GET THERE FASTER
FIRST ABOUT TOOLS
In OA, we have tools that help us as we work the Steps. Remember to use these tools every week to support you on this journey. These tools will help keep you engaged when things get rough. Also, your use of the tools will help others stay engaged.
Meet with (phone, video, or in person) your Step Study guide, partner, or sponsor (recommended to schedule ahead of time)
Attend at least 2 meetings this week. You can find meetings by visiting www.oaunity.org/meetings or https://oa.org/find-a-meeting/?type=0
Make at least 2 phone calls every day
you may have to leave a message – that’s o.k.
Post on the text line at least 2 times this week (To be added to Whatsapp textline, text Becca D at (615) 496-9801 and give your first name, last initial, and phone number. Be sure to download Whatsapp to your phone.)
1) Post something about the step study
2) Post a response to someone else’s post
Be of service this week (Remember that service works when all else fails to keep us abstinent!)
do something for someone else
accept a service commitment for the Step Study
or be of service in some other way
Write or journal at least 2 times this week
STEP STUDY ASSIGNMENTS - SUGGESTED SCHEDULE
Below you will find a suggested schedule for completing this weeks Step Study assignments. Each day USUALLY includes about 30 minutes of reading or writing and 30 minutes of listening to a recording of a recovering members experience, strength, and hope on this Step. Assignments are suggested for 6 days with the 7th day being a day of rest or catching up if you fell behind.
Day One:
Listen to 30 minutes Sanity Returns by Barbara A. (most podcasts in this study can be found at https://www.avision4you.info/.)
Day Two:
Finish Sanity Returns by Barbara A.
Answer questions from A Study Guide for Overeaters: Step Eleven.
Day Three:
Listen to 30 minutes of Step 11: A Clay to Be Molded by the Potter by Larry K. (145)
Day Four:
Listen to 30 minutes of Step 11: A Clay to Be Molded by the Potter by Larry K. (145)
The Big Book guides us through Step 11 from pages 86-88. It tells us how to pray and meditate; at night, on awakening, and throughout the day. Prayer is talking to your HP, and meditation is listening. The only wrong way to do prayer and/or meditation is not to do it at all. You can gain clarity by viewing the Prayers and Meditations Page in the Study Guide for Overeaters. Any effort to improve your conscious contact with your HP will help you to recover from your “seemingly hopeless state of mind and body” known as compulsive overeating.
Day Five:
Listen to 30 minutes of Step 11: A Clay to Be Molded by the Potter by Larry K. (145)
Begin tonight using the OA Toolkit app or the myspiritualtoolkit.com website to fill out the nightly inventory. (This is in addition to the Spot-Checks you began in Step 10). It will probably feel a bit clumsy at first. Just keep working at it. Eventually you will feel comfortable. In case you want to write out your Step 11’s on paper, here are the questions:
1. Were we resentful?
2. Were we selfish?
3. Were we dishonest?
4. Were we afraid?
5. Do we owe an apology?
6. Have we kept something to ourselves which should be discussed with another person at once?
7. Were we kind and loving toward all?
8. What could we have done better?
9. Were we thinking of ourselves most of the time?
10. Or were we thinking of what we could do for others, of what we could pack into the stream of life?
Day Six:
Beginning this morning, upon awakening, use the Morning Prayer and Meditation column on page 59 in A Study Guide for Overeaters: Step Eleven.
LIST OF STEP STUDY ASSIGNMENTS
Answer questions from A Study Guide for Overeaters: Step Eleven.
The Big Book guides us through Step 11 from pages 86-88. It tells us how to pray and meditate; at night, on awakening, and throughout the day. Prayer is talking to your HP, and meditation is listening. The only wrong way to do prayer and/or meditation is not to do it at all. You can gain clarity by viewing the Prayers and Meditations Page in the Study Guide for Overeaters. Any effort to improve your conscious contact with your HP will help you to recover from your “seemingly hopeless state of mind and body” known as compulsive overeating.
Begin tonight using the OA Toolkit app or the myspiritualtoolkit.com website to fill out the nightly inventory. (This is in addition to the Spot-Checks you began in Step 10). It will probably feel a bit clumsy at first. Just keep working at it. Eventually you will feel comfortable. In case you want to write out your Step 11’s on paper, here are the questions:
1. Were we resentful?
2. Were we selfish?
3. Were we dishonest?
4. Were we afraid?
5. Do we owe an apology?
6. Have we kept something to ourselves which should be discussed with another person at once?
7. Were we kind and loving toward all?
8. What could we have done better?
9. Were we thinking of ourselves most of the time?
10. Or were we thinking of what we could do for others, of what we could pack into the stream of life?
Beginning tomorrow morning, upon awakening, use the Morning Prayer and Meditation column on page 59 in A Study Guide for Overeaters: Step Eleven.
PRINTABLE CHECKLIST FOR TOOLS AND ASSIGNMENTS (WORD DOC)