- WASP-Worry, Anger, Self-Pity
- FAITH = Facing An Inner Truth Heals
- HOPE = Hearing Other Peoples’ Experience
- PRIDE = Personal Recovery Involves Defeating Ego
Author: Overeaters Anonymous Baton Rouge
Heard in Meetings 9/27/23
- I don’t have to bring people to my way of thinking I just have to be kind.
- I remember reading that doing God’s will is a lot like dancing. When two people try to lead, nothing feels right.
- I used to think that God couldn’t be bothered with small things but now I don’t mind asking him to pick out my wallpaper.
- I want to be around people who celebrate me not tolerate me.
- I will never be present with what I’m thinking but what I’m feeling in the present moment.
Heard in Meetings 8/24/2023
- God is not my vending machine.
- Happiness is loving what you have.
- How can you surrender if you don’t trust.
- I didn’t cause it. I didn’t cure it. I can’t change it. I can change myself.
- I don’t have to bring people to my way of thinking I just have to be kind.
Slogans 8/18/23
- What would God / HP have me be?
- Abstinence means freedom of the bondage of compulsive overeating.
- We are only as sick as our secrets.
- Nothing tastes as good as abstinence feels.
- Service is an attitude of gratitude.
Acronyms 8/18/23
- AA – Absolute Abstinence
- EGO-Easing God (HP) Out
- FINE – Frustrated, Insecure, Neurotic, Emotional
- OUR – Openly Using Recovery
- TIME – Things I Must Earn
Heard in Meetings 8/18/23
- Abstinence to me is not a thing but a process.
- Have an attitude of gratitude.
- I see my Higher Power as a beam of light.
- Clear away not only the wreckage of the past but the wreckage of the day.
- Dance together with God, trusting God to lead.
Slogans 7/25/23
- Turn it over (to HP)
- Take what you want and leave the rest.
- An addiction alone is bad company.
- Decisions without actions are delusions.
- Not my monkey not my circus (my monkeys fly; fly my pretties, fly!)
Acronyms 7/25/23
- CHANGE = Choosing Honesty Allows New Growth Everyday
- CLEAN = Completely Leaving Every Addiction Now!
- ACTION=Any Change To Improve Our Natures
- ANONYMOUS = Actions Not Our Names Yield Maintenance Of Unity & Service
- BIG BOOK = Believing In God Beats Our Old Knowledge
Heard in Meeting
- On any given day I’m doing the best that I can
- Abstinence, to me, is not a thing but a process.
- As I lowered my head, I became willing to trust.
- At that moment…more evil is brought into this world by people who are sure they are right.
- A peaceful soul is more important than having opinions.
Acronyms 6/24/23
- HOW = Honest Open-mindedness Willingness
- ABC = Acceptance Belief Change = Accept Begin Continue
- DETACH = Don’t Even Think About Changing Him / Her
- HUGS = Hope Unity Gratitude Serenity
- PUT = Practice Using Tolerance
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