Have you relapsed into compulsive eating or compulsive food behaviors? This video can help you understand how you got here. It will point you toward the next right thing you can do to get back on the road to recovery. Welcome home.

What if I struggle?

The good news? No one fails in OA. As long as you’re willing to keep seeking help from others and work your program, recovery is possible.

To get ahead of relapse, here are some common symptoms leading to one:

• Argumentative
• Cockiness
• Complacency
• Defiance
• Denial
• Depression
• Dishonest
• Eating my binge foods
• Exhaustion
• Expecting too much from others
• Forgetting gratitude
• Frustration
• Grief
• Impatience
• “It can’t happen to me”
• Letting up on disciplines
• Self-pity
• Use of mood-altering chemicals
• Wanting too much

We are in recovery together and live it through abstinence and working the twelve steps by:

• being continuously abstinent;
• giving service, sponsorship and support;
• encouraging members to keep coming back; and
• attending meetings and OA events.

(Twelve Step-Within Handbook, p. 22)

Further Reading on Recovery from Relapse…

The solution to freedom from compulsive eating is the Twelve Steps

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