Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting

The 3 Parts of the disease need 3 areas of recovery - Pysical, emotional and spiritual. I had to eat cake every day for my 12 minute ride home. I had no higher power, I left 'God' off the Serenity Prayer.

Even with drugs and alcohol, food always worked to make me feel better. Thin did not fix anything. actually doing the steps works better than just reading them.  

Waist 32" to 58" and everything in between. Over 30 years I would get a little recovery, loose weight and take my will back .  My abstinence needs to include eating behaivior that seeks to avoid or change me feelings.  

1976 - Called OA central office - No answer, 17 hours later Someone suggested OA. Could be she was sent by God.

Pacifier glued to lips. always had to be in my mouth. Food over alcohol right from the start. Lying and stealing about foor started in elementary school Binge, gain weight, program light, loose 100 lbs, good enough. binge, repeat - -  up to about 400 lbs. Finally it took actually doing the full program. I decided to Mimic the OA Yodas. I just did it, It didn't make sense, did not want to, didn't u...

First signs of compuliveeating amnifested at age 12. Active is sports kept it balanced. In my 20s started dieting and a cycle of yoyo up and down up to 360lbs. 12 steps made sence except foer the God  stuff. 6 years in program before acceptance and surrender took hold and it started working . Today the compulsion is gone. I live in the present and make better choices.  

Top weight 305, now 170. College was the kick off for unrestrained compulsive overeating. Getting a job I liked helped my self esteem but not my food I did my work with my sponsor and the steps like a check list and never waivered. Consistancy trumps perfection.

Big, strong kid, Very active in sports. Regular activity, withoput change diet ledd to weight gain - Duh! Acident at work laid me up, topped out over 385. First astinace - no french fries.  Certain foods cause certain feelings. Certain feelings call for certain foods. Helps to notice the connections.

We had a family competition to see who could eat the most. I held my own with brothers.

Today weight, Glucose, Triglycerides, Hemoglobin, Cholesterol, LDL, All down in healthy range. Abstinant 6-8 times over 39 years with 60 Lb average  loss, Every time my life got full so...... stopping meetings was the first step out. Today I use all the tools AND have a full life.  

The weight allowed to be a charcter actor which allowed me to justify the weight. Lost 100 lbs by running, then stopped running.... 2 years into recovery I was terrified of relapse. a 2 lb weight gain led me into my current recovery. Doing the steps in AA truly kicked in my spiritual awakening.

Childhood anxiety was not understood,. Thinking 'Thin is good' had me restricting in kindergarten and into anorexia by 4th grade. The positive aspect of gastric bypass surgey can be overcome with careful compulsive overeating. I fired a series of sponsors who had really good suggestions. Fast forward years of up and down weight, in and out of program, loving and hating myself, today I have healthy...

Very active youth but food took oever about age 11. by 16 my weight made me uncomfortable so I solved that feeling with drugs and alcohol and became fat and high. 100 lb swings became common. I know have my passion back.. for OA. I always find a way to eat appropriately with the help of God and my sponsor.

Food was my families medicing for everything physical and emothional. Side effects included weight gain and self loathing. LAter on I learned eating carbs causes small intestines to releases seretonin.  If I don't eat my red light foods, there is no struggle.

Added almost 100 lbs from HS Graduation through first semester of college. Bypass surgery helped me switch from binging to grazing continuously. Not a good switch. Once I started really working the program with a sponsor I discovered eating healthy foods in moderate quantities, with a little excercize produced weight loss. Who knew?  

Grew up on Pot farm. My mother gained weight with organic food. At times I lost weight but never dealt with underlying isses. I had two food plans, A local plan when I was home and a travel plan. Not so good. Today I love the program, I love you guys, I love my family, I love my higher power and at long last I love myself.

Stealing cookies at age 5 Sneaking was it own thrill Grew up in violent alcoholic household, created the same inmy marriage. I Overcam gastric bypass by eating small meals all the time. Finally working with a sponsor and following direction helps me stay sane around food.

Wheels really came off in college. Binge, purge, depession, suicidal, drink, act out - just spin the wheel, repeat. Failed the phych eval for stomach staple. Lost the weight, no need for steps, Finally got sponsor, then recovery began

1st Meeting at age 12 Mom was my eating buddy and my diet buddy. Today I want the best for my ex-husband and it not even fake.  

Underlying Thought "I am not enough"  food was the only thing that Always helped. The seed of OA was planted when she was 19, finally germinated 15 years later.

Flour was my Thing. I relasped without Sugar and flour.  A spiritual Experince and outlined in the Big Book can happen when you least expected it but always when you need it.

First diet worked for a year - Then a month, Then a week, then maybe days. I thought alot to avoid my feelings. Problem was this is a program of action, not a program of feelings. Years of half measures failed me but I kept coming back and once I caught  the disease I ended up with a sponsor, abstinance, and recovey.  

Food made the pain of family disruption go away for about a second. Wouldn't steal from stores but parents - OK A desire to stop eating compulsively does not equal recovery.