A Desire to Stop Eating Compulsively

By “Dee S.,” an anonymous member of OAMAI

I’m so glad that you’ve come to the OA Milwaukee website.  Maybe this is your first time hearing about OA. We OA members welcome you.

I remember when I came to my first meeting. I walked in the room because I was overweight and my husband thought the therapist we saw (one time!) said my weight was his fault! Well, that’s not what she said, but ultimately I was referred to OA.

All that talk about spiritual recovery, God and one day at a time made no sense to me; all I wanted to do was lose weight thank you and then move on to celebrate my life, slim and happy. I didn’t realize that my overweight was a symptom of my difficulties living life. But obviously something clicked because I kept going to meetings and today I am grateful for all facets of recovery: physical, emotional and spiritual.

I’m glad you’re looking into OA and hope you’ll try a meeting and keep coming back. In order to attend, you don’t have to believe anything. You just need to have a sincere desire to stop eating compulsively.