A letter about Overeaters Anonymous

Tracey C · Senior Member

A letter about Overeaters Anonymous

SUSIE · Senior Member

You are welcome if you have a desire to quit drinking.

LinBaba · MIP Old Timer

SUSIE wrote:
You are welcome if you have a desire to quit drinking.

To join and be a member of AA

this is not a meeting nor AA, this is an internet forum open to all, AA has a primary purpose, to stay sober and to help other alcoholics achieve sobriety, the MIP internet forum is like the bulleting board outside the meeting, the coffee chat afterwards, in which we would be joined by the NA guys and gals and the alanon guys and gals where I am from, this forum is not a meeting, especially not a "closed" meeting

Tracey, we are looking at our "underlying stuff" behind addiction, behaviors, codependencies etc over at our Coda Board, feel free to pop by there for a visit as well

Tracey C · Senior Member

Thanks Linbaba,

I do pop in to the coda site quite often. I wasn't sure if I could post about this over there or not. The study programs over there look interesting. I'll order the books soon. Is it possible to do 3 programs at once? I guess if it's a key to unlocking what's going on inside of me then it is worth looking into now.

Tracey

SUSIE · Senior Member

Thanks LinBaba....I stand corrected :) didnt mean to scare anyone away. Hope no offense was taken.

Tracey C · Senior Member

You're right Susie. None taken. This is to valuable a site to be frightened from.

Tracey

StPeteDean · MIP Old Timer

Hi Tracey and welcome.

Imo food addictions can be every bit as deadly as alcohol. We're all in the same boat no matter what our druq of choice is.

I have to diet about every year or so (for the last 25 years) and lose 15-20 lbs. If I didn't I'd qain 5 or 10 each year and I'd be pretty biq by now.

I definitely qualify for OA. If there is a pie or ice cream or candy in the house (rare) I can't sleep until I eat it all. lol

Tracey C · Senior Member

Thanks Dean

Last night when I wrote I was really suffering. The cravings were really bad. In the end I worked on step 1 in the work book and that helped. I do have a sponsor. It was a bit late to call her. I guess I was trying to reach out.

It's been a very interesting journey. Overeating anon isn't just for obesed people. It also brings to light the people who over exercise, binge, purge or just plain starve themselves. I started when I was in primary school around 10. We were always playing sport basically everyday. From there I found aerobics, this was on top of the sport. Then I became an instructor teaching classes and doing up gym programs. Now after having 6 children, the weight has piled on as I can't exercise as much. It's not just a matter of dieting here and there. I've found it's to do with both punishing and comforting myself. After growing up in an alcoholic home, having partners who drink and smoke pot, I guess it's been my relief.

It's all very confronting.

Tracey

StPeteDean · MIP Old Timer

Tracey, you miqht want to check out our new Codependents anonymous board. Link is at the top of this board.

Tracey C · Senior Member

Yeah, I have been hopping on quite regularly there. It's very eye opening too. I'll start participating. Mainly, I've just been reading what everyone says. At times it's over my head but now and than something sinks in.

Tracey

StPeteDean · MIP Old Timer

Tracey, here's the Coda paqe with literature and characteristics.

http://www.12stepforums.net/coda.html

Tracey C · Senior Member

Thanks Dean. That's a lot easier for me to understand.

Tracey

Mr_David · MIP Old Timer

Welcome...Tracey.

Don't mind the chatter, its part of the process.

-- Edited by Mr_David on Wednesday 30th of March 2011 02:26:20 AM