12 Step Program Oa
Overeaters Anonymous- 12 Steps to New Life
Shelley N. Fischer
BSHS 431
Monday, May 14, 2012
Gary Zarchy
Overeaters Anonymous- 12 Steps to New Life
I decided because I don’t drink and have never had a drug addiction that I wanted to find a 12- step program that would be relatable to something I felt could help me in my life now. I decided that the program would be Overeaters Anonymous. I have known for a long time that I have an addictive nature, as I tend to become very focused on something I like and buy or accumulate as much as I can whether I need it or not. I did not want to say, however, I was addicted to food for a long time. I would rationalize my binges on sugary things as a “BIG sweet tooth” and blame my parents for it, inherited you know! The past few years it has gotten to be a problem at times. I have come to the realization, it is not my parents who created the problem but me. I am the one who loves anything sweet and cannot seem to stop at just one piece of candy but a whole bag. I am the one who continues to buy them in mass quantities and to sit at night in front of my computer and finish them off. I am the one, when depressed, or sad, or angry, who goes to buy more and eats until the bags are gone. Then I have major migraines from the coming off the sugar high, and I say I am NEVER going to do that again, only to do it again.
I found a meeting last week, held at a church on Wednesday morning at 10 a.m. With that, I decided that is where I would start. Truthfully, it was just for the class assignment. Not for my problems but to do my assignment well.
I got to the church about two minutes before it started. I meant to be there earlier, but forgetting I am no longer living in a town where it takes 10 minutes maximum to get anywhere, it took 30 minutes.
There were six women and one man sitting around a large table, talking and laughing together as old friends and acquaintances. They were warm and welcoming in their greeting to me
Shelley N. Fischer
BSHS 431
Monday, May 14, 2012
Gary Zarchy
Overeaters Anonymous- 12 Steps to New Life
I decided because I don’t drink and have never had a drug addiction that I wanted to find a 12- step program that would be relatable to something I felt could help me in my life now. I decided that the program would be Overeaters Anonymous. I have known for a long time that I have an addictive nature, as I tend to become very focused on something I like and buy or accumulate as much as I can whether I need it or not. I did not want to say, however, I was addicted to food for a long time. I would rationalize my binges on sugary things as a “BIG sweet tooth” and blame my parents for it, inherited you know! The past few years it has gotten to be a problem at times. I have come to the realization, it is not my parents who created the problem but me. I am the one who loves anything sweet and cannot seem to stop at just one piece of candy but a whole bag. I am the one who continues to buy them in mass quantities and to sit at night in front of my computer and finish them off. I am the one, when depressed, or sad, or angry, who goes to buy more and eats until the bags are gone. Then I have major migraines from the coming off the sugar high, and I say I am NEVER going to do that again, only to do it again.
I found a meeting last week, held at a church on Wednesday morning at 10 a.m. With that, I decided that is where I would start. Truthfully, it was just for the class assignment. Not for my problems but to do my assignment well.
I got to the church about two minutes before it started. I meant to be there earlier, but forgetting I am no longer living in a town where it takes 10 minutes maximum to get anywhere, it took 30 minutes.
There were six women and one man sitting around a large table, talking and laughing together as old friends and acquaintances. They were warm and welcoming in their greeting to me