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[sista]

Hi everyone... I have been reading this board for some time now and finally joined today. The first time I came across this board I was struggling with the idea of addmiting I have a problem.. even though deep down I knew I did.
After a while I started looking into face to face OA meetings. There were currently none in my area. As I continued spiraling out of control, My higher power put a lady in my path that had been a member of OA for 20+ years. 13 days ago I got the courage to call her and ask about a meeting, and she said her and another member were justs getting ready to start the local meetings back up. So I made it to my first face to face meeting two days later. I also asked her to be my sponsor. And I have been keeping close contact with my higher power, whom I ask to help me stay abastinate.

I was struggling a little this afternoon with abstaining, while my family snacked away. So that is when I decided to join this board. And once again my higher power was at work here. As I read your post, I can feel the urge lift.
And for that I thank you all.

I just wanted to share some of my story just to get started. Thanks again.

[splendra]

((((sista))))

Welcome! I am glad you decided to come out and join us. Any obsession is hard to deal with how well I know.....

Be gentle with yourself. It's one day at a time babe but, we can break down our abstaining to minutes if necessary. I have had to go one minute at a time with my stuff many times to get thru a crisis. They add up to days too. Glad you made it to the F2F meeting that shows you have strength. ((((((((((BIGHUG))))))))) to you!!

[Pony]

Welcome Sista to this forum. I am glad you decided to join us here. Splenda is right, sometimes it is momment to momment. But then it just becomes a part of your everyday life. Making changes isn't easy, but well worth it in the end when we can feel healthy and alive.

I am glad that you now have a f2f meeting to go to. That is wonderful.....and that you jump right in there and got a sponsor. That is awesome !!!

[Biscuits]

Hi Sista

So glad you joined us and that you have found yourself a meeting. I am an all round food addict who has suffered for most of my life from obsession with food in all forms whether eating too much of it or not eating enought of it.

I to am an OA member and have been for the last ten and a half years and i am so greatful that i was introduced to the twelve steps. Take it easy with yourself and don't have to many expectations of yourself to change a lifetime of addiction into an overnight story of recovery.

Take it one day at a time and if i can give one piece of advice that i should have listened to when i first came into the rooms - Don't go it alone, ask for help and guidance (I let pride stand in the way many times and the food being powerful in my life back then was able to pull me back under its spell).

Luv and hugs

[sista]

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone.

[Nina Kay]

Hi Sista,
I too, want to Welcome you here. I'm sorry to come in on this so late. I'm happy that you've decided to join us here. Coming here has been very important to me and to my recovery program. I am a compulsive overeater and a food addict. I've been a member of OA in the past. There aren't any meetings close to me, so I've not been able to attend for almost a year and I can certainly tell the difference in my program. If it weren't for this forum, I'd really be lost in my addictions to food and to overeating. It's wonderful to hear that you have a meeting close to you now and that you are choosing to take advantage of that wonderful opportunity. It's also very admirable that you had that strength and courage to ask someone to be your sponsor right away. That was very smart too. I hope that you'll keep working your program one day at a time and that you'll keep coming back here as often as possible to share with us.