Katie H. (Century Meeting, Apr 2018)

Forest, member since 2014, identifies as a compulsive eater. Forest's share from the Tuesday evening Century Meeting includes the following themes: childhood • religious household • control • needing to know why • being gay • health consequences of overeating • self-hatred • compulsive exercising • bulimia • feeling dead inside • accepting sugar addiction • trying OA • 1st abstinence • perfectionism • serene enough in my head • joining a bike tour • taking next right actions • showing up • family • disease is progressive/recovery is progressive 

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

Note: Speaker does not identify as a Century Person

Andrea, member since 1984, identifies as a compulsive overeater and century person. Andrea's share from the Tuesday evening Century Meeting includes the following themes: still a compulsive overeater • being a 300-lber • finding OA • food liar/scammer • sometimes quickly, sometimes sloooooowly... (god's timetable) • Tradition 3 • 12th Step Within Committee (relapse/recovery) • the 11th Step Prayer • 4th Step experience • spiritual relief • Tools of Recovery • comfort in food • making myself big & making my personality small • diets/gyms/humiliation • carrying over 100 lbs • Higher Power • fellowship in OA • finding home in SF & OA • honest but not hurtful • next right action • miracles happen here 

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

To learn more about 12th Step Within, please go here: https://oa.org/groupsservice-bodies/resources/twelfth-step-within/

Jacqui, member since 2010, identifies as a compulsive overeater, sugar addict, and relapser. Jacqui's share from the Tuesday evening Century Meeting includes the following themes: perfection • childhood • control • learning sneaky eating • not allowed to feel feelings (stunted emotionally) • discovering alcohol • college • trading alcohol for sugar • balancing dieting/bingeing/drinking/over-exercising • pregnancy • depression • finding the world of 12 Step (AA & OA) • 1st OA meeting • using OA as another diet • relapse • a Higher Power that can work for me • asking for needs & turning over the results 

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

Note: Speaker does not identify as a century person

Sean, member since 2008, identifies as a compulsive overeater, sugar addict, century person, and relapser. Sean's share from the Tuesday evening Century Meeting includes the following themes: letting go of the scale • relapse • being dually diagnosed • self-judgment • 1st time eating in isolation (sneaky eating) • commercial weight-loss • judging bodies • the binge/depression cycle • unhealthy weight-loss (pride) • consequences of under-nourishment • 3 phone calls/day • journaling • the H.O.W. program • sponsorship • mentally fat • dating • speaker-guided 11th Step meditation (17:28-25:08; includes 2 stints of silence) 

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

H.O.W. is short for Honesty, Open-mindedness & Willingness. For more information, please go to https://how-oa.org/about/

Gail W. (Century Meeting, Mar 2018)