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From: mikes@lakesys.lakesys.com (Mike Shawaluk)
Newsgroups: alt.recovery
Subject: For Today
Message-ID: <1573@lakesys.lakesys.com>
Date: 16 Jan 90 20:10:51 GMT
Reply-To: mikes@lakesys.UUCP (Mike Shawaluk)
Organization: Lake Systems - Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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From "For Today", a daily meditation book from Overeaters Anonymous, Inc.
--
January 14

	A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere.  Before him I may
	think aloud.
					Ralph Waldo Emerson


Talking about feelings is essential in Overeaters Anonymous.  When I go to an
OA meeting, the people there are like close friends -- whether I know them or
not.  The more open and honest I can be when I share, the better I feel and
the greater my chances of recovery.

One member gave away a fifth step and was stunned by an immediate lifting of
the severe depression he had been suffering for months.

OAs are as different as any group of people anywhere.  But we have one thing
in common that bonds us instantly:  we are compulsive overeaters.


FOR TODAY:  There is no one I can talk to who will understand me better than
an OA member.
-- 
   - Mike Shawaluk             
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