FOOD FOR THOUGHT- OA/AUGUST 2014

[MajestyJo]

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

You are reading from the book Food for Thought

Togetherness

In this program, we are able to do together what none of us could achieve alone. We may have tried many ways to control our disease before we came to OA, but they did not work or we would not be here.

We share a common illness and a common cure. Abstinence is possible as we share it with each other. The program works as we work it together. Each of us is an individual, but we function best with the support of the group. If we neglect to go to meetings and make phone calls, we cut ourselves off from the strength and inspiration we need.

Our Higher Power works through each of us as we share what we have been given. We do not achieve and maintain abstinence by ourselves. Most of us overate alone. Learning to live without overeating involves learning to live with other people. Our fellowship is our recovery, and together we grow.

Thank You for our togetherness.

A support group was so important, especially getting together with my sponsor.

I lost my first little black book, and I phoned my sponsor, full of fear, I thought I would relapse without it. I was fortunate, my room mate had put a lot of my number on speed dial on the phone. My God does work in my life and He puts wonderful people in my path.