Gini (Century Meeting, June 2018)

Gini, member since 1978, identifies as a compulsive overeater, a
bulimic, and an anorexic. Gini's share from the Tuesday evening
Century Meeting includes the following themes: incomprehensible
demoralization • middle of the disease: lowest depth of misery •
1st OA meeting • maintaining current weight for over 30 years •
eating out of garbage cans, stealing food, hiding food, &
washing dish soap off food • dropping out of school & losing
jobs • taken out of my life • no reality meter • weighing &
measuring • asking for the willingness to be willing • character
defects • sponsoring • daily 10th Steps • coasting versus WORKing
the Steps • eating problem/living problem • perfectionism &
procrastination • AA literature • opportunities to work program •
helping others • meditation 





Note: Speaker does not identify as a century person. 





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