Jeri (Century Meeting, May 2018)

Jeri, member since 2011, identifies as a compulsive overeater.
Jeri's share from the Tuesday evening Century Meeting includes
the following themes: always into the food • lonely kid •
family/mother • restricting & over-exercising • food: a life
of its own • food while raising children • 1st OA meeting • 1st
outreach call received • 1st sponsor • 1st plan of eating •
self-hating/shame/demoralization • no god • starting "tomorrow" •
the [OA] rooms ruined the binge • keep coming back • slowly the
food got easier, quieter, better • wanting the spiritual
connection • images of Higher Power • using the phone &
meeting attendance • can't do this alone • being willing • eating
breakfast earlier in day 


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.