today i attended my first online oa meeting at http://www.therecoverygroup.org/meetings/. they have online oa meetings EVERY 3 hours - isn't that great??? if you are ever having a bad day and need some encouragement or just need to lurk and hear that someone else is struggling with their overeating today - you now have a place to go.
directory of all online oa meetings at: http://www.oa.org/pdf/OnlineMeetingsList.pdf
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
my daily prayer
God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.
a new day ... a new journey
i first joined oa in may of 2005. i had 1 year and 6 months of on and off again abstinence - but at least i was attending meetings. i allowed comments made by a sponsor to mask the message of oa. i was hurt. i didn't feel comfortable at that meeting anymore. i allowed one person to get in the way of my recovery. i slowly stopped attending meetings and of course - fell back into compulsive overeating.
i have been considering going to meetings again and this past weekend - while on a women's retreat from my church - my desire to allow god to take control of my life was heavy on my heart. this week i spoke about it to my husband - i looked online for f2f meetings, i attended several online meetings and i began this blog.
this is just one day. i promise to take it one day at a time. i won't look ahead and stress about holidays or how i will react to meeting that sponsor f2f again.
i am a compulsive overeater.
dear god .... i put my hand in yours, and together we can do what we could never do alone. no longer is there a sense of hopelessness, no longer must we each depend upon our own unsteady willpower. we are all together now, reaching out our hands for power and strength greater than ours, and as we join hands, we find love and understanding beyond our wildest dreams.
i have been considering going to meetings again and this past weekend - while on a women's retreat from my church - my desire to allow god to take control of my life was heavy on my heart. this week i spoke about it to my husband - i looked online for f2f meetings, i attended several online meetings and i began this blog.
this is just one day. i promise to take it one day at a time. i won't look ahead and stress about holidays or how i will react to meeting that sponsor f2f again.
i am a compulsive overeater.
dear god .... i put my hand in yours, and together we can do what we could never do alone. no longer is there a sense of hopelessness, no longer must we each depend upon our own unsteady willpower. we are all together now, reaching out our hands for power and strength greater than ours, and as we join hands, we find love and understanding beyond our wildest dreams.
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