Slogans and Definitions
Slogans
A resentment is anger without the enthusiasm.
AAA—Abstinence—Acceptance—Action
Abstain from negative thinking.
Abstinence is never owned. It’s rented, and the rent is due every day.
Abstinence is not about getting abstinent; it’s about staying abstinent.
Abstinence is the most important thing without exception.
Acceptance is the answer to all my problems.
Act as if.
Act myself into ways of thinking.
Act yourself into right thinking instead of thinking yourself into right acting.
Action is the magic word. —Step 3: Make a DECISION.
AM vs. FM dial? Is my dial Against Me or For Me
Awareness—Acceptance of life on life’s terms—Surrender
Be careful what you pray for, you might just get it.
Be rigorously honest with yourself.
Before 12 Step Recovery, I was a piece of shit that the world revolved around.
Being right is not as important as being FREE!
But for the grace of God.
Came for the vanity. Stayed for the sanity.
Coincidence is an 11-letter word for God.
Coincidences is High Power being anonymous.
Compulsive eating is an equal opportunity disease.
Courage is feeling the fear and doing it anyway.
Cultivate an attitude of gratitude. (Keep an appreciative mind.)
Disease feeds the disease.
Do the next right thing.
Don’t believe everything you think!
Don’t compare your insides to other people’s outsides.
Don’t eat standing up.
Don’t give up until the miracle happens.
Don’t stop before the finish line!
Don’t compare your insides to other people’s outsides.
Don’t leave before the miracle happens.
Don’t take that first bite.
Easy does it.
Eat less, exercise more.
EGO=Easing God Out.
Expect a miracle.
Expectations = Resentments under construction.
Face your stuff or stuff your face.
Fail to plan, plan to fail.
Faith comes before fear in the dictionary.
Fake it till you make it.
Fat Head = Fat Thinking.
FEAR = F*** Everything And Run.
FEAR = Face Everything And Recover.
FEAR = False Expectations Appearing Real.
FEAR is not fact!
FEAR—Face Everything And Recover (Face it and erase it!)
FEAR—Future Events Already Ruined
Feelings aren’t facts.
First things first.
Focus less on food and more on people.
Food is fuel. It is not my lover or friend.
Food is the last thing to go.
Forgiveness is giving up all hope for a better past.
FROG – First Rely On God.
Full of food vs. full of God.
Go where the LOVE is—not where it isn’t.
GOD = Gift Of Desperation.
GOD = Good Orderly Direction.
GOD = Great OutDoors.
GOD = Guaranteed Overnight Delivery.
God is the answer—Plug into HP. It is there like electricity to enlighten your life.
GRAPES:
G:one way you are gentle with yourself
R: one way you relaxed today
A:one thing you accomplished today
P: one thing you did for pleasure/joy today
E: one thing you did for exercise/body movement today
S: one thing you did for social interaction today
Half measures avail us nothing—-but aggravation.
HALT = Don’t get too Hungry, Angry, Lonely, or Tired.
Happy, joyous, and free.
Head Trip = my head, thoughts, and unfinished issues that lead me to food.
Holding resentment is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.
How I feel about my body has nothing to do with how I look.
Humility isn’t thinking less of yourself; it’s thinking of yourself less.
I came for the vanity and stayed for the sanity.
I don’t think less of myself, I think of myself less.
If I don’t feel close to God, who moved?
If I have a problem and eat over it, then I have two problems.
If in doubt, leave it out.
If it works, don’t fix it.
If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten.
If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.
If you pray, don’t worry. If you worry, don’t pray.
I’m an egomaniac with an inferiority complex.
Imperfect but trying.
Isolation is the darkroom where I develop my negatives.
It takes as long as it takes.
It works if you work it.
It’s not what you’re eating, it’s what’s eating you.
Just for today.
Keep coming back. God (HP) works through people. The OA program works if you work it.
Keep it green.
Keep moving.
Keep your recovery first to make it last.
Keep your side of the street clean.
KISS = Keep It Simple Stupid.
KISS—Keep I Simple, Sweetie.
Less is more.
Let go and let God.
Let go or get dragged.
Let us love you until you learn to help yourself.
Life becomes more than food.
Live and Let Live.
Live in the problem or live in the solution.
Live clean and live clear.
Longevity—staying connected with people, eating healthy foods, getting enough sleep and exercise.
Look for a gift from HP each day.
Make serenity a goal in your life.
Meeting makers make it.
Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be. (Abraham Lincoln)
Negative thinking—negative feelings—lead to compulsive overeating.
Nothing tastes as good as abstinence feels.
OA is not for those who need it, only for those who want it.
ODAAT = One Day At A Time.
One Day at a Time.
One is too many, and a thousand is not enough.
Perhaps an unexpected solution exists.
Practice makes progress.
Progress, not perfection.
PUSH = Pray Until Something Happens.
Push the pause button.
Put one foot in front of the other and keep going forward. You can’t move forward looking backward.
QTIP – Quit Taking It Personally
Recovery = a lifetime of work. That’s why we’re given a lifetime to do it.
Rejection is God’s protection! Something better will come along.
Relapse is not a requirement.
Release what does not bless you.
Remember when.
Resentment is like taking poison and hoping it kills the other person.
Say the Serenity Prayer often to help connect with your HP—Step 11: Prayer and meditation.
Serenity is a feeling of stability within.
Service is its own reward.
SHIT = Special High Intensity.
Some people come into our lives for a reason, some for a season, and some for a lifetime.
Spread the message, not the mess.
Stay away from two pests: hurry and indecision.
Stay healthy mentally, physically, and spiritually.
Step 6: Stop doing a behavior that is harmful/wrong.
Step 7: Start doing a behavior that is productive/ beneficial.
Stick with the winners. Win with the stickers.
STOP = Stop TO Pray.
Sugar feeds cancer cells. Eat natural fruits for sweetness and health benefits.
Suit up and show up.
Surrendering means you don’t have to fight anymore.
Take an action, then let go of the results.
That hasn’t happened to me “yet.”
The elevator is broken. Take the steps.
The less I come to OA Meetings, the less I want to come.
The road narrows.
There are no coincidences.
There are two times when you go to an OA Meeting: when you want to and when you do not want to!
There is no destination; it is all just a journey.
There is no situation so bad that a compulsive bite can’t make it worse.
Think. Think. Think.
This, too, shall pass.
To eat is a necessity, but to eat wisely is an art.
To thine own self be true.
Today is a gift. That is why it is called The Present.
Today is the first day of the rest of your life. —-If you slip, start up again now.
Together we get better.
Tough shit. Don’t eat!
Trust the process.
TT—Turn it over. Thy Will Be Done.
We try not to indulge in cynicism.
What have you got to lose?
When I stopped living in the problem, the problem went away.
When I stopped living in the problem, the problem went away.
When in doubt, leave it out.
When you want to overeat, take contrary action.
You can’t keep it unless you give it away.
You can’t save your ass and your face at the same time.
You’re only as sick as your secrets.
Your bottom is wherever you stop digging.
Definitions
Abstinence: the act of refraining from compulsive eating and compulsive food behaviors while working towards or maintaining a healthy body weight.
Anonymity: Because of Anonymity, it is safe to share at meetings. This means we honor each other’s privacy by never discussing who we have seen or what has been discussed at a meeting with anyone outside of that meeting.
Big Book: The Big Book refers to Alcoholics Anonymous which also is used in Overeaters Anonymous. It is our basic piece of literature and is used to help us recover from compulsive eating and to stay in recovery.
Cross Talk: Feedback, cross talk, and advice-giving are discouraged during all Overeaters Anonymous meetings and events. Cross talk during an OA meeting is giving advice to others who have already shared, speaking directly to another person rather than to the group, and questioning or interrupting the person speaking/sharing at the time.
Group Conscience: Group conscience is based on Tradition 2. When a group wishes to determine how best to conduct meetings, spend funds, organize special events, and deal with issues that affect the group or OA as a whole, business meetings are conducted by group conscience. Group conscience is the special way (unique to 12-Step fellowships) in which the individuals in the meetings come to agree on a decision that is best for the whole group.
Newcomer: A person new to OA and/or the 12-Step Program is considered a newcomer. There is no time limit on when someone may be considered a newcomer.
OAers: Those attending and participating in Overeaters Anonymous often are called OAers, members, or fellows.
Overeaters Anonymous: Overeaters Anonymous is a Fellowship of individuals who, through shared experience, strength, and hope, are recovering from compulsive overeating.
Outreach Calls: These are calls to other OAers between meetings just to check in, to get support, or to discuss aspects of the program. It is suggested that more intense issues be discussed with one’s sponsor.
Recovery: removal of the need to engage in compulsive eating behaviors. Spiritual, emotional, and physical recovery is achieved through working and living the Overeaters Anonymous Twelve Step program.
Sponsee/Sponsoree: A sponsee or sponsoree is a person who is being sponsored/helped through the program. Each person is encouraged to be a sponsoree and to find a sponsor who has what he or she wants.
Tools: we have nine Tools that help focus us while we work our program of recovery, including: A Plan of Eating, Sponsorship, Meetings, Telephone, Writing, Literature, Action Plan, Anonymity and Service.
Twelve and Twelve: OA uses two “Twelve and Twelve” books—The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous.
Twelve Steps: The OA program of recovery for individuals is based on the 12 Steps which are defined and explained in the Big Book and the “Twelve and Twelve” books.
Twelve Traditions: The 12 Traditions are a means by which groups remain unified in a common cause and community. They ensure smooth functioning, survival, and growth of the meetings.