REGION ONE OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS
  • Home
  • Newcomers
  • FIND YOUR INTERGROUP
  • FOR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS
  • Meetings
  • Board Blog
  • Board Calendar
  • Contact & Liaison List
  • Documents
  • Donations / 7th Tradition
  • Events
  • Journals
  • Links
  • Convention 2023 - Audios
  • RECOVERY RESOURCES
    • Podcasts / Speakers
    • Resources for Specific OA Populations
    • Sponsorship
    • Virtual Sponsorship
  • SERVICE RESOURCES
    • Intergroup Renewal
    • PIPO - Public Info / Professional Outreach
    • Speaker List
  • Privacy Policy

For today, i will...

7/24/2023

4 Comments

 
Picture
I wanted my first blog to be uplifting, something insightful, beautiful, inspirational. But that’s not where I am at today. Today, I am struggling. When I first came to OA, I thought I was at the lowest point in my life. It was easy to admit my life was out of control and that I needed help. I wish I could say that my journey in OA was solid from that point forward, but I would be kidding myself and lying to you. No, I dragged my feet, tried to do the program my way and was selective about what advice I would follow, and not surprisingly, I did not recover. Truth be told, I am still not recovered. Today, I am abstinent by the grace of my HP and I am grateful because in the last year alone, I have been arrested and briefly incarcerated, homeless, my wife filed for divorce, and two of my kids are choosing sides and not talking to me. And I don’t think that things are going to get better from this point forward. I might lose everything, my home, my dog, my job. I am scared to death. But I am not compulsively overeating. No, I am maintaining and working toward a healthy body weight. So that is a miracle. And if this miracle is possible, maybe HP has something in store for me that I can’t see either. Because when I was 355 pounds with diabetes, hypertension, sleep apnea, I didn’t believe that I would be alive to see my 50th birthday next month. I hope I do make it. But you know what, I am not alone in this journey. I have my
OA family praying for me and encouraging me. I still make mistakes and I owe amends, I am far from perfect. I am just another member of OA who found that service is a lifesaving tool. So for Today, I will trust in my HP a little more, I will admit my mistakes and make amends, and I will survive another day.

​James G. Second Vice Chair
PLEASE DO NOT INCLUDE LAST NAMES IN BLOG POST COMMENTS
4 Comments
Jean M
7/27/2023 12:24:51 pm

No James, you are not alone on this journey. Parts of your story are my story. We hear parts of our story at every meeting. Just for today, James, trust God, clean house, and serve others. Thanks for the share. Have another 24 James, and everyone else. Jean M

Reply
Lisa S
8/8/2023 11:11:17 am

Thank you sharing your story James

Reply
Cynthia Toney
8/9/2023 02:33:18 pm

Thank you for sharing. I too am facing a recent problem with my husband's health. I have done way more than I am some time capable to keep our house and garden up. Still there is help if I pursue it instead of feeling resentment and self pity. My gratitude list grows and your blog reminded me of the need to be more vigilant in working my program and reaching out to others. Thank you

Reply
Lesley
8/14/2023 01:54:45 pm

Thank you James for your honesty and for your service!

Reply

Your comment will be posted after it is approved.


Leave a Reply.

    Follow us on Facebook!

    BLOG POSTS ARE THE EXPERIENCE, STRENGTH AND HOPE OF INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS AND DO NOT REPRESENT OA AS A WHOLE.

    All
    7th Tradition
    Abstinence
    Acceptance
    Action
    Advice
    Amends
    Anonymity
    Anorexia / Bulimia
    Big Book
    Body Image
    Carrying The Message
    Change
    Character Defects
    Choices
    Commitment
    Diversity
    Feelings
    Fellowship
    Food
    Food Cravings
    Gratitude
    Higher Power / Spirituality
    History Of AA
    HISTORY OF OA
    Holidays
    Honesty
    Hope
    Integrity
    Isolation
    Joy
    Life On Life's Terms
    Literature
    Love
    Meditation
    Meetings
    Perfection
    Perseverance
    Priniciples
    Professional Outreach
    Progress Not Perfection
    Promises
    Public Information
    Recovery
    Relapse
    Relationships
    Resentments
    Self Esteem
    Self-esteem
    Self Will
    Self-will
    Serenity Prayer
    Service
    Shame / Guilt
    Slogans
    Social Situations
    Sponsorship
    Steps / Steps In Daily Life
    Tools
    Traditions
    Trust
    Unity
    Weight
    Willing
    Willingness
    Willpower

    Blog Archives

    October 2024
    August 2024
    July 2024
    June 2024
    May 2024
    April 2024
    March 2024
    February 2024
    December 2023
    November 2023
    September 2023
    August 2023
    July 2023
    June 2023
    May 2023
    April 2023
    March 2023
    February 2023
    January 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    November 2018
    April 2018
    September 2017
    July 2017
    December 2016
    June 2016
    January 2016
    July 2015
    May 2015
    January 2015
    October 2014
    July 2014
    February 2014
    December 2013
    September 2013
    June 2013

Region One Overeaters Anonymous
P.O. Box 23235 Tigard, OR  97281 USA 

[email protected] / Copyright 2025