Online 12-Step Meetings Are Lifesavers to Compulsive Overeaters

When we recently retired from the suburbs of Hartford, Connecticut to a small rural mountain town tucked in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Georgia, I never doubted we'd made the right choice. However, at first, I did miss my weekly Overeaters Anonymous (OA) meetings. At my disposal, I could choose just about any day or time of day to attend an OA meeting, when I lived outside of West Palm Beach, Florida, and then in Hartford County, Connecticut.

Then, much to my delight, I discovered the beauty of online 12-step meetings. Take Overeaters Anonymous. Thanks to the Recovery Group website at www.therecoverygroup.org, I can connect every three hours, 24 hours a day, with other OAers, worldwide. Here I share my "experiences, strengths, and hopes" (ESH), with other recovering overeaters, as we encourage one another to "keep coming back" (KCB). I have not been part of their group for long, but feel I know these online OA friends, as if I'd met them in person. What's more, I can take part in them right in the comfort of my own home. Year around, 'round the clock, beginning at 12 midnight, you can catch a meeting every three years, day or night. Each week features a different step of the 12 Steps. Volunteers head up the meetings and OAers take turns sharing by simply pressing the *(star) key on their keyboards.

How can you find a meeting? Just go to www.therecoverygroup.org, and click on the white "doorway" to select a meeting. Support can also be found at http://www.oa.org/group_support.html where you'll find valuable online resources to start and continue in your recovery.