Announcements
The Promies
The Promises We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness. We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace. No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others. That feeling of uselessness and…
Our Invitation to You
We of Overeaters Anonymous have made a discovery. At the very first meeting we attended, we learned that we were in the clutches of a dangerous illness, and that willpower, emotional health and self-confidence, which some of us had once possessed were no defense against it. We have found that the reasons for the illness…
Discussions
MFP + OA Tips?
Hi All, I’m new to OA, and I’d like to use MFP in conjunction with OA. Does anyone have any tips for how they use MFP to help with their OA program? Technical MFP tips, or any tips, would be welcome! Thanks!
Daily Check-In
Hello - I’m checking in to say that I’m done with my meals for the day and am gratefully in recovery. I see this is not an active group/thread, but nonetheless I hope to check in after I’ve posted my food for the day, for a bit of added accountability. I’m closing out Day #2 after a long and painful time away from recovery.
Get the body weight your HIGHER POWER wants for you.
It might take a short journey for us to become clearer in our minds and hearts about our desired body weight. How clear are you about what weight, or weight range, you should be at, for your own health and well-being ?
O.A. 15-QUESTION READINESS INTAKE QUESTIONNAIRE.
-from O.A. pamphlet #705 : INTRODUCING OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS Where Do I Start? Everything a Newcomer Needs to Know. “Now that you have found Overeaters Anonymous, you may want to make sure our program is right for you. Many of us have found it useful to answer the following questions to help determine if we have a problem…
My name is Recovery
I am your friend. I hold out my hand and bring you faith. I award you serenity and self-esteem. I bestow upon you peace and acceptance. I wrap you in love and tender the shield of knowledge. I volunteer humility and shower you with confidence. I bequeath spiritual growth, emotional advancement and physical revival. I am…
Daily Motivation, Inspiration, & Affirmation
I've been posting this on the other OA forum and became motivated to share it here with all of you!
Seventh Step Prayer
Seventh Step Prayer My Creator, I am now willing that You should have all of me, good and bad. I pray that You now remove from me every single defect of character which stands in the way of my usefulness to You and my fellows. Grant me strength, as I go out from here, to do Your bidding. from "Into Action", Alcoholics…
Abstinence Check in
Its awfully quiet in here, is anyone else here? Just checking in to pledge my abstinence for the next 24 hours!
OA RESPONSIBILITY PLEDGE
Always to extend the hand and heart of OA to all who share my compulsion; for this I am responsible. ☀️🌸
OA Rant
I just heard of an OA friend who is in rehab...again and it reminded me of why I don't go to OA. My abstinence is too precious to risk it going to OA. I'd been going to OA meetings very regularly for about 3 years, had had a few different sponsors when I finely read the following from the dr.s opinion that says "the body…
