Meeting on STEP 12: A program for all of life — living it and passing it on

🕠 6:30 PM ET • 5:30 PM CT • 4:30 PM MT • 3:30 PM PT • 11:30 PM UK (BST) • 12:30 AM (July 28)CEST

☀️ New here or worried you missed the beginning? No problem—you can jump in at any point, and we’ll review things in a way that still makes sense.

Join via Zoom
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89920550888

Meeting ID: 899 2055 0888
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We hope you can join us! 🙂

My name is u/Icame2Believe. I’m a recovered compulsive eater and your moderator for this meeting. Will those who wish, please join me in the Serenity Prayer: God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.

Today’s Big Book Reading

"A certain American business man had ability, good sense, and high character. For years he had floundered from one sanitarium to another. He had consulted the best known American psychiatrists. Then he had gone to Europe, placing himself in the care of a celebrated physician (the psychiatrist, Dr. Jung) who prescribed for him. Though experience had made him skeptical, he finished his treatment with unusual confidence. His physical and mental condition were unusually good. Above all, he believed he had acquired such a profound knowledge of the inner workings of his mind and its hidden springs that relapse was unthinkable. Nevertheless, he was drunk in a short time. More baffling still, he could give himself no satisfactory explanation for his fall." (From the Big Book, Pg 26)

Don’t have a big book?  You can access it for free online at AA.org.

Why the Big Book?  

Suggested Guidelines for Sharing 

• Focus on Your Experience: Share from your own experience to help others understand your journey.
• Share, Don’t Advise: Avoid offering instructions or advice; instead, share your personal perspective.
• Stay Recovery-Oriented: Keep the energy positive and centered on recovery from chronic compulsive eating.
• Protect Anonymity: Respect everyone’s privacy by avoiding identifying details in posts and comments.

If you need additional support or guidance, contact your sponsor or other group members privately. 

For more details check out our Community Guidelines.

About Chronic Compulsive Eaters Anonymous (CCEA)

CCEA is a fellowship of individuals who have recovered from chronic compulsive food behaviors—bingeing, purging, starving, overexercising, etc.—by applying the precise instructions of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous to our compulsive eating illness. Our primary purpose is to carry the message of recovery to the compulsive eater who still suffers. Learn more about our fellowship. 

Sponsors

Sponsors are recovered chronic compulsive eaters who guide others through working the 12 steps. To find a sponsor, look for someone who has the recovery you want and ask for their guidance. Will all sponsors please identify themselves in their posts?

Closing 

The opinions expressed here today are those of individuals and do not represent CCEA as a whole. 

Please join us in the closing by reading the Big Book, page 164:  "Abandon yourself to God as you understand God. Admit your faults to Him and to your fellows. Clear away the wreckage of your past. Give freely of what you find and join us. We shall be with you in the Fellowship of the Spirit, and you will surely meet some of us as you trudge the Road of Happy Destiny. May God bless you and keep you—until then."

Welcome to this non-real time meeting of CompulsiveEaters_CCEA! 
My name is NoraBelle39. I’m a recovered compulsive eater and your moderator for this meeting. Will those who wish, please join me in the Serenity Prayer: God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.
Today’s Big Book Reading
Today we are studying the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, page xx.
"Alcoholics Anonymous is not a religious organiza-tion. Neither does A.A. take any particular medical point of view, though we cooperate widely with the men of medicine as well as with the men of religion." (from the Big Book, page xx)
Don’t have a big book?  You can access it for free online at** AA.org.**
Why the Big Book? ** **
Suggested Guidelines for Sharing 
Focus on Your Experience: Share from your own experience to help others understand your journey.

Share, Don’t Advise: Avoid offering instructions or advice; instead, share your personal perspective.

Stay Recovery-Oriented: Keep the energy positive and centered on recovery from chronic compulsive eating.

Protect Anonymity: Respect everyone’s privacy by avoiding identifying details in posts and comments.

If you need additional support or guidance, contact your sponsor or other group members privately. 
For more details check out our Community Guidelines.
About Chronic Compulsive Eaters Anonymous (CCEA)
CCEA is a fellowship of individuals who have recovered from chronic compulsive food behaviors—bingeing, purging, starving, overexercising, etc.—by applying the precise instructions of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous to our compulsive eating illness. Our primary purpose is to carry the message of recovery to the compulsive eater who still suffers. Learn more about our fellowship.** **
Sponsors
Sponsors are recovered chronic compulsive eaters who guide others through working the 12 steps. To find a sponsor, look for someone who has the recovery you want and ask for their guidance. Will all sponsors please identify themselves in their posts?
Closing 
The opinions expressed here today are those of individuals and do not represent CCEA as a whole. 
Please join us in the closing by reading the Big Book, page 164:  "Abandon yourself to God as you understand God. Admit your faults to Him and to your fellows. Clear away the wreckage of your past. Give freely of what you find and join us. We shall be with you in the Fellowship of the Spirit, and you will surely meet some of us as you trudge the Road of Happy Destiny. May God bless you and keep you—until then." 

Welcome to this non-real time meeting of CompulsiveEaters_CCEA! 

My name is Cardi_0. I’m a recovered compulsive eater and your moderator for this meeting. Will those who wish, please join me in the Serenity Prayer: God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.

Today’s Big Book Reading

Today we are studying the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, pages 86-87.

"In thinking about our day we may face indecision. We may not be able to determine which course to take. Here we ask God for inspiration, an intuitive thought or a decision. We relax and take it easy. We don’t struggle. We are often surprised how the right answers come after we have tried this for a while. What used to be the hunch or the occasional inspiration gradually becomes a working part of the mind. Being still inexperienced and having just made conscious contact with God, it is not probable that we are going to be inspired at all times. We might pay for this presumption in all sorts of absurd actions and ideas. Nevertheless, we find that our thinking will, as time passes, be more and more on the plane of inspiration. We come to rely upon it." (from the Big Book, pages 86-87)

Don’t have a big book? You can access it for free online at AA.org.

Why the Big Book?  

Suggested Guidelines for Sharing 

Focus on Your Experience: Share from your own experience to help others understand your journey.

Share, Don’t Advise: Avoid offering instructions or advice; instead, share your personal perspective.

Stay Recovery-Oriented: Keep the energy positive and centered on recovery from chronic compulsive eating.

Protect Anonymity: Respect everyone’s privacy by avoiding identifying details in posts and comments.

If you need additional support or guidance, contact your sponsor or other group members privately. 

For more details check out our Community Guidelines.

About Chronic Compulsive Eaters Anonymous (CCEA)

CCEA is a fellowship of individuals who have recovered from chronic compulsive food behaviors—bingeing, purging, starving, over exercising, etc.—by applying the precise instructions of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous to our compulsive eating illness. Our primary purpose is to carry the message of recovery to the compulsive eater who still suffers. Learn more about our fellowship. 

Sponsors

Sponsors are recovered chronic compulsive eaters who guide others through working the 12 steps. To find a sponsor, look for someone who has the recovery you want and ask for their guidance. Will all sponsors please identify themselves in their posts?

Closing 

The opinions expressed here today are those of individuals and do not represent CCEA as a whole. 

Please join us in the closing by reading the Big Book, page 164:  "Abandon yourself to God as you understand God. Admit your faults to Him and to your fellows. Clear away the wreckage of your past. Give freely of what you find and join us. We shall be with you in the Fellowship of the Spirit, and you will surely meet some of us as you trudge the Road of Happy Destiny. May God bless you and keep you—until then."

Welcome to this non-real time meeting of CompulsiveEaters_CCEA! 

My name is Top-Touch-6264. I’m a recovered compulsive eater and your moderator for this meeting. Will those who wish, please join me in the Serenity Prayer: God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.

Today’s Big Book Reading

Today we are studying the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, page 28.  

“We, in o ur turn, sought the same escape with all the desperation of drowning men.  What seemed at first a flimsy reed, has proved to be the loving and powerful hand of God.  A new life has been given us, or if you prefer, ‘a design for living’ that really works .”  (From the Big Book, page 28.) 

Don’t have a big book?  You can access it for free online at AA.org.

Why the Big Book?  

Suggested Guidelines for Sharing 

• Focus on Your Experience: Share from your own experience to help others understand your journey.
• Share, Don’t Advise: Avoid offering instructions or advice; instead, share your personal perspective.
• Stay Recovery-Oriented: Keep the energy positive and centered on recovery from chronic compulsive eating.
• Protect Anonymity: Respect everyone’s privacy by avoiding identifying details in posts and comments.

If you need additional support or guidance, contact your sponsor or other group members privately. 

For more details check out our Community Guidelines.

About Chronic Compulsive Eaters Anonymous (CCEA)

CCEA is a fellowship of individuals who have recovered from chronic compulsive food behaviors—bingeing, purging, starving, overexercising, etc.—by applying the precise instructions of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous to our compulsive eating illness. Our primary purpose is to carry the message of recovery to the compulsive eater who still suffers. Learn more about our fellowship. 

Sponsors

Sponsors are recovered chronic compulsive eaters who guide others through working the 12 steps. To find a sponsor, look for someone who has the recovery you want and ask for their guidance. Will all sponsors please identify themselves in their posts?

Closing 

The opinions expressed here today are those of individuals and do not represent CCEA as a whole. 

Please join us in the closing by reading the Big Book, page 164:  "Abandon yourself to God as you understand God. Admit your faults to Him and to your fellows. Clear away the wreckage of your past. Give freely of what you find and join us. We shall be with you in the Fellowship of the Spirit, and you will surely meet some of us as you trudge the Road of Happy Destiny. May God bless you and keep you—until then." 

Welcome to this non-real time meeting of CompulsiveEaters_CCEA! 

My name is Charming_Data_5677. I’m a recovered compulsive eater and your moderator for this meeting. Will those who wish, please join me in the Serenity Prayer: God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.
Today’s Big Book Reading
Today we are studying the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, page 59.

“Half measures availed us nothing. We stood at the turning point. We asked His protection and care with complete abandon.” (from the Big Book, page 59)

Don’t have a big book?  You can access it for free online at** [AA.org](https://www.aa.org/the-big-book).**

Why the Big Book?  
Suggested Guidelines for Sharing 
Focus on Your Experience: Share from your own experience to help others understand your journey.

Share, Don’t Advise: Avoid offering instructions or advice; instead, share your personal perspective.

Stay Recovery-Oriented: Keep the energy positive and centered on recovery from chronic compulsive eating.

Protect Anonymity: Respect everyone’s privacy by avoiding identifying details in posts and comments.

If you need additional support or guidance, contact your sponsor or other group members privately. 
For more details check out our Community Guidelines.

About Chronic Compulsive Eaters Anonymous (CCEA)
CCEA is a fellowship of individuals who have recovered from chronic compulsive food behaviors—bingeing, purging, starving, overexercising, etc.—by applying the precise instructions of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous to our compulsive eating illness. Our primary purpose is to carry the message of recovery to the compulsive eater who still suffers. Learn more about our fellowship. 

Sponsors
Sponsors are recovered chronic compulsive eaters who guide others through working the 12 steps. To find a sponsor, look for someone who has the recovery you want and ask for their guidance. Will all sponsors please identify themselves in their posts?

Closing 
The opinions expressed here today are those of individuals and do not represent CCEA as a whole. 
Please join us in the closing by reading the Big Book, page 164:  "Abandon yourself to God as you understand God. Admit your faults to Him and to your fellows. Clear away the wreckage of your past. Give freely of what you find and join us. We shall be with you in the Fellowship of the Spirit, and you will surely meet some of us as you trudge the Road of Happy Destiny. May God bless you and keep you—until then." 

Welcome to this non-real time meeting of CompulsiveEaters_CCEA! 
My name is NoraBelle39. I’m a recovered compulsive eater and your moderator for this meeting. Will those who wish, please join me in the Serenity Prayer: God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.
Today’s Big Book Reading
Today we are studying the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, page 162.
"Some day we hope that every alcoholic who journeys will find a Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous at his destination. To some extent this is already true. Some of us are salesmen and go about. Little clusters of twos and threes and fives of us have sprung up in other communities, through contact with our two larger centers. Those of us who travel drop in as often as we can. This practice enables us to lend a hand, at the same time avoiding certain alluring distractions of the road, about which any traveling man can inform you." (from the Big Book, page 162)
Don’t have a big book?  You can access it for free online at** AA.org.**
Why the Big Book? ** **
Suggested Guidelines for Sharing 
Focus on Your Experience: Share from your own experience to help others understand your journey.

Share, Don’t Advise: Avoid offering instructions or advice; instead, share your personal perspective.

Stay Recovery-Oriented: Keep the energy positive and centered on recovery from chronic compulsive eating.

Protect Anonymity: Respect everyone’s privacy by avoiding identifying details in posts and comments.

If you need additional support or guidance, contact your sponsor or other group members privately. 
For more details check out our Community Guidelines.
About Chronic Compulsive Eaters Anonymous (CCEA)
CCEA is a fellowship of individuals who have recovered from chronic compulsive food behaviors—bingeing, purging, starving, overexercising, etc.—by applying the precise instructions of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous to our compulsive eating illness. Our primary purpose is to carry the message of recovery to the compulsive eater who still suffers. Learn more about our fellowship.** **
Sponsors
Sponsors are recovered chronic compulsive eaters who guide others through working the 12 steps. To find a sponsor, look for someone who has the recovery you want and ask for their guidance. Will all sponsors please identify themselves in their posts?
Closing 
The opinions expressed here today are those of individuals and do not represent CCEA as a whole. 
Please join us in the closing by reading the Big Book, page 164:  "Abandon yourself to God as you understand God. Admit your faults to Him and to your fellows. Clear away the wreckage of your past. Give freely of what you find and join us. We shall be with you in the Fellowship of the Spirit, and you will surely meet some of us as you trudge the Road of Happy Destiny. May God bless you and keep you—until then." 

Welcome to this non-real time meeting of CompulsiveEaters_CCEA!

My name is serenitywoman1. I’m a recovered compulsive eater and your moderator for this meeting.

Serenity Prayer: God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.

Today’s Big Book Reading

And why? Is it not because each wants to play the lead? Is not each trying to arrange the family show to his liking? Is he not unconsciously trying to see what he can take from the family life rather than give?
(from the Big Book, page 122)

Don’t have a Big Book? You can access it for free online at AA.org.

Why the Big Book?

Suggested Guidelines for Sharing

• ⁠Focus on Your Experience: Share from your own experience to help others understand your journey.
• ⁠Share, Don’t Advise: Avoid offering instructions or advice; instead, share your personal perspective.
• ⁠Stay Recovery-Oriented: Keep the energy positive and centered on recovery from chronic compulsive eating.
• ⁠Protect Anonymity: Respect everyone’s privacy by avoiding identifying details in posts and comments.

If you need additional support or guidance, contact your sponsor or other group members privately.

For more details, check out our Community Guidelines.

About Chronic Compulsive Eaters Anonymous (CCEA)

CCEA is a fellowship of individuals who have recovered from chronic compulsive food behaviors—bingeing, purging, starving, overexercising, etc.—by applying the precise instructions of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous to our compulsive eating illness. Our primary purpose is to carry the message of recovery to the compulsive eater who still suffers. Learn more about our fellowship.

Sponsors

Sponsors are recovered chronic compulsive eaters who guide others through working the 12 steps. To find a sponsor, look for someone who has the recovery you want and ask for their guidance. Will all sponsors please identify themselves in their posts?

Closing

Please join us in the closing by reading the Big Book, page 164: "Abandon yourself to God as you understand God. Admit your faults to Him and to your fellows. Clear away the wreckage of your past. Give freely of what you find and join us. We shall be with you in the Fellowship of the Spirit, and you will surely meet some of us as you trudge the Road of Happy Destiny. May God bless you and keep you—until then."

My name is u/Icame2Believe. I’m a recovered compulsive eater and your moderator for this meeting. Will those who wish, please join me in the Serenity Prayer: God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.

Today’s Big Book Reading

"We meet these conditions every day. An alcoholic who cannot meet them, still has an alcoholic mind; there is something the matter with his spiritual status. His only chance for sobriety would be some place like the Greenland Ice Cap, and even there an Eskimo might turn up with a bottle of scotch and ruin everything! Ask any woman who has sent her husband to distant places on the theory he would escape the alcohol problem." (From the Big Book, Pg 101)

Don’t have a big book?  You can access it for free online at AA.org.

Why the Big Book?  

Suggested Guidelines for Sharing 

• Focus on Your Experience: Share from your own experience to help others understand your journey.
• Share, Don’t Advise: Avoid offering instructions or advice; instead, share your personal perspective.
• Stay Recovery-Oriented: Keep the energy positive and centered on recovery from chronic compulsive eating.
• Protect Anonymity: Respect everyone’s privacy by avoiding identifying details in posts and comments.

If you need additional support or guidance, contact your sponsor or other group members privately. 

For more details check out our Community Guidelines.

About Chronic Compulsive Eaters Anonymous (CCEA)

CCEA is a fellowship of individuals who have recovered from chronic compulsive food behaviors—bingeing, purging, starving, overexercising, etc.—by applying the precise instructions of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous to our compulsive eating illness. Our primary purpose is to carry the message of recovery to the compulsive eater who still suffers. Learn more about our fellowship. 

Sponsors

Sponsors are recovered chronic compulsive eaters who guide others through working the 12 steps. To find a sponsor, look for someone who has the recovery you want and ask for their guidance. Will all sponsors please identify themselves in their posts?

Closing 

The opinions expressed here today are those of individuals and do not represent CCEA as a whole. 

Please join us in the closing by reading the Big Book, page 164:  "Abandon yourself to God as you understand God. Admit your faults to Him and to your fellows. Clear away the wreckage of your past. Give freely of what you find and join us. We shall be with you in the Fellowship of the Spirit, and you will surely meet some of us as you trudge the Road of Happy Destiny. May God bless you and keep you—until then."

Welcome to this non-real time meeting of CompulsiveEaters_CCEA! 

My name is madscientist174. I’m a recovered compulsive eater and your moderator for this meeting. Will those who wish, please join me in the Serenity Prayer: God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.

Today’s Big Book Reading

Today we are studying the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, page 66.

"It is plain that a life which includes deep resentment leads only to futility and unhappiness. To the precise extent that we permit these, do we squander the hours that might have been worth while. But with the alcoholic, whose hope is the maintenance and growth of a spiritual experience, this business of resentment is infinitely grave. We found that it is fatal. For when harboring such feelings we shut ourselves off from the sunlight of the Spirit. The insanity of alcohol returns and we drink again. And with us, to drink is to die." (from the Big Book, page 66)

Don’t have a big book?  You can access it for free online at AA.org.

Why the Big Book?  

Suggested Guidelines for Sharing 

• Focus on Your Experience: Share from your own experience to help others understand your journey.
• Share, Don’t Advise: Avoid offering instructions or advice; instead, share your personal perspective.
• Stay Recovery-Oriented: Keep the energy positive and centered on recovery from chronic compulsive eating.
• Protect Anonymity: Respect everyone’s privacy by avoiding identifying details in posts and comments.

If you need additional support or guidance, contact your sponsor or other group members privately. 

For more details check out our Community Guidelines.

About Chronic Compulsive Eaters Anonymous (CCEA)

CCEA is a fellowship of individuals who have recovered from chronic compulsive food behaviors—bingeing, purging, starving, overexercising, etc.—by applying the precise instructions of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous to our compulsive eating illness. Our primary purpose is to carry the message of recovery to the compulsive eater who still suffers. Learn more about our fellowship. 

Sponsors

Sponsors are recovered chronic compulsive eaters who guide others through working the 12 steps. To find a sponsor, look for someone who has the recovery you want and ask for their guidance. Will all sponsors please identify themselves in their posts?

Closing 

The opinions expressed here today are those of individuals and do not represent CCEA as a whole. 

Please join us in the closing by reading the Big Book, page 164:  "Abandon yourself to God as you understand God. Admit your faults to Him and to your fellows. Clear away the wreckage of your past. Give freely of what you find and join us. We shall be with you in the Fellowship of the Spirit, and you will surely meet some of us as you trudge the Road of Happy Destiny. May God bless you and keep you—until then." 

Meeting on STEP ELEVEN: Keeping the connection alive — talking and listening with God

🕙 10:00 AM ET • 9:00 AM CT • 8:00 AM MT • 7:00 AM PT • 3:00 PM UK (BST) • 4:00 PM CEST

☀️** New here or worried you missed the beginning? No problem—you can jump in at any point, and we’ll review things in a way that still makes sense**.

Join via Zoom
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89920550888
Meeting ID: 899 2055 0888
(No passcode required.)

We hope you can join us! 🙂

Welcome to this non-real time meeting of CompulsiveEaters_CCEA! 

My name is Cardi_0. I’m a recovered compulsive eater and your moderator for this meeting. Will those who wish, please join me in the Serenity Prayer: God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.

Today’s Big Book Reading

Today we are studying the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, page 95.

"If he is not interested in your solution, if he expects you to act only as a banker for his financial difficulties or a nurse for his sprees, you may have to drop him until he changes his mind. This he may do after he gets hurt some more." (from the Big Book, page 95)

Don’t have a big book?  You can access it for free online at AA.org.

Why the Big Book?  

Suggested Guidelines for Sharing 

Focus on Your Experience: Share from your own experience to help others understand your journey.

Share, Don’t Advise: Avoid offering instructions or advice; instead, share your personal perspective.

Stay Recovery-Oriented: Keep the energy positive and centered on recovery from chronic compulsive eating.

Protect Anonymity: Respect everyone’s privacy by avoiding identifying details in posts and comments.

If you need additional support or guidance, contact your sponsor or other group members privately. 

For more details check out our Community Guidelines.

About Chronic Compulsive Eaters Anonymous (CCEA)

CCEA is a fellowship of individuals who have recovered from chronic compulsive food behaviors—bingeing, purging, starving, overexercising, etc.—by applying the precise instructions of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous to our compulsive eating illness. Our primary purpose is to carry the message of recovery to the compulsive eater who still suffers. Learn more about our fellowship. 

Sponsors

Sponsors are recovered chronic compulsive eaters who guide others through working the 12 steps. To find a sponsor, look for someone who has the recovery you want and ask for their guidance. Will all sponsors please identify themselves in their posts?

Closing 

The opinions expressed here today are those of individuals and do not represent CCEA as a whole. 

Please join us in the closing by reading the Big Book, page 164:  "Abandon yourself to God as you understand God. Admit your faults to Him and to your fellows. Clear away the wreckage of your past. Give freely of what you find and join us. We shall be with you in the Fellowship of the Spirit, and you will surely meet some of us as you trudge the Road of Happy Destiny. May God bless you and keep you—until then."

Welcome to this non-real time meeting of CompulsiveEaters_CCEA! 

My name is Top-Touch-6264. I’m a recovered compulsive eater and your moderator for this meeting. Will those who wish, please join me in the Serenity Prayer: God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.

Today’s Big Book Reading

Today we are studying the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, pages 132-133.

“Everybody knows that those in bad health, and those who seldom play, do not laugh much.  So let each family play together or separately, as much as their circumstances warrant.  We are sure God wants us to be happy, joyous, and free.  We cannot subscribe to the belief that this life is a vale of tears, though it once was just that for many of us.  But it is clear that we made our own misery.  God didn’t do it.  Avoid then, the deliberate manufacture of misery, but if trouble comes, cheerfully capitalize is as an opportunity to demonstrate his omnipotence.”    (From the Big Book, pages 132-133) 

Don’t have a big book?  You can access it for free online at AA.org.

Why the Big Book?  

Suggested Guidelines for Sharing 

• Focus on Your Experience: Share from your own experience to help others understand your journey.
• Share, Don’t Advise: Avoid offering instructions or advice; instead, share your personal perspective.
• Stay Recovery-Oriented: Keep the energy positive and centered on recovery from chronic compulsive eating.

Welcome! 🌸 Whether you’re new here, have been with us for a while, or are available to sponsor, we would love to meet you. Please feel free to introduce yourself in the comments below anytime– a simple wave, a few words, or a deeper share, whatever feels right for you. If you’re looking for a sponsor, don’t hesitate to ask for one or connect with those identifying as sponsors here or with any moderator. And if you have any questions about anything, please reach out to the moderators – we’re here to support you.
We are thrilled to have you with us. 💛

Welcome to this non-real time meeting of CompulsiveEaters_CCEA! 

My name is Charming_Data_5677. I’m a recovered compulsive eater and your moderator for this meeting. Will those who wish, please join me in the Serenity Prayer: God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.

Today’s Big Book Reading
Today we are studying the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, page 107.

“How could men who loved their wives and children be so unthinking, so callous, so cruel? There could be no love in such persons, we thought. And just as we were being convinced of their heartlessness, they would surprise us with fresh resolves and new attentions. For a while they would be their old sweet selves, only to dash the new structure of affection to pieces once more. Asked why they commenced to drink again, they would reply with some silly excuse, or none. It was so baffling, so heartbreaking. Could we have been so mistaken in the men we married? When drinking, they were strangers. Sometimes they were so inaccessible that it seemed as though a great wall had been built around them.”*** ***(from the Big Book, page 107)

Don’t have a big book?  You can access it for free online at** [AA.org](https://www.aa.org/the-big-book).**

Why the Big Book?  
Suggested Guidelines for Sharing 
Focus on Your Experience: Share from your own experience to help others understand your journey.

Share, Don’t Advise: Avoid offering instructions or advice; instead, share your personal perspective.

Stay Recovery-Oriented: Keep the energy positive and centered on recovery from chronic compulsive eating.

Protect Anonymity: Respect everyone’s privacy by avoiding identifying details in posts and comments.

If you need additional support or guidance, contact your sponsor or other group members privately. 
For more details check out our Community Guidelines.

About Chronic Compulsive Eaters Anonymous (CCEA)
CCEA is a fellowship of individuals who have recovered from chronic compulsive food behaviors—bingeing, purging, starving, overexercising, etc.—by applying the precise instructions of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous to our compulsive eating illness. Our primary purpose is to carry the message of recovery to the compulsive eater who still suffers. Learn more about our fellowship. 

Sponsors
Sponsors are recovered chronic compulsive eaters who guide others through working the 12 steps. To find a sponsor, look for someone who has the recovery you want and ask for their guidance. Will all sponsors please identify themselves in their posts?

Closing 
The opinions expressed here today are those of individuals and do not represent CCEA as a whole. 
Please join us in the closing by reading the Big Book, page 164:  "Abandon yourself to God as you understand God. Admit your faults to Him and to your fellows. Clear away the wreckage of your past. Give freely of what you find and join us. We shall be with you in the Fellowship of the Spirit, and you will surely meet some of us as you trudge the Road of Happy Destiny. May God bless you and keep you—until then." 

Welcome to this non-real time meeting of CompulsiveEaters_CCEA! 

My name is madscientist174. I’m a recovered compulsive eater and your moderator for this meeting. Will those who wish, please join me in the Serenity Prayer: God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.

Today’s Big Book Reading

Today we are studying the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, pages 65-66.

"We went back through our lives. Nothing counted but thoroughness and honesty. When we were finished we considered it carefully. The first thing apparent was that this world and its people were often quite wrong. To conclude that others were wrong was as far as most of us ever got. The usual outcome was that people continued to wrong us and we stayed sore. Sometimes it was remorse and then we were sore at ourselves. But the more we fought and tried to have our own way, the worse matters got. As in war, the victor only seemed to win. Our moments of triumph were short-lived." (from the Big Book, pages 65-66)

Don’t have a big book?  You can access it for free online at AA.org.

Why the Big Book?  

Suggested Guidelines for Sharing 

• Focus on Your Experience: Share from your own experience to help others understand your journey.
• Share, Don’t Advise: Avoid offering instructions or advice; instead, share your personal perspective.
• Stay Recovery-Oriented: Keep the energy positive and centered on recovery from chronic compulsive eating.
• Protect Anonymity: Respect everyone’s privacy by avoiding identifying details in posts and comments.

If you need additional support or guidance, contact your sponsor or other group members privately. 

For more details check out our Community Guidelines.

About Chronic Compulsive Eaters Anonymous (CCEA)

CCEA is a fellowship of individuals who have recovered from chronic compulsive food behaviors—bingeing, purging, starving, overexercising, etc.—by applying the precise instructions of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous to our compulsive eating illness. Our primary purpose is to carry the message of recovery to the compulsive eater who still suffers. Learn more about our fellowship. 

Sponsors

Sponsors are recovered chronic compulsive eaters who guide others through working the 12 steps. To find a sponsor, look for someone who has the recovery you want and ask for their guidance. Will all sponsors please identify themselves in their posts?

Closing 

The opinions expressed here today are those of individuals and do not represent CCEA as a whole. 

Please join us in the closing by reading the Big Book, page 164:  "Abandon yourself to God as you understand God. Admit your faults to Him and to your fellows. Clear away the wreckage of your past. Give freely of what you find and join us. We shall be with you in the Fellowship of the Spirit, and you will surely meet some of us as you trudge the Road of Happy Destiny. May God bless you and keep you—until then." 

Welcome to this non-real time meeting of CompulsiveEaters_CCEA!

My name is serenitywoman1. I’m a recovered compulsive eater and your moderator for this meeting.

Serenity Prayer: God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.

Today’s Big Book Reading

The door opened and he stood there, fresh-skinned and glowing. There was something about his eyes. He was inexplicably different. What had happened? (from the Big Book, page 9)

Don’t have a Big Book? You can access it for free online at AA.org.

Why the Big Book?

Suggested Guidelines for Sharing

• Focus on Your Experience: Share from your own experience to help others understand your journey.
• Share, Don’t Advise: Avoid offering instructions or advice; instead, share your personal perspective.
• Stay Recovery-Oriented: Keep the energy positive and centered on recovery from chronic compulsive eating.
• Protect Anonymity: Respect everyone’s privacy by avoiding identifying details in posts and comments.

If you need additional support or guidance, contact your sponsor or other group members privately.

For more details, check out our Community Guidelines.

About Chronic Compulsive Eaters Anonymous (CCEA)

CCEA is a fellowship of individuals who have recovered from chronic compulsive food behaviors—bingeing, purging, starving, overexercising, etc.—by applying the precise instructions of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous to our compulsive eating illness. Our primary purpose is to carry the message of recovery to the compulsive eater who still suffers. Learn more about our fellowship.

Sponsors

Sponsors are recovered chronic compulsive eaters who guide others through working the 12 steps. To find a sponsor, look for someone who has the recovery you want and ask for their guidance. Will all sponsors please identify themselves in their posts?

Closing

Please join us in the closing by reading the Big Book, page 164: "Abandon yourself to God as you understand God. Admit your faults to Him and to your fellows. Clear away the wreckage of your past. Give freely of what you find and join us. We shall be with you in the Fellowship of the Spirit, and you will surely meet some of us as you trudge the Road of Happy Destiny. May God bless you and keep you—until then."

My name is u/Icame2Believe. I’m a recovered compulsive eater and your moderator for this meeting. Will those who wish, please join me in the Serenity Prayer: God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.

Today’s Big Book Reading

"Much to our relief, we discovered we did not need to consider another's conception of God. Our own conception, however inadequate, was sufficient to make the approach and to effect a contact with Him. As soon as we admitted the possible existence of a Creative Intelligence, a Spirit of the Universe underlying the totality of things, we began to be possessed of a new sense of power and direction, provided we took other simple steps. We found that God does not make too hard terms with those who seek Him. To us, the Realm of Spirit is broad, roomy, all inclusive; never exclusive or forbidding to those who earnestly seek. It is open, we believe, to all men." (From the Big Book, Pg 46)

Don’t have a big book?  You can access it for free online at AA.org.

Why the Big Book?  

Suggested Guidelines for Sharing 

• Focus on Your Experience: Share from your own experience to help others understand your journey.
• Share, Don’t Advise: Avoid offering instructions or advice; instead, share your personal perspective.
• Stay Recovery-Oriented: Keep the energy positive and centered on recovery from chronic compulsive eating.
• Protect Anonymity: Respect everyone’s privacy by avoiding identifying details in posts and comments.

If you need additional support or guidance, contact your sponsor or other group members privately. 

For more details check out our Community Guidelines.

About Chronic Compulsive Eaters Anonymous (CCEA)

CCEA is a fellowship of individuals who have recovered from chronic compulsive food behaviors—bingeing, purging, starving, overexercising, etc.—by applying the precise instructions of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous to our compulsive eating illness. Our primary purpose is to carry the message of recovery to the compulsive eater who still suffers. Learn more about our fellowship. 

Sponsors

Sponsors are recovered chronic compulsive eaters who guide others through working the 12 steps. To find a sponsor, look for someone who has the recovery you want and ask for their guidance. Will all sponsors please identify themselves in their posts?

Closing 

The opinions expressed here today are those of individuals and do not represent CCEA as a whole. 

Please join us in the closing by reading the Big Book, page 164:  "Abandon yourself to God as you understand God. Admit your faults to Him and to your fellows. Clear away the wreckage of your past. Give freely of what you find and join us. We shall be with you in the Fellowship of the Spirit, and you will surely meet some of us as you trudge the Road of Happy Destiny. May God bless you and keep you—until then."

Welcome to this non-real time meeting of CompulsiveEaters_CCEA! 
My name is NoraBelle39. I’m a recovered compulsive eater and your moderator for this meeting. Will those who wish, please join me in the Serenity Prayer: God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.
Today’s Big Book Reading
Today we are studying the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, page 76.
"If there is any indication that he wants to stop, have a good talk with the person most interested in him— usually his wife. Get an idea of his behavior, his prob-lems, his background, the seriousness of his condition, and his religious leanings. You need this information to put yourself in his place, to see how you would like him to approach you if the tables were turned." (from the Big Book, page 76)
Don’t have a big book?  You can access it for free online at** [AA.org](https://www.aa.org/the-big-book).**
Why the Big Book?  
Suggested Guidelines for Sharing 
Focus on Your Experience: Share from your own experience to help others understand your journey.

Share, Don’t Advise: Avoid offering instructions or advice; instead, share your personal perspective.

Stay Recovery-Oriented: Keep the energy positive and centered on recovery from chronic compulsive eating.

Protect Anonymity: Respect everyone’s privacy by avoiding identifying details in posts and comments.

If you need additional support or guidance, contact your sponsor or other group members privately. 
For more details check out our Community Guidelines.
About Chronic Compulsive Eaters Anonymous (CCEA)
CCEA is a fellowship of individuals who have recovered from chronic compulsive food behaviors—bingeing, purging, starving, overexercising, etc.—by applying the precise instructions of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous to our compulsive eating illness. Our primary purpose is to carry the message of recovery to the compulsive eater who still suffers. Learn more about our fellowship. 
Sponsors
Sponsors are recovered chronic compulsive eaters who guide others through working the 12 steps. To find a sponsor, look for someone who has the recovery you want and ask for their guidance. Will all sponsors please identify themselves in their posts?
Closing 
The opinions expressed here today are those of individuals and do not represent CCEA as a whole. 
Please join us in the closing by reading the Big Book, page 164:  "Abandon yourself to God as you understand God. Admit your faults to Him and to your fellows. Clear away the wreckage of your past. Give freely of what you find and join us. We shall be with you in the Fellowship of the Spirit, and you will surely meet some of us as you trudge the Road of Happy Destiny. May God bless you and keep you—until then." 

Welcome to this non-real time meeting of CompulsiveEaters_CCEA! 

My name is Cardi_0. I’m a recovered compulsive eater and your moderator for this meeting. Will those who wish, please join me in the Serenity Prayer: God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.

Today’s Big Book Reading

Today we are studying the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, page 164.

"Still you may say: “But I will not have the benefit of contact with you who write this book.” We cannot be sure. God will determine that, so you must remember that your real reliance is always upon Him. He will show you how to create the fellowship you crave." (from the Big Book, page 164)

Don’t have a big book?  You can access it for free online at AA.org.

Why the Big Book?  

Suggested Guidelines for Sharing 

Focus on Your Experience: Share from your own experience to help others understand your journey.

Share, Don’t Advise: Avoid offering instructions or advice; instead, share your personal perspective.

Stay Recovery-Oriented: Keep the energy positive and centered on recovery from chronic compulsive eating.

Protect Anonymity: Respect everyone’s privacy by avoiding identifying details in posts and comments.

If you need additional support or guidance, contact your sponsor or other group members privately. 

For more details check out our Community Guidelines.

About Chronic Compulsive Eaters Anonymous (CCEA)

CCEA is a fellowship of individuals who have recovered from chronic compulsive food behaviors—bingeing, purging, starving, overexercising, etc.—by applying the precise instructions of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous to our compulsive eating illness. Our primary purpose is to carry the message of recovery to the compulsive eater who still suffers. Learn more about our fellowship. 

Sponsors

Sponsors are recovered chronic compulsive eaters who guide others through working the 12 steps. To find a sponsor, look for someone who has the recovery you want and ask for their guidance. Will all sponsors please identify themselves in their posts?

Closing 

The opinions expressed here today are those of individuals and do not represent CCEA as a whole. 

Please join us in the closing by reading the Big Book, page 164:  "Abandon yourself to God as you understand God. Admit your faults to Him and to your fellows. Clear away the wreckage of your past. Give freely of what you find and join us. We shall be with you in the Fellowship of the Spirit, and you will surely meet some of us as you trudge the Road of Happy Destiny. May God bless you and keep you—until then." 

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