I am not a 100 pounder so I would compare (I'm not that bad)  in the beginning. 

I used food to anesthetize myself and it worked in my youth.

I was known in my family as a sneak eater.

Somewhere I knew it wasn't all about the food but I still thought it was about the food.

I was a sneak eater even when I didn't have to. Holidays were a time when I didn't have to sneak. But I still did.

Relationships were a trigger for weight gain.

I was clear that God could not help me with my food.  But he did.

I spent a long time just dipping my toe in the program confidant that I already had it because of my other program.

Finally getting a sponsor, listening to him, working the steps through the the lens of OA. 

Eventually things were happening that I could not do. Thus a higher power became present for me.

The box In which I placed my HP  continues to get bigger,

Grew up in a small town.

Married and unmarried at 19. Married once more in 2014 until present.

I called OA and the conversation just calmed me. She is still my sponsor today.

I cleaned my pantry of any foods I would be sad about loosing. 

I learned alternative ways of handling my emotions rather than binging.

I lost 80 lbs.got pregnant and lost that weight.

Maintenance has been a challenge. The traditions are important fore recovery. I personalize them and use them as the basis for my relationships.

My relationship with my HP has helped my emotional stability and to make better choices. 

Skinny until 15.

My family was full of chaos. Food was my friend for home and school.

I was always hustling to get money to buy what I wanted. I was a very unskilled thief.

I was over 260- was prescribed diet pills and made it down to 190.

Food was only one of the bad choices I made which cost me my marriage. 

In mid 30's I got almost to 300.

First introduced to How and it worked for a while as a diet for the wrong reasons. got up to 350.

OA has hooked my up with a higher power. Today I live OA, Use the tools.

When moving, I would clean the refrigerator with my mouth.

They asked me to read at my first meting. What I read did not resonate with me.

I was told to 30 in 30 and being an over achiever I complied but still didn't really get the program. and it didn't last long.

I finally asked God for help to get home with eating and it worked. My eyes, ears and heart began to open.

I did the steps in a week and a half. full time and thoroughly. however 9, 10 and 11 were hard for me to grasp. If something was defective a wanted to throw it a way.

Eventually I embraced that I was the problem. 

Great recovery for 14 months, then relapsed in 1990. A spiritual experience brought me back for good.