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 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.
In this August's issue, we explore how our journey through recovery mirrors the Grand Adventure of life. Each of us experiences a multitude of mini adventures regardless of how we feel or the meaning we may initially give to them. This issue explores how our recovery journeys are truly grand adventures!
For our July issue, let's have some fun! It's playtime and we want to celebrate the freedom we experience through our choices (one-day-at-a-time) to say goodbye to our addiction.
‘Wellness” is a controversial word in the health industry. We find this struggle to be a common experience among numerous members in the rooms of ABA; Many of us have gone to extreme measures in the pursuit of perceived wellness and perfection.
April 2026 "We gather together for one purpose only: to provide a wellspring of hope for the hopeless” (ABA, pg. 172). This month's theme, Springing into Life, is about the beautiful transformation that happens in recovery as we move towards our healing and freedom. "We gather together for one purpose only: to provide a wellspring of hope for the hopeless” (ABA, pg. 172). What a powerful quote within our beloved ABA text, which emphasizes just how much of our wellness relie
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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