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 abstinence would be a daily struggle to not eat.

I no longer hate myself. There is more to improve but now it is because I love  self enough to change.

My higher power took away the self hate causing me to eat sugar.

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.

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 sponsee. I embrace the prayers and the slogans to remind me of what is appropriate.

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 3rd sponsor help me actually get a relationship with a higher power and got me writing in my big book.

My Nuggets
Our  mind can complicate anything to avoid taking action.
Only the first step can be done perfectly.
Don't use the 4th step as a tool to beat yourself up..
When I would get upset I learned to pray for them immediately. It changed me.
The process of finding the answer can be more important than the answer.

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 meeting and the program.

Today I am a service junkie at all levels of OA.

I often bookend my meals with a phone call as a reason to reach out and to stay on track.

Solomon Desc