Nanci B - Abstinence: No Matter What - Meeting 90

<p>Here is a little about Nancy in her own words.  <em>&quot;I was taken to my first meeting of OA January 28, 1975 at Beverly Hills High School more than 45 years Ago.   At that time I weighed approximately 300lbs. I was trying to separate from a man who was beating me up on a daily basis, now called a battered wife.  I had a seven an 9 year old totally out of control from neglect.  I had smuggled dope across border with Heroin Addicts to have friends. I thought if I helped them, I could have a friend.  I was arrested and taken to jail.</em><br/> <em>I was a fat kid and fat my entire life.  Spent a decade on drugs given to me by top physicians in order to lose weight.   My parents had me institutionalized.  They mortgaged their home but I still got bigger. I now am a woman who has dignity.  I put in my mouth what nurtures me and only have friends that are kind to me.  They say beyond your wildest dreams.</em><br/> <em>I had no dreams. This disease took them all away so how do I live now?  ….free of shame and resentment and anger it is called happy, joyous, and free.&quot; Nancy is also active</em> in AA and a member of  alanon, aca, coda, and emotional health anonymous.  I am a world service delegate and regional delegate and served on the local intergroup board and active in aa hospitals and institutions and worked as an addiction counselor.  <br/>Reco12 is an organization with the mission of learning and sharing the similarities of addiction of all kinds and gaining and sharing tools and hope from others who are walking a similar path.  Speakers from our past meetings have represented many fellowships and identify with addictions with such variety of alcoholism, drugs, food, sex, gambling, theft, just to name a few.   <br/><br/>Resources from this meeting:<br/><a href='https://oa.org/'>Overeaters Anonymous</a><br/><a href='https://www.aa.org/'>Alcoholics Anonymous</a><br/><a href='https://adultchildren.org/'>Adult Children of Alcoholics</a><br/><a href='https://coda.org/'>CODA</a><br/><a href='https://na.org/'