For Today: May 20th

The profoundest affinities are those most readily felt.

George Santayana

How well I know that feeling of being “at home” in an OA meeting!  No matter how far I may be from my own home group, the warm welcome, the nods of understanding tell me I am in the company of people with whom I have more in common than many friends and associates.

Being a compulsive overeater who is recovering in OA means that I never need to feel alone with my disease. I have only to pick up a telephone, go to a meeting and reach out to someone who shares the same illness, the same physical, emotional and spiritual symptoms. Only another OA member knows what it took to get us here.

For Today: My joy in recovery is multiplied in direct proportion to the extent to which I share it with other compulsive overeaters.

In OA, it is not our strength  that binds us together, it is our weakness. Through that weakness comes strength! By sharing our experiences, we realize we are not alone, nor do we have to travel this road in isolation & despair. 

Compulsive overeating is, in part, a disease of isolation…..of feeling like I don’t belong or fit in anywhere. I fit in beautifully in an OA meeting because I can relate to everything the members are saying. The nods of understanding are wonderful…..they enable me to know that I am not alone with my struggles and that someone intimately understands me. 

2+2=6  There is amazing strength in OA numbers! While I once felt small & isolated from the world, I now feel empowered to be part of a group of like-minded individuals. Together with our Higher Powers, we can do anything, one day at a time.