Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting

Just so you know  - This program works! Picture 1 - 420 Lbs and lots of heath issues. Picture 2  -3.5 years later in healthy body. Today I have freedom from the bondage of self. Freedom to live a quality life and way more. I was always 'Husky' and had an addiction to sugar and flour but didn't know it at the time. I have found that when I fully work the program, follow suggestions. and avoid opini...

***( The audio quality is not up to par. But it did make me pay  closer attention for a powerful message - Recorder )*** Stats - I joined in 2011. 32 years old and 0ver 300 lbs and lost and maintained  150 lb weight loss.  I dabbled with a diets which yielded intermittent results in time and pounds. as is is said, When I got to OA I heard my story but they were older, As before my self will got me...

I have lost 100 lbs twice before I came  to OA. I was an only child and in my family and my friends houses everything was about the food. I was the biggest my entire school experience. Never thought of myself as dainty. I had no clue what an appropriate amount of food was. My husband and I became eating buddies until I did the protein shake diet. At the the end I went back to my old ways. Hypnosis...

I always want to be profound but I have to remember it is not about me.  I came in in 2003 after weight  loss surgery. Since I was already loosing weight I did not embrace OA right away. Half measures at best. After 7 months I started gaining.  Then I became desperate and honestly worked the steps. I got into service bit if you called me at home I wouldn't answer. It did not hold and I eventually...

I was an exercise  bulimic before I knew what it was and still gained weight. Found OA went to a few meetings and decided to do it myself which failed miserably.  I have been abstinent for 22 years and still call y sponsor every day (I am on my third sponsor). I sponsored early and it worked great. I stayed abstinent and so did some of them .

Started with pictures. Young pictures don't indicate major  problem yet. Got dismissed from Marine Corp because I could not maintain the weight standard. By 2007 many areas of my life were out of control Came into OA over 300 lbs  Today I stay under 200 with my doctor acknowledging my program and results. I can have a 'gutter ball day' but a 10th step puts me back on track.

Came in over 500 Lbs My portion was bag box and carton or more. My problem was my bondage of self.  Food wasn't my problem, it was my solution. I was the result of what happened to me as a shild which I cannot change I can change how I react. Taking the next right action was/is My form of willingness. I didn't believe it could work for me but I did it anyway. At 419 I was in the hospital being tol...

Diabetic, fatty liver disease and less than 30 years old. Finally got it in 2008 after my third son. In until 2012 and not back until 2021 Started sneak eating around 8 years old. It didn't stop. I reset my time over a year ago because I was eating abstinent food compulsively. I am honest about my food. It may nor be perfect but I tell the truth Now I have a service position at every one of my reg...

Maintaining 70 LB weight loss for 17 years. I was a sugar addict as long as I can remember. My first diet at 11 years old and it never ended Thin, fat, thin, fat, thin, fat ........ every diet worked for a minute. After multiple diets my food plan became 'I'll eat whsaever I want' up to 185. My first OA meeting was a sugar addict abstinent fro 22 years. That got my attention. I just kept going und...

I was 250 feeling different and alone. I thought all sorts of crazy things would be a good idea. all looking for the right diet. Today I no longer have to kill myself from the inside any more. While in my weight uncomfortable is a major understatement. I had been able to get thin . . . for a minute. I never forget the humiliation of needing a seat belt extender. I have yet to do a perfect say and...

I was 'chubby' by 10. As I got older I got heavier and lonlier. I lost my first 100 pounds early in high school. But I was still discontent and drooped out in 10th grade. 20 - 30 yrs old - Loose weight, get job, gain weight, loose job  and blamed the world. In 1999 I ended in CA, lost 150 on my own and I had arrived . for a minute. I ended in OA, was loosing weight and I was my God. I got a sponso...

Compulsive overeater shares experience.

I was not a fat kid but was still obsessed with food. Unhealthy childhood led to a plethora of issues arriving over the years. I used a complicated plan of compulsive eating, drugging, exersizing to maintain what I wanted. I came into OA relatively small and put on all my weight in programs.  I put on 100 lbs with my first pregnancy and I was sober. Steps 1-3 getting right with god, 4-9 getting ri...

An abstinent member of OA shares her journey or recovey

Lynette  AN Abstinent member shares her story.

In OA 18 Years, Up and down 100 multiple times in and out of OA.  Currently 4 years. I used to think food was my problem. Life was my problem. Food was my solution. I was sure being overweight I would get Covid and die but it did not stop me.c In all `18 years I never left OA but i definitely hopped around meetings, sponsors, food plans. I knew I could not do it alone, but I kept trying and THAT f...

Missed 1st 30 Seconds - Dow Compulsive over eater also celebrating 38 years sober. I first got abstinent through HOW program. In abstinence I remembered things I had suppressed. I got sober at 31, quit smoking and ate to stuff all the feeling and it worked. I was not willing to give up the food.  No wonder I couldn't connect with God, I was worshiping my refrigerator. Maintaining my abstinence is...

Feb 20, 2025 =8 years I grew up in dysfunctional family like so many others.  Food felt like an escape. The voice of my disease told me I needed a smaller body. what ever it was. I knew the squeaky tiles in my house so I could sneak to the fridge. I became completely obsessed with food and my body. I cried a LOT in the beginning.  Now,  for me, it is OK to be vulnerable, I realize I am not the cen...

From Early childhood always full plates. Both parents were compulsive eaters.  I learned how to sneak food without being heard or discovered. I was the only kids in the point system program with my mom. I did not get it and hated it. i went to college at about 300 lbs. I learned all about nutrition but it didn't help me. My parents encouraged me to try OA. Much of my life was working but not my fo...

Very active childhood. Family outdoor activities.  I was driven to seek attention and approval. so I excelled. It was a slow weight gain spanning 30 years, 2 kids  Occasional diets led to a short term dip but adding more eventually. I was led to the 15 questions and passed. I belonged. There 5 OA Actions that worked for me.

Compulsive Overeater shares her journey of recovery.

By the time i was 21 I needed to give up a plethora of inappropriate behaviors. Food was my drug of choice.  My dad paid me for every pound I lost. I could present well but hated myself on the inside regardless of how I looked. I raised my hand for my 'First 30 days' for 4 months. Finally i have not had sugar since 1985 I was sober for 4 years but my world was grey because of my food. I thought OA...

I was filled with anger and resentment. I weighed in at 370 for cancer surgery. I don't remember how I found OA. At that time I was a wreck on many levels. I was in program briefly and quit for 28 years. I went on a brutal binge when my brother died. Today I will go to any lengths for my recovery. That insures  I have received the gifts of the program. I am adjusting my character. I read with my s...

My mom, when she cooked it was for six kids even though there was just me. I was a people pleaser but I never felt it was real. My brother was a drug addict who got clean and introduced me to concepts of the 12 step programs. I went to AA because that is all I ever heard of. I got a sponsor who was also in OA and led me there. He was my higher power. He passed away. I left. Found me way back. My 3...

in program 15 years with intermittent abstinence until I found my current one. My first meeting in 78 but resisted the God talk. Married, one child maintaining weight. No so for second child. I realized I could start my abstinence mid day. After my First OA Retreat I left food on my plate and experience grief. Retreat in 98 asked what I was bringing rather to  than what I was getting from the meet...