Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting

Lonely kids. I knew all the 'Lonely' songs. Big in elementary school. Got sober in '75.  Introduced to OA in '76. started on to 18 years of abstinence. Was involved, did service. did not stick. Basic instincts went awry.  PAGGLES  7 deadly sins On me to make adjustments with God's help 12 steps in 10 words. 1  Give up 2,3 Look up 4-9 Clean up 10, 11  Keep up 12 Show up        

9 of 10 Children. Family dinners were always an adventure. If I excelled in sports I could get Dad's attention. Led to perfectionism and people pleasing and led me to my first 12 steep program. Sugar got me so high my face would tingle. Anytime I step on a scale  I feel bad. So i don't step on a scale. Once I got to  OA I never left. I didn't do the program well but I never left. I lost my first s...

Recovery can bring back memories of how bad it was. A Fat American in France I ate violently, destructively and disturbingly. At one point I did a cost-benefit analysis of my addiction...didn't help. My fancy education made no difference. Once in the program I became Miss OA. My physicality came back.  'I got this' led to an 80 lb weight gain I finally did get this  Nov 3 2008. Today I have a dail...

Grew up thinking I was unwanted as 5th of 5. Within 3 days of joining the program there was a month long orientation workshop which gave me a deep understand on the program and what I could expect. Unity between my program, my marriage, my higher power and my life keep all the parts working.    

I was a sensitive kid obsessed with my body image.  At 15 I got diet pills, then speed and was not actually overweight. I restricted, was an exercise bulimic and tried it all. I stopped eating sugar because I was a people pleaser. AND just kept coming  back. Today the program and my higher power have helped me all the challenges life has thrown at me and maintained my abstinence. The promises have...

In my youth I got a rush from stealing and an escape with the food. Long term cycles of feast and famine(excersize, restriction tec.) I was in OA for 8 years without a sponsor. 'Surprise' I had no recovery. Today i have a daily ritual for my recovery which has led to my 2.5 years abstinent,

I was given sugar instead of a bottle. Program worked when I laid down the food and picked up a pen. Never, Never, Never give up. my 4th step made me suicidal because I had no God.  Since I developed a belief and relationship with a Higher Power he has saved me regularly.

Lost 100 lbs and put it back before entering Law School. Wore Tee shirts until I was 30 because I was afraid of bursting my buttons. The beginning of my recovery was a spiritual experience that  makes no sense, cannot be explained and has been with me 40 years.  

Huge amount of food and huge amount of laxatives. It took four months after a 3 week relapse to feel sane. After a long time in the program I had to give up all my sponsees to work on myself. I am on a spiritual journey. The food blocks me from this process.

All about Step one. When I came to OA I thought everyone was abstinent, so I did to. Last Xmas I 12 stepped 2 caregivers. I will never have a normal relationship with food.

Weight kicked up at puberty My first OA Meeting the church was locked. There was one other person and I knew I was home. I lost 100 lbs in 9 months and was rocking in OA until Iost my sponsor and decided to sponsor myself. 160 later I found my way back to OA and was welcomed. The OA community and service makes me know I am not alone.

Dieted from 7th grade to age 50. yo-yo-yo and the swings got bigger. I had a plan for my college reunion to loose weight. I did not go to my reunion. I had a friend who talked about OA. She lost weight while I gained. Gave up sugar after my first OA Meeting.  God was the hardest part of OA for me. That is absolutely not the case for me today. 

in my 20s and 30s I was a great dieter as a restrictor leading to being under nourished. Today I turn to my Higher Power in times of stress instead of the food. 1st OA was just me and the speaker. She spoke and got my attention. Weighing, recording and reporting honestly is critical for my recovery.  

Excellence was expected at home and it separated me from my peers. Food filled my emotional holes. Eating other's leftover from the trash was a hint something was wrong. In college my life looked good superficially, but it wasn't. I completely gave up, was suicidal and my recovery began. My spiritual awakening was transformational but not the end of my journey with food. I could rationalize minor...

Every Diet worked once. I tried them all. I was 12 stepped by my wife and I didn't even know it was happening. OA was OK but I had a big problem with the word 'GOD'. After a substantial relapse I was finally, 'Willing to go to any lengths'. Today my program affords me an astounding life.  

Was living the bedevilements (P.52 BB) when I came to OA Gained 60 Lbs during first pregnancy which led to marital problems Used my 3 year old to collect MY Halloween candy Lived the 301 plan- 3 meals, 0 in between, 1 day at a time.

Downed a bottle of Children's aspirin for the orange flavor. Being extremely active helped me avoid weight gain. Sugar free chocolate was a gateway food for me.  Came back to OA in 2004 letting everyone know I already knew everything about it. Amazingly when I changed my food plan with anothers help, I lost my weight. Now miracles happen daily.

Grew up in angry home By coincidence I found an OA meeting I could walk to right after I had been given I Big Book and identified. I found a sponsor who took me through the steps after I was abstinent from my alcoholic foods. Today I am overcoming the bedevilments (Page 52) and experiencing the promises (Page 83-84) one day at a time.

Grew up in overweight family. Food competition was the norm. Food, Drugs, alcohol became my life, I had no clue.  12 steps in my first program changed my life but not my food. I found OA and it worked so well I decided I didn't need it. Finally got back with new sponsor and took direction. Now I have added Spirituality into my food plan.

I pulled over an Xmas Tree but held on to the candy cane. Knowledge of nutrition did not reduce my obsession. A life change led to isolation, skipping meetings and the thought I can do it myself... It did not go well. Finally made it back, got a sponsor and followed direction. Today I have a daily ritual which helps me stay on track keeps the obsession at bay.

Long term over eating eventually getting into program at age 65 Listen and take notes: A. S. I. S. 4 Cs 3 Ps T. A. C. T. T.  

As a child chubby turned into obese and brough in speed. I just wanted to be able to pick a dress off the rack. I had lost weight but was very unhealthy when I was 12 stepped in a hair salon. Changed from 'What are you going to do about it' to what am I going to do about it.

Binged and purged my way up to over 200 lbs. If you think you can't do your food plan the rest of your life, it is a diet.

Food helped me feel safe in an unsafe environment growing up. When binging and restricting failed me I added exercise bulimia to my repertoire of inappropriate tools. First came to OA in 2003, Did everything I was told except get a sponsor and do the steps. Once back I came to believe if it worked for others  it could work for me.