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Rhiannon12866

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11. When I first joined AA, I also attended OA meetings with my AA sponsor

Mon Jan 1, 2024, 08:43 PM

Jan 2024

She needed OA and my issue was just the opposite - when I drank, I didn't eat though I continued to cook every night. My weight got so low that I was threatened with hospitalization. I had to learn to eat normally again and OA was very helpful for me. And we also used the AA Big Book, substituting the word "alcohol" with "food." I've learned that many women in AA who drank when they cooked still have trouble being in the kitchen, like my sponsor, but I'm fortunately not one of them. This April it will be 15 years for me.

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This is a vent [View all] XanaDUer2 Dec 2023 OP

I see you. I hear you. willamette Dec 2023 #1

Thank you XanaDUer2 Dec 2023 #2

He has me now trained not to say anything XanaDUer2 Dec 2023 #3

perception willamette Dec 2023 #4

I rely on him to pay bills XanaDUer2 Dec 2023 #5

Sounds like a scary situation, I'm wondering if Alanon could help? Rhiannon12866 Dec 2023 #6

Thank you XanaDUer2 Dec 2023 #7

You're more than welcome, and don't forget to check in anytime. Rhiannon12866 Dec 2023 #9

X kozar Dec 2023 #8

.TOTAL TRUTH . READ..NUMBER 8.... "JUST BE OK" "IT WILL BE OK"...KOZAR ..#8....NUMBER 8... Stuart G Dec 2023 #10

When I first joined AA, I also attended OA meetings with my AA sponsor Rhiannon12866 Jan 2024 #11

Congrats! XanaDUer2 Jan 2024 #12

Thanks so much! Rhiannon12866 Jan 2024 #13

Thank You for posting some of your experience in AA. Sharing our lives is very important here. Stuart G Feb 2024 #14

Awww, you're more than welcome. Sharing helps me, too. Rhiannon12866 Feb 2024 #15