Rachel (LGBT Speaker & Literature Meeting, Aug 2018)

Rachel, member since 1985, identifies as a compulsive overeater.
Rachel's share from the Monday evening LGBT Speaker &
Literature Meeting includes the following themes: letting go of
timekeeping • newcomers • 15 years in OA before stringing
together abstinence • low-bottom compulsive overeater • a fat
bulimic & a century person in sheep's clothing • abstinence
is in the Steps • god wasn't helping me (needed to do footwork) •
god dialogue • masking feelings • feelings get better & they
pass • calling in sick (calling in fat) • Big Book: a set of
instructions • Higher Power • I'll be okay • ask others how they
do Steps