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DEAR GOD

I would just like to thank-you for saving my life, when I came to O.A.. I was desperate... I was dying... spiritually, emotionally and physically. You for whatever reason looked after me... you sent good people into my life. They were compulsive overeaters, just like me, but they were wonderful ... they became my friends. They listened to me, they talked to me, they laughed with me and cried with me and most of all, they accepted me... just the way I was - imperfect! Little by little I saw my life changing... I was healing.

I don’t really understand how it happened and I’m sure I never will but I do know to me it was a miracle.

Yes my life is still unmanageable... like it says in step one, but with your help through my O.A. friends and the steps, traditions and tools, I now

have healthier ways of dealing with my life instead of the old destructive ways.

God, I guess all you have really asked me in return is that I would listen and talk and laugh and cry and accept the newcomer that comes through the door. Thanks God!

Love your friend Pat

P.S. When I grow up I want to be just like you.

** contributed BY 10 yr Regina member

Dear GOD

     I need you in my life  because of the  strength and hope that gives me. Alone I am do nothing. Alone I am nothing. I know with you all things are possible. All I have to do is get out of the way and do your will.

     Intellectually I know you are always there, just a breath away, always listening to me. However, as a human being it is often difficult for me to feel your presence. This difficulty seems to be connected with my lack of acceptance of myself. The less I accept and love myself the further away I am from you. Perhaps the answer is to pray for willingness to accept myself. It sounds like a good beginning.

Dear GOD

I’m thankful for all the miracles you’ve worked in my life. I’m grateful for the special people you have placed in my life and for helping me in spite of myself. For watching over me even when I don’t have faith.

I need you in my life today to help me not be afraid of changes, challenges and the unknown. Vivian

Dear GOD

Today , please give me strength to stay in the moment. Oh, and thank-you for my abstinence from ‘cures’, from food and mood modifiers and for putting good people in my life to be supportive in overwhelming moments. Dean