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

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,

Direct download: JimB_2024_10_27.mp3
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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. 

Direct download: HeidiE_2024_10_20.mp3
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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.

Direct download: ManuelA_2024_10_13.mp3
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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.

Direct download: CatherineM_2024_10_06.mp3
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