You Are Not Alone Anymore

I called a suicide hotline from my dorm room my sophomore year, after being unable to stop binging for a week. The woman on the phone gave me the number for OA and for whatever reason- I was able to stop that night and have been free from binge/purging (I was only an exercise bulimic which can be easier to hide than bulimia via throwing up).

I got a sponsor and started the steps right away - doing them "perfectly"- and have continued doing the steps and going to meetings since that day- for almoast 20 years.

I've learned over the years to be less and less perfect- I have received TONS of outside help, but OA is always there and free and the real and mysterious way things seem
to get better by being a part of a group of imperfect peeps. Though I've been abstinent from binge/purguing/dieting for 20 yrs, I still have the obsessions, in varying degrees and in the past 2 years have had real trouble redefining a higher power as a newfound athiest and a budding caffiene addiction- but that's the thing that keeps me comingback to OA. We are all welcome- whatever you come from. The only requirement for membership, isn't weight, bellief, the amount of suffering or type or agem it is a desire to stop eating compulsively.

However I define that- so- just know there are tons of people with your experiences and if not in your group- then around the world on phone and internet meetings too. YOUR NOT ALONE ANYMORE.

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