Ilana (Century Meeting, Apr 2018)

Ilana, member since 2008, identifies as a compulsive overeater and
Century person. Ilana's share from the Tuesday evening Century
Meeting includes the following themes: commercial weight-loss •
controlling food & body • coping with life without food •
discovering 12 Step programs • gas stations • hiding food &
garbage • 1st OA meeting • the Big Book of AA • learning to follow
direction • diets versus the abstinence model (normal person versus
the addict) • chemical dependency • 1st food history • staying
stopped thru the Steps • looking at yellow light foods • getting
more from 4th Step inventory than 25 years of therapy • weighing
& measuring • veggies are not unlimited • the H.O.W. plan [of
eating] • either working on recovery or working on relapse A
century person is an individual who has lost or needs to lose 100
pounds or more. H.O.W. = Honesty, Open-mindedness &
Willingness. To learn more about H.O.W., please go here:
https://how-oa.org/about/