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Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting
Speakers who have lost 100 pounds tell their stories.

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 understand it but thought I would give it a shot. By George it worked. I still do it today because it works.

 

Direct download: GinaN_2019_12_29.mp3
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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.

 

Direct download: GeorgeY_2019_12_22.mp3
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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.

Direct download: CarrieN_2019_12_15.mp3
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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.

Direct download: BobB_2019_12_01.mp3
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We had a family competition to see who could eat the most. I held my own with brothers.

Direct download: DonnaW_2019_11_17.mp3
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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.

 

Direct download: JoyceW_2019_11_03.mp3
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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.

Direct download: GregL_2019_10_27.mp3
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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 relationshiops with my husband, my son, my program, my sponosr and my higher power. I follow direction and my life gets better. Rock on OA!

 

Direct download: MichelleK_2019_10_20.mp3
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Direct download: FrankP_2019_10_13.mp3
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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.

Direct download: JarronE_2019-10-06.mp3
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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.

Direct download: TomF_2019_09_29.mp3
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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?

 

Direct download: ChristinaM_2019_09_15.mp3
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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.

Direct download: TyroneS_2019_09_08.mp3
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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.

Direct download: DorrieS_2019_09_01.mp3
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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

Direct download: JackieG_2019_08_25.mp3
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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.

 

Direct download: CindyW_2019_8_18.mp3
Category:speaker -- posted at: 6:00pm PDT

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.

Direct download: KaraL_2019_08_11.mp3
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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.

Direct download: CynthiaE_2019_07_28.mp3
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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.

 

Direct download: HillaryM_2019_07_21.mp3
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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.

Direct download: EricG_2-19_07_14.mp3
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Once she really 'heard' The Doctor's Opinion" she realized htere is No way but OA.

Circumstances don't cause my syuffering. How I think about  my circumstances does.

 

Direct download: DawnB_2019_07_07.mp3
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Born a compulsive overeater, 

Every diet program worked for while

OA always treated me better than I treated myself.

Direct download: Luanne_2019_06_30.mp3
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Sugar addict birth to death but today not active at it.

Really good dieter... Every goal was a rebound.

Lied to avoid invitations and maintain isolation.

The beginning or recovery was when I learned to love myself no matter what I weighed.

 

Direct download: JessicaH_2019_06_23.mp3
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Childhood Dancing, Track, Drill kept is at bay. 

Abstinance is fragile and often taken for granted.

A sliver leads to a slive which leads to a slab which leads to a slob. 

Now I go to meetings to speak and listen. It has to go both ways.

Direct download: AnneT_2019_06_16.mp3
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Mom loved sugar, Dad loved snacks, I loved sugary snacks.

Today I do my part (Meetings, outreach calls,etc) God does his part (the results). It seems to be out working well. 

Direct download: JillE_2019_06_09.mp3
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Finally arriving at OA with heart disease , and diabetes he follows direction and his whole life got better, 

Direct download: JimF_2019_06_02.mp3
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My mom thouhgt freezing the Ding Dongs woudl stop me... She was wrong.

Incredible membership benefits of OA include, friendships, support, help and a healthy life.

I can pass as normal but you all know they truth. What a relief.

Direct download: HelenT_2019_05_26.mp3
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Direct download: AliceN_2-19_05_19.mp3
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Food was an effective tool to avoid the pain of being picked on. 

 

Direct download: EveS_2019_05_12.mp3
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Born a compulsive eater any recovery can be fleetinmg without a higher power to depend on. What can I say, it works.

Direct download: Christina_2019_05_05.mp3
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Sugar in his baby food stopped his crying. Eventually he found every diet worked ... for a while.... Once.

A journey from Food to allcohols, to food to OA to God.

 

Direct download: DarronDG_2019_04_28.mp3
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Direct download: JayF_2019_04_21.mp3
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Some times we put on out best face. Tim put on his most honest sharing his recovery on a 'Bad' day. We could identify completely. 

Direct download: TimP_2019_04_14.mp3
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Speed may not be the best solution for overeating. Googling AA for fat people does bring up OA. OA Led to a lifelong solution for compulsive overeating. as offering relationships which may be approaching friendship.

Direct download: JohnP_2019_04_07.mp3
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Franks always remembered what food did FOR him forgetting what it did TO him. 

Meeting atendance, even with commitments, does not equal recovery.  But it helps

Direct download: FrankP_2019_03_24.mp3
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OA is the only hope for long term abstinence and health Fred had found. and he has tried it all. 

Direct download: FredB_2019_03_17_17.mp3
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The weight swings should have been a clue. 

Direct download: JarrenE_2019_03_10..mp3
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Picked a lock to get the food, weighed on a meat scale, up and down for 40 years, and more until OA brought him back God, as he understans him.

Direct download: KenS_2019_03_03.mp3
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Compulsive overeating trumps, everything, booze, drugs, excersizer AND wil power untill OA was the ace.

Direct download: RonH_2019_02_24.mp3
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She learned in OA she had accepted 4 big lies.

1, I will start on Monday

2. I will just have a little bit from the bag/package.

3. It doesn't show so no one will know.

4. I can do it myself.

Direct download: OliviaO_2019_02_17.mp3
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Loosing the weight was not enouigh to make the perfect life. A 200 pound weight loss, although remarkable, could not fix her. It took the steps, honetsty, doing the work,calls and a solid sponser she was willing to listen to in order to achive real recovery.

Direct download: JackieG_2019_02_10.mp3
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Direct download: CarrieN_2019_02_03.mp3
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It took Mike  long time to "Get it". For years he dabbled in OA Waving the banner of sobriety convincing himself they were different. He tells his story with humor and emotion and comapssion everyone can identify with. 

Direct download: MikeM_2019_01_27.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 6:30pm PDT

Food became a safe place during an uncertian, unsafe and challenging childhood. Eventually it stopped working. OA is now offering a great life. 

Direct download: GregK_2019_01_20.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 6:30pm PDT

Growing up with no life skills Victor turned to food.

He found personal and emotional accptance in OAand learned tools for living for the first time.  

Direct download: VictorQ_2019_01_13.mp3
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Direct download: Mike_2019-01-06.mp3
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