Commitment and love are powerful experiences on their own, but when the two are combined something remarkable happens. This was not an overnight matter as many of us struggled for years with unbearable internal pressure. Our perfectionism led to distorted ideas as to what love and commitment were about. We could not live with these impossible standards and so we found a way out. Commitments then became painful reminders and we sought to escape them. Many of us doubted our
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This is an open meeting of Anorexics and Bulimics Anonymous. We welcome all of you, and particularly any newcomers. In keeping with our primary purpose and our Third Tradition, which states that “the only requirement for A.B.A. membership is a desire to stop unhealthy eating practices,” we request all who participate to limit their sharing to problems related to their eating disorder.
Thank you for volunteering to receive calls from newcomers. Here are some important suggestions for taking these calls. Remember that you may be the newcomer's first contact with ABA and how you receive the call reflects on ABA as a whole. (Recall how important your first contact with ABA was to your recovery).
There seems to be a good deal of misunderstanding about what the term “copyright” means, and about what constitutes copyright infringement. In an attempt to eliminate this confusion, as well as to guide ABA members and Groups, the GSA offers the following information from Intellectual Property Law, which regulates the issues surrounding copyright:
I am a family physician who for more than two decades has worked with people suffering from eating disorders. In this work I have had the great advantage of being a recovered anorexic myself. I was fortunate not to die from this disease, which has claimed the lives of others whose clinical pictures resembled my own. Instead I have recovered, and the story of my personal healing journey is detailed in Chapter 2.
Anorexics and Bulimics Anonymous is a 12-Step Fellowship and Program of recovery for people with eating disorders. ABA groups began meeting all over the world. At ABA, we support one another to recover from eating disorders. Each member shares out of her or his personal experience, strength, and hope.
ABA is a 12-Step Fellowship that originated in 1993 among a group of people who identified themselves
as anorexics and bulimics, and who had been unable to find elsewhere all that they needed for recovery
from their eating disorder.
As they worked together at supporting one another, they discovered the solution for their disease: the foundational concept of “sobriety” that is still used in ABA today, followed by the vigorous action of the12-Step Program.
This pamphlet explains the structure behind ABA meetings, groups, and Home Groups. It outlines how meetings are formed, what service roles look like, and how belonging to a Home Group supports accountability, connection, and long-term recovery.
This pamphlet is written for those who struggle with compulsive eating and wonder whether ABA is for them. It explores the deeper obsession with food and body image, explains how ABA understands all eating disorders as connected, and offers reflective questions to help you decide if recovery here might be right for you.
This introductory pamphlet explains what Anorexics and Bulimics Anonymous is, how it understands eating disorders, and who it’s for. It also includes a brief self-assessment to help you reflect on your own experience and consider whether ABA may be a place to begin recovery.
