Anonymous, member since 2001, identifies as a compulsive overeater, relapser, and century person. Anonymous' share from the Sunday morning Relapse & Recovery Meeting includes the following themes: life keeps getting better • preparing for early death at 25 • 315 pounds as newcomer • 135-pound weight loss • 16-pound weight gain during last 24 months (+2/3 of a pound per month) • new sponsor • "home free" from compulsive overeating • 7 years in relapse after experimenting with food • 8 years of current abstinence • what is relapse? • what I was like part 1: misery • pain of suicidal depression is indescribable • formidable 4th year • what happened? part 1: finding & staying in OA • what I was like part 2: relapse • not honest about being in relapse • no humility • relapse: losing winning lottery ticket • what happened part 2: admitting to being in relapse • consequences of relapse • what I'm like now: wonderful • full-time employment • 5 months with new girlfriend • open to having children • moving out of San Francisco • thank you, OA San Francisco

Anonymous, member since 2001, identifies as a compulsive overeater, century person, and relapser. Anonymous' share from the Thursday evening Speaker, Literature, Writing, Step, Tradition Study Meeting includes the following themes: viewing life through the lens of Steps 1, 2 & 3 • Step 1: the problem; Step 2: the solution; Step 3: doing the solution • misusing food at age 4 • developing unhealthy fear of god • learning perfectionism • making money as a teen • hardcore junk food & soda person • consequences of compulsively overeating manmade junk food • health going downhill • accidentally finding OA • 1st OA meeting: most important day of my life • 1st sponsor • learning trust, courage, & responsibility in OA • wonderful life • 9th Step Promises • completing Master's degree • new "big boy" job • having clarity • 7th Tradition (being self-supporting) • loving OA San Francisco A century person is an individual who has lost or needs to lose 100 pounds or more.

Karen, member since 1985, identifies as a compulsive overeater and bulimic. Karen's share from the Tuesday evening Century Meeting includes the following themes: excited for Overeaters Anonymous • a die-hard, low-bottom compulsive overeater • no bulimia for almost 33 years • 2 parents with eating disorders • drug addiction & violence at home • abnormal eating & purging at 13 • associates among century people • 1st OA meeting • latching onto OA as a newcomer • 33 years in OA & still desperate • 1st sponsor • meeting attendance • keep working the Steps • Higher Power • personal connection to a god (as an agnostic) • I feel different when I pray • nowhere else to go • service commitments • going back to school & getting married • OA allowed me to have a super rich life • life is serene & exciting 

A century person is an individual who has lost or needs to lose 100 pounds or more. 

Speaker does not identify as a century person.

Rachel, member since 1985, identifies as a compulsive overeater. Rachel's share from the Monday evening LGBT Speaker & Literature Meeting includes the following themes: letting go of timekeeping • newcomers • 15 years in OA before stringing together abstinence • low-bottom compulsive overeater • a fat bulimic & a century person in sheep's clothing • abstinence is in the Steps • god wasn't helping me (needed to do footwork) • god dialogue • masking feelings • feelings get better & they pass • calling in sick (calling in fat) • Big Book: a set of instructions • Higher Power • I'll be okay • ask others how they do Steps