OA RISE is hosting “Surrender and Step One” meeting on Sunday, February 7, 2021 from 1 :00 - 4:00 pm PST.

I have been a grateful member of OA since June of 2007. I learned very quickly that I must surrender to a power greater than myself if I wanted to be relieved of my binging and purging. My ways of controlling and relieving the control with day-long binges were caught in a Groundhog Day cycle from a very young age day in and day out.

Overeaters Anonymous felt like a free fall at times, but it was so often cushioned by the love, compassion, and support of fellows who had walked before me. I was given the gift of desperation and with that the gift of abstinence. That said, my life has had many challenges and grief for which I have been so grateful that I had could utilize the steps and the tools of the OA program, as well as the rich community of lifelong fellows. I am delighted to have the opportunity to share about how surrendering just one day at a time has strung together 13 1/2 years of abstinence from bulimia. I had tried everything before I tried this as a solution. Little did I know that OA had so much more to offer me than relief from my obsessions and compulsions. Today I experience the beautiful Promises of this program and a life beyond my wildest dreams. Hang in there. There is always hope. No matter what.

Please visit the OA Rise website for the zoom meeting information.
https://oarise.org/meetings/