Karen (Century Meeting, Sep 2018)

Karen, member since 1985, identifies as a compulsive overeater
and bulimic. Karen's share from the Tuesday evening Century
Meeting includes the following themes: excited for Overeaters
Anonymous • a die-hard, low-bottom compulsive overeater • no
bulimia for almost 33 years • 2 parents with eating disorders •
drug addiction & violence at home • abnormal eating &
purging at 13 • associates among century people • 1st OA meeting
• latching onto OA as a newcomer • 33 years in OA & still
desperate • 1st sponsor • meeting attendance • keep working the
Steps • Higher Power • personal connection to a god (as an
agnostic) • I feel different when I pray • nowhere else to go •
service commitments • going back to school & getting married
• OA allowed me to have a super rich life • life is serene &
exciting 


A century person is an individual who has lost or needs to lose
100 pounds or more. 


Speaker does not identify as a century person.