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Anonymous (Relapse & Recovery Meeting, Sep 2018)
Manage episode 218597370 series 1253193
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
452 episodes
Manage episode 218597370 series 1253193
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
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