Margaret, member since 1998, identifies as a compulsive overeater. Margaret's share from the Tuesday evening Century Meeting includes the following themes: childhood • love & unpredictable violence at home • nighttime fear eating • punished for eating too much • alcoholism • AA/sobriety • finding 12 Step help for food issues • finding OA • therapy • "re-entry anxiety" • sugar- and wheat-free • depression-free • using food as a drug • fear & phobias • leaving & returning to OA • life is blossoming • meeting attendance • service • food: the difference between having a whole life & having a half life
A century person is an individual who has lost or needs to lose 100 pounds or more.
Note: Speaker does not identify as a century person
