Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting

Edith Rae came to the program at 51 and now has solid recovery.  She loves life and herself now, which is a great change from the negativity she thought of herself when she first came in.  Her story is inspiring for all of us.

Helen, who celebrated 13 years tonight, came into the program when she was young.  She encountered some struggles in her recovery over the years, but her recovery is strong.  She made it clear that we all have character defects and that we work on them the best we can.  The program isn't just a diet for Helen, she lives and works the 12 steps.

Gail shares with us her story of recovery from compulsive overeating as well as anorexia.  There have been ups and downs in her recovery, but she got the willingness this time around to work the program and has acheived great results.

Maricela shared with us her story of recovery from compulsive overeating.  She explained how the physical isn't all that needed to change, she needed to change the spiritual and emotional components as well.  She has a fire for life today as a result of working the program.

You'll be inspired by Don's story of how OA helped him overcome his compulsive eating, starting with his childhood as a country boy who got into trouble and dropped out of high school, how he joined the Marines and was the only survivor of 20 men sent to "Ground Recon" in Vietnam, his first encounter with a 12 step program when his daughter attempted suicide, the beginnings of his compulsive eatin...

Helen tell you her heartfelt story, starting with her childhood memories (which revolve about food), her progressively-worse obsession of eating sugar until she became ill, her attempt to analyze her pervasive fears, attempting to use food and alcohol to deal with the discomfort of "being in her own skin", being a young bride with a weight-obsessed husband trying to fix her, her struggle with many...

Tarl gives one of the boldest and encouraging stories you'll ever hear about his path to 33 years of abstinence, starting as a small child who ate an unusual food compulsively, discovering that he couldn't choose what feelings were deadened by compulsively eating, overcoming the fantasy of being rescued from his eating compulsion, compulsively over-exercising, discovering OA at 17, discovering how...

Justin shares his journey as a 300 pounder at age 16 growing up on diets and binging while he played football, his realization that relapse is a process as he struggled to admit he had a spiritual problem, eating his way to diabetes and 500 pounds, finding a "safe fifth step space", and how he succeeds at his current abstinance today.

Spencer shared with us his inspirational story of long term recovery.  His gratitude and joy really shined through and helps us to remain hopeful in our own recoveries.

Rich shares with us his inspirational journey in recovery over the past 19 years.

Nathan shared with us how his obsession with food led him to some successes in life, but ultimately left him at a bottom until he met his eskimo.  He has 3 years of abstinence today and his recovery has been great despite the fine tuning we all make as our time in program progresses.  He is more comfortable with himself, he is working a program, and he stays connected through meetings, service, an...

Adam shares his story of coming in over 300 pounds and how he is now maintaining a normal bodyweight.  His recovery in the spiritual, physical and emotional realm has enabled him to have a great life with family, friends and the fellowship of OA.

Jon shared with us tonight about how compulsive overeating affected his life, even as a very young child.  When he came to OA, he got the weight loss, but still went back out for research.  He is now back in the program with 2 years and is at his lightest weight since 19.  He has an inspirational story to open the new year with. Enjoy!

Merry Belated Christmas! Doug shared with us his story of recovery as a young person.  He hit his first bottom young at 16 and now has a little under 2.5 years of abstinence with about 150 pound weight loss at 24 years old.  There were many struggles, but Doug is recovering and learning how to live life while finding out who he is.

Victor describes to us how from the very first time he had real food, he knew he was a compulsive oereater.  Food was always readily available and it wasn't frowned upon.  When he hit his bottom and finally came to OA, he realized that he needed to let go of his punishing Higher Power and find one that worked for him if he was to find recovery.  He did find that power greater than himself and has...

Marla shares with us her story of recovery over the past two years.  She realized she had a problem with food from a young age and has finally found her solution.

Ken shares with us his story of recovery over the past 30 years.  He came in at over 300 pounds and is now maintaining around a 170 pound weight today.  His story is one of isolation, depression and anger, which he says depression is anger without enthusiasm.  He was very ambivalent about working the program and only worked it so he could prove it didn't work and move on with his life.  The progra...

Daniel shares with us his story of long term recovery as a 100 pounder.  His humor and wit, combined with the devastating nature of the disease before program puts a nice twist on his message of recovery.  Without surrendering completely to step one, he would not be where he is today.

Michael shares his experience with the steps and breaks them down with a fervor and excitement for the way they were outlined by our mother program's founders-Bill and Bob.  He struggled with all forms of compulsive eating and finally came to the program after reaching over 300 pounds.  He gets to practice these principles in all his affairs, especially work life, and continues to carry the messag...

Violet shares with us her journey of recovery through the program.  With the help of the fellowship, she has been able to admit powerlessness over the food and has attained long-term abstinence and weigh-loss as a result.  She emphasizes that it's not all about the weight, however, and she has been shown how to apply the principles of the steps in her daily affairs.

Robin shares with us his journey in OA as a long-term abstinence maintaining 100 pounder.  He has had ups and downs, but with the program he has become spiritually connected and has been able to share that with others.

Bob came into the program after a run in with some other 12 step programs.  His sponsor told him that he needed to make amends to himself for the weight he carried his whole life.  He came into OA at 340 pounds, and over the years his recovery hasn't been perfect, but he's kept coming back to carry the message and is now maintaining close to a normal body weight.

Elle shared with us her story of recovery.  Since she has been abstinent, she has lost 80 pounds and came in willing to work the program as suggested because she had nowhere else to turn for recovery from compulsive overeating.  She had ran out of options.  Growing up, she used outside issues instead of food, and was even able to keep the weight off due to her active lifestyle after giving up thos...

Sharon celebrated 4 years of rededicated abstinence with us tonight.  She has been around the program for over 35 years which shows her persistence and intent to recover in this program.  She struggled with her weight since she was about 5 years old and started going to diet doctors and taking diet pills at a fairly young age. After the diet pills stopped working as a barrier between the food, she...

This past Sunday was really a treat from Nancy J.  As of October 5th, she has 38 years abstinent and had a lot of recovery to share with us as a result of that.  When she got to program, she weighed 325 pounds and today she is at a normal bodyweight.  After growing up in an abusive home where food was her comfort, and after surrendering to her drug and alcohol addiction, she made it to OA.  In OA,...