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Addiction & Recovery

Stuart G

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9. I walked into Overeaters Anonymous in 1980...Lost 55 pounds and kept it off since 82

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Thu Mar 12, 2020, 10:49 PM

Mar 2020

...Let's see..I kept that weight off for 37 years.. (not bad for a food addict..we call them "Compulsive Overeaters

.....So..OA saved my life. Later I found AA and Co Dependence Anonymous..

....I guess what is important is: "I am still here to tell this story"

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Alcoholics Anonymous vs. Other Approaches: The Evidence Is Now In. [View all] elleng Mar 2020 OP

32 Years Clean And Sober 10,000 Meetings Or More AA CA NA DanieRains Mar 2020 #1

Happy it works for you. elleng Mar 2020 #2

Congrats, 32 years is incredible ... keep on keeping on :) mr_lebowski Mar 2020 #4

The thing about meta-analyses is that "garbage in" gives you "garbage out" RockRaven Mar 2020 #3

Forty one years clean and sober. Thank God for AA. demosincebirth Mar 2020 #5

8 years sober and a few months of AA and the chapter on accepting applegrove Mar 2020 #6

Well this turned my life around 30 years ago.. safeinOhio Mar 2020 #7

I know many who are friends of Bill W mountain grammy Mar 2020 #8

I walked into Overeaters Anonymous in 1980...Lost 55 pounds and kept it off since 82 Stuart G Mar 2020 #9

It saved my life. That's what I know. JDC Mar 2020 #10

Whatever works. bif Mar 2020 #11

Same here GreenPartyVoter Aug 2020 #12

Celebrated 40 years of going to Overeaters Anonymous in June... Stuart G Sep 2020 #13

Congratulations, elleng Sep 2020 #14

These last 2 paragraphs from the above link say a whole lot... Stuart G Sep 2020 #15

SODA elleng Sep 2020 #16

We need a picture or two of ....SODAS Stuart G Sep 2020 #17

You got 'em; I rarely do! elleng Sep 2020 #18