Margaret (Century Meeting, May 2018)

Margaret, member since 1998, identifies as a compulsive
overeater. Margaret's share from the Tuesday evening Century
Meeting includes the following themes: childhood • love &
unpredictable violence at home • nighttime fear eating • punished
for eating too much • alcoholism • AA/sobriety • finding 12 Step
help for food issues • finding OA • therapy • "re-entry anxiety"
• sugar- and wheat-free • depression-free • using food as a drug
• fear & phobias • leaving & returning to OA • life is
blossoming • meeting attendance • service • food: the difference
between having a whole life & having a half life 


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


Note: Speaker does not identify as a century person