Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting

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CraigF_2026_10_04.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2026/10/05

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RichB_2026_09_27.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2026/09/28

I was diagnosed as morbidly obese at 11 years old. Got taught about food choices. Forced to do laps next to the swim team. That humiliation made me eat, First OA meeting at 19 years old.I wanted to loose weight. Not stop eating. In relapse I got gastric bypass. I did 10x the dose of Ozempic. I abused my body I ended up bursting my stomach. Today it is all different. my abstinence is what I don't eat. My food plan is what I do eat. I have a sponsor, Do the steps, Am of service. and it works . Last

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MaryJaneL_2026_09_20.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2026/09/21

My mom said I would gain weight but I didn't. My dad would bring me candy home from work to hide why he stopped at the liquor store. I went to rehab for substances and was put in charge of the kithchen. Game on. I gained 10 lbs every year in recovery up over 100 lbs and became diabetic. I heard about in OA in another 12 step meeting and thought they lied. In 2009 over one week I went to a diabetic class, an OA meeting, and a weight and pay. I got into service before I got any kind ot OA recovery

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MarkM_2026_09_13.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2026/09/13

4/18/2007 well over 500 Lbs My faith was built on lies I told myself resulting in an over reliance on self . I cannot remember ever being non-compulsive about food, regardless of my weight. 3 basic fears, Not getting what I want, getting what I don't want and being found out. I lost weight with pay and weigh but i was not fixed. Into college 175 out over 300 trying to fill my God sized hole. I was told I would die if I kept it up. I was more scared that I had been found out and what they wanted me

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ToniaG_2026_09_06.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2026/09/07

My moms stories indicated I had a eating thing right from birth. Food was my primary addiction but alcohol was next to it. Dieting, overeating, exercizing, all at once getting bigger. I dieted insanely for my senior picture and became another person in the prom picture. I eventually called OA and at my first meeting they talked about feelings. First time I was allowed to do that. Moderation was not good enough for me. Long time before I did it all. Picking and chosing the parts of the program to

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Jacqui_2026_08_30.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2026/08/31

How it was - Challenging family with vaious addictive behaviors. Bullied and school and at home - into abusive relatioship and kids. After 10 years I ened up alone, lost and surrendered to food. A Bariatric surgeon called me a lost cause and refused me the surgery. I added drugs and alcohol switching around as I put down one I picked up the others. I started walking and ruined my feet. Someone in AA suggested OA. My nearest live meeting was 3 hours away. Thanks for phone/zoom. If I do the steps I

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Loretta_2026_08_16.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2026/08/17

Large since I can remember. Joined OA in April 1989 no sugar since 2004 My eating kicked in after childhood trauma which I supressed untill 5 years into recovery Food was not enough so I included drugs and alcohol as a preteen. in '89 I got a sponsor, did what she said I kept my disease alive by overeating vegetables My last slip in 2004 was small but dramatic for me. I was a devout athiest but eventually realized I needed some kind of higher power. Today - no sugar and not compulsive. Speak if

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TammyL_2026_08_02.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2026/08/03

I topped at 586 on a bariatic scale Even in high school I 'secretly' went thru drive thrus, order for two and made surer to throw out the trash before I got home. I grew up in a toxic environment and used foos to handled my emotion. My involvement in my parents divorce was brutal and after my mom and I became eating buddies. I was found unreponsive and it frightened me. After 3 years in a rehab got and apartment for my weight was able to go to OA. Todat I have a daily ritual which is directly

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DaveB_2026_07_26.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2026/07/27

Came in over 300 Lbs in 1976 I had been rejected for Gastric surgery. I was told I needed a support group. OA or WW. One cost money - I went to OA. I did what I was told, lost 130 lbs and had it goin' on. I wanted to hold on to what I had gotten so I became a sponsor, My marriage did not survive my recovery. Making amends to my dad did not go as expected. Way better than I imagined. I got great sponsor advice when I was willing to ask AND to listen.

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JenniferB_2026_07_19.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2026/07/20

At 9 yrs old I was babysitting and found the joy of other peoples pantries. Because of pressure from my mom to loose weight I tried exercising- it was always a net gain. Around 12 I considered there was a pit in me I was trying to fill with food. I program I found it was God sized. Away from home for the first time in college the freshman 15 turned into my freshman 50. Feb. 24 My brother entered OA. I knew he was obese but never considered he did what I did with food. He let me listen into a zoom

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BethC_2026_07_11.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2026/07/13

Recording missed 1st 12 minutes, Notes included all talk. Prior to OA - Lonely and miserable- even in the beginning of OA I used to want to control others and get angry when they didn't want it. Having done the steps multiple times I am getting less controlling and more loving, realizing most of my problems are of my own making. I complained about my parents and their issues and turned out just like them I found my Higher Power in nature. - - - [Recording Starting} - - - Step 10 helped me

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JerryJ_2026_07_05.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2026/07/06

I was 5 years sober the Navy sent me to treatment for chronic obesity. First time I lost weight (40 lbs) I fasted - that worked. until. The next time - was for 55 lbs -- Then 67 lbs. My sponsor tricked me into service where I kept moving up really connected with OA as an organization. Roseanne's ability to adjust who OA is for showed me I can adjust what I think as new information comes in. I That helped me be a dad learning as I went on. OA has helped me kind and loving to myself and others which

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MimiD_2026_06_28.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2026/06/28

I always love to be asked to speak but every time I get nervous because I forget I am not in charge. I had gained and lost 100 lbs 6 times before OA. First diet at 12. When flying I was always handed a seat extender, Hard to get down the aisle to use the restroom. I was led to OA where I stood outside the closing circle. I became so involved in OA I did not have time for my Higher Power. I took back my will and my weight. I went from abstinent to obstinate. I had to give up fighting everyone and

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GerriBeth_2026_06_21.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2026/06/21

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File Progress A.J._2026_06_14.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2026/06/15

Opened with 7th step prayer Topped @ 360 lbs At 4 years old I stole dog biscuits and ate them in a trance. My mom hid the sweets from me, I found them. In adolecence, kids teased I developed techniques to defend myself. In my twenties I got on the radio on a dare and it became a career as radio announcer. On the air I was somebody, After I got off I became self destructive AND I ate. I the 80s I came into OA, had some physical success and I was not fixed and got up to the 360. Back into OA after a

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JoeA_2026_05_31.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2026/06/01

The phrase is "we claim spiritual progress" I thought my life would be wonderful if I lost the weight. I did it a bunch of times and my life was never perfect. I was in a car accident where being fat saved me. The whole thing scared me. In my first meeting I heard that there is a solution for way I felt on the inside. Since memorial day weekend 1983 I have had an abstinence of 3 moderate meals and no sugar. I used to eat anytime I had a feeling. I had to learn an alternative way to handle them. I

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DinaS_2026_05_24.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2026/05/25

I spent years trying to figure out what was wrong with me. I found that sugar took the edge off my stress. We were a sugar free household. I went to extreme measure to get my sugar. My mom put me on my first diet at 9 (SEGO) I was so busy trying to be what thought others wanted me to be that I had no idea who I actually was. After 20 years in therapy I was around 300 lbs. After 2 kids I got up to 400 I have been back in program 24 years with imperfect abstinence. I have an abusive relationship

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JoshB_2026_05_10.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2026/05/11

Graduated HS at 285, but will never get to 300, Then hit 407 and stopped using a scale At a couples event I met a guy who was over 400 but was not now. He got my attention. I have always thought I was just a fat kid. It was not the reality looking at pictures but I thought it was. My goto prayer is -"God, show me what I need to see." I always did well with fasting and/or Keto. The king of short term weight loss. Until it didn't work. Was on the plan and failed every day. It was the darkest I can

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PaulaD_2026_05_03.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2026/05/04

I come from generations of alcoholics and overeaters. I am one of eight and we all have 'issues' I thought we were a close knit family, I was a strong fixer. I later discovered I was a martyr and a victim putting my emotional well being onto my husband. In adolescence I felt 'large' but looking back l it was not the case. It was in marriage I progressed from plump to 280 lbs. I was scared into seeking 'life' one evening in the 90s It was in open AA meetings where I really learned about the 12 steps

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JeannieG-M_2026_04_26.mp3

Mill Creek OA 100 Pounder Speaker Meeting ·

2026/04/27

Today I am maintaining about 90 LBS down from my top. I have been lower but was not sustainable. As a kid I was admitted to a hospital for being too thin. That quickly revered. I was extremely overweight by 3rd grade and embarrassed by the school nurse. By 11 I went to a doctor and counted calories. It gave me awareness or what was happening. I lost a lot and became a normal weight. From then on I was always dieting. I was told about bulemia. got excited about it but could not do it. Grateful for

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