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Step One
We admitted we were powerless over food that our lives had become unmanageable.
-Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of
Overeaters Anonymous p. 213
Spiritual Principles in Step One: Honesty
Tradition One
Our common welfare should come first;
personal recovery depends upon OA Unity.
-Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of
Overeaters Anonymous p. 213
Spiritual Principles in Tradition One: Unity
P. 2 OA For Today January 2nd
Looking forward into an empty year strikes one with
a certain awe, because one finds therein no
recognition. The years behind have a friendly aspect,
and they are warmed by the fires we have kindled
and all their echoes are the echoes of our own voices
-Alexander Smith
The old and familiar is more comforting tocontemplate that the new and untried. What will
be new? Whatever old idea I give up, a new one
will take its place. Beliefs I was sure about have
turned out to be wrong. Foremost among them
was the idea that if I took complete charge of my
life, asking no help from any quarter, it would turn
out the way I wanted. But, it never did. It was only
when I gave up being in charge that the reality of
abstinence with peace of mind entered my life. All
my progress toward sanity and balance come from
that one magnificent change.
For Today: I pray to be willing to give up more of
my old, mistaken notions that I cling to as absolute
truths.
Mark your calendars
Next IG Meeting is on Saturday
Jan. 14, 2012 at the OA Office
OAs Birthday
Saturday, Jan. 21, 20129:45 -11:30 am at OA Office
Listen Share Eat$5.00 Suggested Donation
OA Unity Day
Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012One-day Workshop
Location & Theme TBA
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Overeaters Anonymous - Tulsa Green Country Intergroup
Office Phone: (918) 731-4102
Tulsa Intergroup OA Office
4815 S. Sheridan, Ste. 111
Tulsa, OK 74145
http://tulsaoa.org/
January 1
We admitted we were powerless over
food that our lives had become
unmanageable. Step One
When I first came to OA I had already
lost ninety pounds, but I was struggling and
knew I needed help. As soon as I walked
through the door to my first meeting, I
knew I was in the right place. I thought I had
taken Step One that first night certainly I
was powerless over food or I wouldnt be
here.
I continued to eat the same way I had
been eating. I ate all foods, but limited the
quantities of my favorites. I didnt have any
binge foods no, not me. Of course, I still
struggled, even though I was working the
Steps, I started eating more at meals. As
long as it was part of a meal, I was still
abstinent, right? I only ate three meals a
day.
Eventually, my Higher Power got a
message through my food fog. He made me
realize that I was playing with fire, still
controlling my food. I had not taken Step
one.
Amazingly, when I gave up my binge foods,
abstinence became easy. The compulsion
was lifted. Miracles happen when we work
the Steps honestly!
For Today, I will be honest about my binge
foods.
- OA - Voices of Recovery
The Tools of Recovery(abridged)
We use tools - to help us achieve and
maintain abstinence and recover from
our disease. Many of us have found we
cannot abstain from compulsive eating
unless we use some or all of OAs nine
tools of recovery to help us practice the
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions.
The nine tools are:
1.A Plan of Eating2.Sponsorship3.Meetings4.
The Telephone
5.Writing6.Literature7.Action plan8.Anonymity9.Service
For more information please check out
the Tools of Recovery pamphlet
Quote of the Month
"Never burn a bridge cause
you might not need to cross it
but a friend may need it to
get to you." - Anonymous
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