| Do you remember your first OA meeting? Did you
look around and wonder if you were the only young person in our
program? |
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| Did it help to realize that there were other
young people living in
abstinence through similar family situations, school, dating and work? |
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| Did their experience, strength and hope help you
to commit to an
abstinent life, one day at a time, especially when your friends and
family didn't understand? |
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| If you can remember when you were a lonely
newcomer, then practice the
Twelfth Step and reach out to another young food addict. You can
provide service in so many ways - greeting newcomers, making telephone
calls, offering rides to meetings. |
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| In these ways, you can ensure your own recovery.
Even your presence at
meetings can show young newcomers that they are not alone. |
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| Call
your local intergroup office to find out what you can do to help the
young people in your area. - Massachusetts Bay Intergroup Young
People's Committee (Reprinted from Lifeline, October 1996) Copies of
the October 1996 issue are available from the WSO for $1. |
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| Share your story with "The Young People's Way."
Write about working the OA program, using the Steps, how OA changed
your life, how your work with a sponsor has helped you, or any other
personal story that relates to recovery from compulsive overeating
through OA. |
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| Offer to help your group or
intergroup make contacts with your school. |
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| Offer rides to meetings for young
people who need them. |
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| Ask your group or intergroup to
sponsor a study of the Twelve Steps especially for the youth in your
area. |
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| Attend a group or intergroup
business meeting to find out how the Twelve Traditions are practiced in
groups. |
