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.
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).
Sponsorship in Anorexics and Bulimics Anonymous: This document will not repeat what is written in our basic textbook on the subject of sponsorship, but rather will elaborate on certain other aspects of the subject and, in particular, provide specific and practical guidance to interested members.
Here are guidelines for being the chairperson of an ABA meeting including who can chair, how to prepare, and how to choose a “sober member” to tell their story if needed. Some of the suggestions are for online meetings however most suggestions apply to face-to-face meetings also. Chairing a meeting is a good way to do service.
The future of Anorexics and Bulimics Anonymous depends upon maintaining our unity through the lively operation of a service structure that allows the collective voice of ABA members worldwide to guide and direct our principal service board, the General Service
Association of ABA. In practical terms, this requires the election of General Service Representatives by all active ABA Groups and their participation in regular international meetings of these Representatives.
Service helps keep us sober and ABA needs you! What you would need to do: Attend your home group’s business meeting once/month and attend the 60-minute GSR Business meeting once every other month, then bring concerns from your home group to the GSR business meeting and bring information from the GSR business meeting back to your home group. Why this is important: As a General Service Representative or G.S.R., you are linking your home group with the whole of ABA. You help mak
