worked alone, and many OA members attribute their progress to the fact that someone took a special interest in them.

]]> http://www.oa.org/a-guide-for-sponsors-p-2/feed/ 0 A New Beginning (p. 101) http://www.oa.org/a-new-beginning-p-101/ http://www.oa.org/a-new-beginning-p-101/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:20:54 +0000 oa http://clients.rynotechnologies.com/oa/?p=4908 Each meal began with the Third-Step prayer. I became abstinent with God’s help.

]]> http://www.oa.org/a-new-beginning-p-101/feed/ 0 A New Beginning (p. 14) http://www.oa.org/a-new-beginning-p-14/ http://www.oa.org/a-new-beginning-p-14/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:19:10 +0000 oa http://clients.rynotechnologies.com/oa/?p=4910 I may indeed be very busy, but I won’t have a life if I don’t put my program first.

]]> http://www.oa.org/a-new-beginning-p-14/feed/ 0 A New Beginning (p. 35) http://www.oa.org/a-new-beginning-p-35/ http://www.oa.org/a-new-beginning-p-35/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:18:05 +0000 oa http://clients.rynotechnologies.com/oa/?p=4912 We’re not unlovable because we have this disease; love is the very thing we need in order to recover.

]]> http://www.oa.org/a-new-beginning-p-35/feed/ 0 A New Beginning (p. 51) http://www.oa.org/a-new-beginning-p-51/ http://www.oa.org/a-new-beginning-p-51/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:17:53 +0000 oa http://clients.rynotechnologies.com/oa/?p=4914 Someone told me that we are babies in OA for five years. That’s a comfort and a reminder that growth will continue as long as I’m working the Steps.

]]> http://www.oa.org/a-new-beginning-p-51/feed/ 0 Before You Take That First Compulsive Bite, Remember… http://www.oa.org/before-you-take-that-first-compulsive-bite-remember%e2%80%a6/ http://www.oa.org/before-you-take-that-first-compulsive-bite-remember%e2%80%a6/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:16:40 +0000 oa http://clients.rynotechnologies.com/oa/?p=4916 Don’t forget that when the heart is heavy and resistance is low, and the mind is troubled and confused, there is much comfort in a true and understanding friend standing by. You have that friend in Overeaters Anonymous.

]]> http://www.oa.org/before-you-take-that-first-compulsive-bite-remember%e2%80%a6/feed/ 0 Black OA Members Share Their Experience, Strength and Hope (p. 3) http://www.oa.org/black-oa-members-share-their-experience-strength-and-hope-p-3/ http://www.oa.org/black-oa-members-share-their-experience-strength-and-hope-p-3/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:15:43 +0000 oa http://clients.rynotechnologies.com/oa/?p=4918 Today, I’d rather have a bad day in Overeaters Anonymous than a good day while overeating.

]]> http://www.oa.org/black-oa-members-share-their-experience-strength-and-hope-p-3/feed/ 0 Black OA Members Share Their Experience, Strength and Hope (p. 4) http://www.oa.org/black-oa-members-share-their-experience-strength-and-hope-p-4/ http://www.oa.org/black-oa-members-share-their-experience-strength-and-hope-p-4/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:14:41 +0000 oa http://clients.rynotechnologies.com/oa/?p=4920 Skin color, family structures and relationships, ages, occupations and manifestations of the disease are different, but we are all powerless over food.

]]> http://www.oa.org/black-oa-members-share-their-experience-strength-and-hope-p-4/feed/ 0 Black OA Members Share Their Experience, Strength and Hope (p. 4) http://www.oa.org/black-oa-members-share-their-experience-strength-and-hope-p-4-2/ http://www.oa.org/black-oa-members-share-their-experience-strength-and-hope-p-4-2/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:13:04 +0000 oa http://clients.rynotechnologies.com/oa/?p=4931 I am usually the only person of color at the meetings I attend. I feel okay about that and feel accepted as just another person with a food addiction, struggling to be free.

]]> http://www.oa.org/black-oa-members-share-their-experience-strength-and-hope-p-4-2/feed/ 0 For Today (p. 135) http://www.oa.org/for-today-p-135/ http://www.oa.org/for-today-p-135/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:12:06 +0000 oa http://clients.rynotechnologies.com/oa/?p=4933 Whether I have been abstinent 12 hours or 12 years, I never have it made. Today’s recovery is all I have.

]]> http://www.oa.org/for-today-p-135/feed/ 0 For Today (p. 153) http://www.oa.org/for-today-p-153/ http://www.oa.org/for-today-p-153/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:11:39 +0000 oa http://clients.rynotechnologies.com/oa/?p=4935 For an honest, balanced view of myself, I take a few moments in which I free my mind of everything except God’s love for me.

]]> http://www.oa.org/for-today-p-153/feed/ 0 For Today (p. 187) http://www.oa.org/for-today-p-187/ http://www.oa.org/for-today-p-187/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:10:17 +0000 oa http://clients.rynotechnologies.com/oa/?p=4937 God grant me the wisdom to understand my longings and the willingness to act in my own best interest.

]]> http://www.oa.org/for-today-p-187/feed/ 0 For Today (p. 208) http://www.oa.org/for-today-p-208/ http://www.oa.org/for-today-p-208/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:55:11 +0000 oa http://clients.rynotechnologies.com/oa/?p=5061 When I am busy cultivating loving relationships, I can easily do without a surprising number of things.

]]> http://www.oa.org/for-today-p-208/feed/ 0 For Today (p. 226) http://www.oa.org/for-today-p-226/ http://www.oa.org/for-today-p-226/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:54:10 +0000 oa http://clients.rynotechnologies.com/oa/?p=5059 The OA program, the people and God are all there for me, loving me fat or thin, abstinent or compulsively overeating. Can I do any less for myself?

]]> http://www.oa.org/for-today-p-226/feed/ 0 For Today (p. 248) http://www.oa.org/for-today-p-248/ http://www.oa.org/for-today-p-248/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:53:26 +0000 oa http://clients.rynotechnologies.com/oa/?p=5057 Nothing that happened yesterday or that may happen tomorrow is more important than NOW.

]]> http://www.oa.org/for-today-p-248/feed/ 0 For Today (p. 26) http://www.oa.org/for-today-p-26/ http://www.oa.org/for-today-p-26/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:52:39 +0000 oa http://clients.rynotechnologies.com/oa/?p=5055 Staying in the real world is far less painful than hiding in food and fat.

]]> http://www.oa.org/for-today-p-26/feed/ 0 For Today (p. 300) http://www.oa.org/for-today-p-300/ http://www.oa.org/for-today-p-300/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:51:59 +0000 oa http://clients.rynotechnologies.com/oa/?p=5053 I don’t need to concern myself with other people’s faults; I have all the detective work I can handle to ferret out my own.

]]> http://www.oa.org/for-today-p-300/feed/ 0 For Today (p. 324) http://www.oa.org/for-today-p-324/ http://www.oa.org/for-today-p-324/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:51:19 +0000 oa http://clients.rynotechnologies.com/oa/?p=5051 The common cold takes about ten days to run its course, and nothing I can do can alter that fact. With variations in time, this is true of most of my troubles.

]]> http://www.oa.org/for-today-p-324/feed/ 0 For Today (p. 328) http://www.oa.org/for-today-p-328/ http://www.oa.org/for-today-p-328/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:50:28 +0000 oa http://clients.rynotechnologies.com/oa/?p=5049 Prayer can be only ‘Thank you’ — which is as appropriate in my need and distress as it is in my abundance and joy.

]]> http://www.oa.org/for-today-p-328/feed/ 0 For Today (p. 62) http://www.oa.org/for-today-p-62/ http://www.oa.org/for-today-p-62/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:49:21 +0000 oa http://clients.rynotechnologies.com/oa/?p=5047 A loving heart makes its own prayer, and prayer makes for a loving heart.

]]> http://www.oa.org/for-today-p-62/feed/ 0 For Today (p. 66) http://www.oa.org/for-today-p-66/ http://www.oa.org/for-today-p-66/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:48:24 +0000 oa http://clients.rynotechnologies.com/oa/?p=5045 I guard my abstinence and my program as though they were my dearest possessions–and they are.

]]> http://www.oa.org/for-today-p-66/feed/ 0 Lifeline Sampler (p. 205) http://www.oa.org/lifeline-sampler-p-205/ http://www.oa.org/lifeline-sampler-p-205/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:47:33 +0000 oa http://clients.rynotechnologies.com/oa/?p=5043 I am a continuing miracle with whom God and OA are not yet finished.

]]> http://www.oa.org/lifeline-sampler-p-205/feed/ 0 Lifeline Sampler (p. 304) http://www.oa.org/lifeline-sampler-p-304/ http://www.oa.org/lifeline-sampler-p-304/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:46:36 +0000 oa http://clients.rynotechnologies.com/oa/?p=5041 I am thankful that I learned that abstinence–not adherence to a particular way of eating–is the goal.

]]> http://www.oa.org/lifeline-sampler-p-304/feed/ 0 Lifeline Sampler (p. 339) http://www.oa.org/lifeline-sampler-p-339/ http://www.oa.org/lifeline-sampler-p-339/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:45:43 +0000 oa http://clients.rynotechnologies.com/oa/?p=5039 I cannot be fat and serene, and I don’t want to be. Thin by itself is not necessarily well, but OA is teaching me how to be both thin and serene.

]]> http://www.oa.org/lifeline-sampler-p-339/feed/ 0 Overeaters Anonymous, 2nd edition (p. 17) http://www.oa.org/overeaters-anonymous-2nd-edition-p-17/ http://www.oa.org/overeaters-anonymous-2nd-edition-p-17/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:44:39 +0000 oa http://clients.rynotechnologies.com/oa/?p=5037 Our promise of recovery is in every OA meeting when we join hands, pray together and joyously, lovingly encourage one another:Keep coming back!

]]> http://www.oa.org/overeaters-anonymous-2nd-edition-p-17/feed/ 0 Seeking the Spiritual Path (p. 10) http://www.oa.org/seeking-the-spiritual-path-p-10/ http://www.oa.org/seeking-the-spiritual-path-p-10/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:43:49 +0000 oa http://clients.rynotechnologies.com/oa/?p=5035 I ate compulsively for years over the fear and guilt I inherited from the traditional religion of my childhood. Today, God the quiet, the nurturing, the lover of peace–the one who calls me ’sweetheart’–is always at my side.

]]> http://www.oa.org/seeking-the-spiritual-path-p-10/feed/ 0 Seeking the Spiritual Path (p. 105) http://www.oa.org/seeking-the-spiritual-path-p-105/ http://www.oa.org/seeking-the-spiritual-path-p-105/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:42:55 +0000 oa http://clients.rynotechnologies.com/oa/?p=5033 No longer alone, no longer lost, I have truly been blessed with a power to love and guide me, Twelve Steps to lead me, and friends who will remind me this too shall pass.

]]> http://www.oa.org/seeking-the-spiritual-path-p-105/feed/ 0 Seeking the Spiritual Path (p. 111) http://www.oa.org/seeking-the-spiritual-path-p-111/ http://www.oa.org/seeking-the-spiritual-path-p-111/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:41:50 +0000 oa http://clients.rynotechnologies.com/oa/?p=5031 People like me are fortunate that ours is not a religious program; rather, it is a spiritual program.

]]> http://www.oa.org/seeking-the-spiritual-path-p-111/feed/ 0 Seeking the Spiritual Path (p. 16) http://www.oa.org/seeking-the-spiritual-path-p-16/ http://www.oa.org/seeking-the-spiritual-path-p-16/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:41:12 +0000 oa http://clients.rynotechnologies.com/oa/?p=5029 God puts skin on and comes to us in the form of other OA members.

]]> http://www.oa.org/seeking-the-spiritual-path-p-16/feed/ 0 Seeking the Spiritual Path (p. 28) http://www.oa.org/seeking-the-spiritual-path-p-28/ http://www.oa.org/seeking-the-spiritual-path-p-28/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:39:21 +0000 oa http://clients.rynotechnologies.com/oa/?p=5027 If I want to know whether I’m doing God’s will, all I have to do is observe what I’m eating. No matter what my head tells me about what I am or am not doing, if my food is clean, I’m on the right track!

]]> http://www.oa.org/seeking-the-spiritual-path-p-28/feed/ 0 Seeking the Spiritual Path (p. 42) http://www.oa.org/seeking-the-spiritual-path-p-42/ http://www.oa.org/seeking-the-spiritual-path-p-42/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:37:51 +0000 oa http://clients.rynotechnologies.com/oa/?p=5025 My concept of God as ‘man’ was limiting, but a briliant, white, loving light could be anywhere and do anything.

]]> http://www.oa.org/seeking-the-spiritual-path-p-42/feed/ 0 Seeking the Spiritual Path (p. 5) http://www.oa.org/seeking-the-spiritual-path-p-5/ http://www.oa.org/seeking-the-spiritual-path-p-5/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:36:53 +0000 oa http://clients.rynotechnologies.com/oa/?p=5023 If I want a relationship with God, I must do exactly what I do when I want relationships with people: I have to spend time with him, talk to him, listen to him.

]]> http://www.oa.org/seeking-the-spiritual-path-p-5/feed/ 0 Seeking the Spiritual Path (p. 64) http://www.oa.org/seeking-the-spiritual-path-p-64/ http://www.oa.org/seeking-the-spiritual-path-p-64/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:35:54 +0000 oa http://clients.rynotechnologies.com/oa/?p=5021 If the disease of compulsive overeating brings us together, our recovery keeps us together.

]]> http://www.oa.org/seeking-the-spiritual-path-p-64/feed/ 0 The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous (p. 103) http://www.oa.org/the-twelve-steps-and-twelve-traditions-of-overeaters-anonymous-p-103/ http://www.oa.org/the-twelve-steps-and-twelve-traditions-of-overeaters-anonymous-p-103/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:28:54 +0000 oa http://clients.rynotechnologies.com/oa/?p=5019 In Step One, we learn the principle of honesty as we admit our personal powerlessness over food…that without help we cannot successfully manage our own lives.

]]> http://www.oa.org/the-twelve-steps-and-twelve-traditions-of-overeaters-anonymous-p-103/feed/ 0 The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous (p. 104) http://www.oa.org/the-twelve-steps-and-twelve-traditions-of-overeaters-anonymous-p-104-4/ http://www.oa.org/the-twelve-steps-and-twelve-traditions-of-overeaters-anonymous-p-104-4/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:27:58 +0000 oa http://clients.rynotechnologies.com/oa/?p=5017 In Step Two, we learn hope as we come to believe that a power greater than ourselves can restore us to sanity.

]]> http://www.oa.org/the-twelve-steps-and-twelve-traditions-of-overeaters-anonymous-p-104-4/feed/ 0 The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous (p. 104) http://www.oa.org/the-twelve-steps-and-twelve-traditions-of-overeaters-anonymous-p-104-3/ http://www.oa.org/the-twelve-steps-and-twelve-traditions-of-overeaters-anonymous-p-104-3/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:27:09 +0000 oa http://clients.rynotechnologies.com/oa/?p=5015 In Step Three, we learn faith as we make the most important decision we have ever made: to trust God–as we understand God–with our will and our lives.

]]> http://www.oa.org/the-twelve-steps-and-twelve-traditions-of-overeaters-anonymous-p-104-3/feed/ 0 The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous (p. 104) http://www.oa.org/the-twelve-steps-and-twelve-traditions-of-overeaters-anonymous-p-104-2/ http://www.oa.org/the-twelve-steps-and-twelve-traditions-of-overeaters-anonymous-p-104-2/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:26:21 +0000 oa http://clients.rynotechnologies.com/oa/?p=5013 In Steps Four and Five, we learn courage and integrity as we face the truth about our defects of character.

]]> http://www.oa.org/the-twelve-steps-and-twelve-traditions-of-overeaters-anonymous-p-104-2/feed/ 0 The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous (p. 104) http://www.oa.org/the-twelve-steps-and-twelve-traditions-of-overeaters-anonymous-p-104/ http://www.oa.org/the-twelve-steps-and-twelve-traditions-of-overeaters-anonymous-p-104/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:25:20 +0000 oa http://clients.rynotechnologies.com/oa/?p=5011 In Step Six, we learn more about the necessity of willingness as we become entirely ready to let go of our shortcomings.

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