With over 3 years of abstinence and 113 pounds of weight loss Aaron shares how when he started out he was skinny.  His brother was the fat one.  In adolescence he started to get heavy he believed he was being punished for teasing his brother for being fat.  That was just the beginning of trying to figure out why he was putting on weight.

“I believe I lost my teens and my 20s to this disease.  I was fat through high school and during my attempt to go to college.”  Near tears he asked his sponsor for help. 

   Karl shares honestly about his lonlieness while weighing 400 pounds. His OA program and his 170 pound weight loss transformed his life.  Listen in.

Excerpt:  “It is not in my nature to talk in front of people and share about what I’m so ashamed about.  Things I didn’t know other people dealt with…..My grandparents were Holocaust escapees so there was always this feeling that nothing was enough and things had to look good on the outside.”  

Warning – strong language used in this talk.

“The day I figured out I could cross my legs I did a happy dance!” For Melody the real gifts of the program is real relationships, real friends and a relationship with a Higher Power.  She’s been through Weight Watchers ten times and finally found recovery in OA. She lost 140 pounds and gained a ½ inch in height – her spine had been compressed with all the weight!

Marv's story.

Victoria honestly shares her journey and offers hope for those who suffer from this disease. 

“To not feel I started trying to numb my feelings and fill myself up with anything from the outside….  That continued on for the next 23 years. I had headaches pretty much all the time…. Now it’s a journey and a path…. I needed a loving perspective about myself.”

Wanda just had a 2 year birthday having lost 70 pounds.  She shares her story of transformation.  She lived out on a farm six miles from town.  Most of her teens she felt out of step with others.  Her father being an alcholholic.  She grew up not feeling "with it".  Later she went to an OA meeting in Orange and saw people in recovery and couldn't believe it.

George's story

Eva's story

Jackie's story

Gaddy's story