Overeaters Anonymous

I just figured how to set up an online meeting for those of us who are on SOMD online....

If you are interested please join Becky"s Corkboard... it's a private forum here on SOMD online.... this will allow us to use a chat room on line protected by a password... I will only give the password on the that forum....

To sign on to Becky's Corkboard... go to User CP... then click on Group Membership at the bottom of the left hand side of your screen... you'll need to scroll down to find it... then select Becky's Corkboard... I check this several times a day... so it should be fairly quick...

The password will change from time to time... but if we all use this tool we should be able to start a really cool community....

See ya there...

Becky

I'll open up a chat room tonight.... that way we can discuss the forming of the OA chapter here in Southern Maryland... and maybe begin the 1st step and 1st tradition....

Hope to see you soon.... go to Becky's Corkboard for a password....

[thisday]

Originally Posted by residentofcre

Good to see you.... are you going to F2F meetings?

What does F2F mean?

Originally Posted by thisday

What does F2F mean?

I'm sorry... It means "Face to Face"

I will try again tonight to have an online meeting.

Based on what happened last night it may not be possible to have the meeting in chat... we may need to do it in forum [Becky's Corkboard]

I'm going to check with the computer guys to see if what happened was due to the number of people asking to hear the meeting or if it was my computer....

Please get signed up for Becky's Corkboard [you don't have to be a premo member to use a private forum] just in case we need to do it there....

Thanks...

This is really a good thought.... I thank OA for allowing me to copy it... for you... for more of these... join Becky's Corkboard...

Cease Striving

"Cease Striving – Let Go, Relax – And Know that I Am God”
. . . . Psalms 46:10

I can count on one hand the times in my life in which I’ve been able to feel truly relaxed. Our disease is often driven by our efforts to control our lives: we labor to control our emotions, our relationships, our image, and our “masks” which we wear in a valiant effort to control how other people see and respond to us.

This effort to control ourselves and our lives is a ruthless taskmaster and a double-edged sword. It cuts like a knife through our very souls and requires that we forsake who we are in a misguided – and fruitless – attempt to be who we believe we “should be.” I have worked so hard at trying to mold myself into an Acceptable Person that I have lost who I truly Am. All of my ceaseless efforts to mold myself into who I thought I Should Be have cost me my very sense of Self, and has been a painful eroding of my own Identity – it is a tragic self-imposed suicide of my Soul.

Like many of us, in order to enter recovery I had to come to the End of Myself and lose any sense of Control I had over my life. This was terrifying for me – I believed that even without a false sense of control, my life would implode and leave only ruined remnants in its place.

But I have not imploded. I have not been destroyed. With the crumbling of my masks and my frantic efforts to control everything, I have found a surprising sense of peace and safety – even in the midst of the chaos in my life. I am convinced that had God not brought me to the end of my own efforts, I would not be in a place in which I can hear His Voice. My ears would have remained deaf to His promise to never forsake me. Had He not firmly – yet gently – gotten my attention, my unsettled Mind would have continued to shout warnings and commands into my withered soul. Hitting Bottom is the best thing that could have happened to me, for I landed not in destruction, but in His eternal loving arms.

One Day at a Time . . .
I will choose to cease my own striving and efforts to control my life. I will practice being still and knowing that my Higher Power is with me at all times, in every circumstance of my life

~ Lisa

I know some of you have heard of being "equally yoked" and some of you have heard of being "stiffed necked" or "stubborn"

When I read the words Cease Striving... it reminds me of a Sunday School lesson that I taught some time ago....

Back in the time of Christ [yes God is my Higher Power but all are welcome to discuss theirs equally in OA] the Ox was the creature of burden. The Oxen were carefully chosen to be of the same strength and size so they would fit and act equally when the yoke was put on them.

Some Oxen tho would pull their necks to the side so the Yoke wouldn't go on them easily. They would struggle against the yoke so that it work was either put off altogether or they were chaffed raw by it.

When I read this thought fo the day... it reminded me of that.... Stop Struggling... Allow your Higher Power to put the Yoke on you so that you won't have to be tired before you get to work .... Allow your Higher Power to guide you so you don't hurt yourself....

I had a hard time with that Sunday school lesson... I guess I was just fighting the message... like a child squirming when you're trying to change a diaper or put on a t-shirt...

Thanks for letting me share all this OA stuff... it's actually doing me some real good...

[vegmom]

Do you have iTunes?

I discovered OA speakers podcasts on there for free. Lots of other "self help" podcasts available from them.

My sucky dial-up connection is going to take a while to download them all (how about the CRE board Verizon to get DSL in here?).

Yes- I am veg, trained for a marathon, and still struggle with my weight (potato chips are vegan lol). I actually gained while training . Not registering for any long distance races this year and focusing on getting out there and just burning blubber .

Vegmom... I'm going to check and see what I can find...

Meanwhile here's the copy & paste for the day...

Example

"Setting an example is not the main means of
influencing another, it is the only means."

Albert Einstein

Program's philosophy dictates that we gain new members by attraction rather than promotion. We should be striving to become living embodiments of Program principles in order that we might attract and inspire those in need whom we may encounter in our daily lives - just as we were fortunate enough to find our way here because of the amazing effort, inspiration and example of the Program founders. Because of their blood, sweat and tears, Program has grown in leaps and bounds over the years . Now - its future growth rests with us. Are you prepared for this responsibility?

One Day at a Time . . .
I will dilgently work the tools of my program and be a shining example of recovery to others.
~ Rob R.

Let me remind you that the majority of the posting I do is in Becky's Corkboard....