Living on the FA frontier with no FA meetings taught me qualities that were foreign to me−perseverance and tenacity. Without a live fellowship around me, and few fellows in the same time zone, I had to lean on my Higher Power more and be creative with my tools. My FA journey began in California, when there was one meeting in San Francisco and a couple in a town I’d never heard of−Cupertino. I knew that if I joined the program, I would have to go to three committed meetings a week. Note that I say “have to” rather than “get

I had been waiting to “eat for two” since I was a little girl.  I thought that pregnancy would be the time in my life when I could eat with reckless abandon, in front of the world, without fear of judgment. This was one of many “great” ideas that floated through my diseased brain. I have maintained almost three years of abstinence, and a life I did not think was possible, thanks to my Higher Power, my sponsor, Program disciplines, and FA fellows. When I first entered Program, I was not only overweight, but also desperate for a solution to

I have been asking God for the courage to change recently, and one area I wish to change is my over-planning. I have come to realize, through my quiet time and the gentle words of my sponsor, that you cannot plan fun. Seriously?  To confess this has come as a bit of a shock, as “fun” was actually often written into my plan for the day, even though I did not know what that looked like or how it would occur. At University, despite being unable to actually focus long enough to study, my super- duper, colour-coordinated, tick-boxed plan gave me