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 list is a list of volunteers who have stepped forward to support newcomers to the Fellowship or members who are struggling and who need extra support. The current members on the list have identified themselves as willing to be a contact for people who are in need of assistance. They are people who have experienced the struggle of having an eating disorder and who have recovered using the ABA Program.
It was decided between the GSR members that we would embark on an inventory process because we had repeated questions arising about whether we (as GSR’s) still had value and whether the GSR was still relevant. We also were questioning whether we were helping the still suffering ABA members (Tradition 5) and how we could go about ensuring this was happening.
The General Service Association (GSA) of ABA is a non-profit society incorporated under the Societies Act of the Province of Alberta in 2003. It consists of a Board of Directors elected for a two-year term by ABA members at the Annual General Meeting in March. The Board includes between seven and twenty Directors, roughly half of whom are ABA members. Ideally, the other half are people from outside ABA, some of whom have experience in other 12-Step Fellowships.
You are reading this letter because someone who knows you felt moved to ask you to consider participating in a special service opportunity: service on the Board of Directors (General Service Association) for Anorexics and Bulimics Anonymous (ABA). Perhaps you belong to a 12-Step Fellowship, perhaps you are aware of someone ho has benefited from the 12-Steps, or perhaps this is your first introduction to this life-saving program.
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
