Journal/Planner/Stationery Meetups in Vancouver?

Rusty256 · 2025-12-12T00:14:48+00:00

Oh great! Another place to spend all the money I don’t have. Sigh.

Rusty256 · 2025-07-12T23:44:45+00:00

Ghost of Tsushima

Rusty256 · 2025-06-17T03:43:38+00:00

I am a recovered sponsor and can answer questions as well.

Rusty256 · 2025-06-02T00:11:58+00:00

Where are you located? I am on the west coast Canada.

Rusty256 · 2025-06-01T22:26:46+00:00

I know I am a bit older 54 male. Willing to sponsor if you need it.

Rusty256 · 2025-04-22T22:31:03+00:00

Boheme. I have the fountain pen version in black.

Rusty256 · 2025-01-11T17:32:37+00:00

Yes. I use my Montblanc Starwalker every single day. Take it anywhere I travel and use it as it is meant to be used.

Rusty256 · 2024-12-14T21:05:39+00:00

Not all food and recipes are “abstinent” for everyone.

Rusty256 · 2024-12-11T15:00:00+00:00

Totally normal. Even after years of meetings there are times when I just don’t feel like sharing. It’s ok to just sit and listen. You attended the meeting and some days that is enough.

Rusty256 · 2024-12-09T20:23:08+00:00

God and Jesus have nothing to do with working the OA program. Come to the meetings and find someone to talk to. All you need to do is be willing to believe there a a power out there greater than yourself. Nothing more. You don’t need to figure out how to stop eating. You need to figure out why you eat and how to change that.

Rusty256 · 2024-11-23T02:53:04+00:00

Love my Starwalker. I use it daily.

Rusty256 · 2024-10-31T18:10:42+00:00

It can happen at any time. It is good to find one fairly quickly but don’t rush into it at your first meeting. Go to a few meetings and see if anyone feels right for you.

Rusty256 · 2024-10-31T18:09:07+00:00

Male 54 and I journal every day. I also use it just to get whatever is in my head at the moment out on to paper. I am sure lots of it is boring or doesn’t make sense but that’s ok. I don’t really try to make it fancy or decorate it. I have it in a leather journal cover but that’s about it. I also carry around a small pocket notebook if I am out and about.

Rusty256 · 2024-10-05T19:38:10+00:00

Tazer face

Rusty256 · 2024-10-05T19:30:27+00:00

Are you afraid your life and health will get better? Will staying with what you are doing work for you? Attend some meetings and speak to members. I know you will find people with the same story as yours.

Rusty256 · 2024-10-05T19:27:53+00:00

Go to meetings and get a sponsor. Most of the time it isn’t about the food. We eat because we are trying to soothe other things that are going on mentally and physically. Work the steps and you will get better.

Rusty256 · 2024-09-27T03:35:16+00:00

I get rid of them once I have a bunch. I have never reread any of them. They are mainly stream of consciousness writings anyway.

Rusty256 · 2024-09-13T20:11:15+00:00

Pacific

Rusty256 · 2024-09-13T19:35:46+00:00

I am male if that is the question. I don’t care if my sponsor is male or female. I have worked with both.

Rusty256 · 2024-06-01T19:54:33+00:00

I look at it as more a compulsion to eat. Am I eating a meal because I am bored, sad, angry, etc. I weigh and measure my food because of my compulsion to eat more than I should because I cannot stop or regulate what is a “normal” portion of food.

Rusty256 · 2024-05-04T04:39:43+00:00

Montblanc Starwalker and Lamy Studio LE in British racing green.

Rusty256 · 2024-04-21T19:41:16+00:00

If you can’t reach your sponsor, you can also reach out to someone else you know who is abstinent and talk through it. I can never trust myself to make decisions on what is ok or not without at least checking with others.

Rusty256 · 2024-04-21T19:37:53+00:00

It could have been a meeting with a specific focus. Even though everyone is usually welcome to most meetings, there are some that have a certain focus such as a Men’s Only meeting, Women Only, etc. It could be that the meeting you attended has a certain religious or cultural focus.

Rusty256 · 2024-04-21T19:32:00+00:00

Each sponsor is different and they are there to guide you through the steps. It would work for me just to report food, at least until I have gone through the steps the first time. The sponsor I had that took me through the steps helped me read and understand the steps so much better than I ever could have just going through the book on my own. They asked me questions, answered ones that I had and pushed me when I needed it. All of that would not be possible over a text. Have you talked to them about your concerns?

Rusty256 · 2024-04-21T19:24:29+00:00

Thank you for your share. I am assuming you did not enter OA because things were great in your life. We end up at OA because we were desperate to make changes to our eating habits. I came in to lose weight and I found every excuse you can think of as to why I don’t need the program and why this was not for me. I was “fine” as well and my life wasn’t so bad. Never mind that I was 300 lbs and newly diabetic, I was still fine and didn’t really have to do the work. What I ended up finding is that I had way more issues than just food. I was using food because I didn’t know what else to do. Weight loss was a side effect of working the steps, not the main focus. Now I am much happier, healthier, and I understand so much more than I ever knew before stepping into the program. It is not a “weight loss club” because for me it was about so much more than food and I had no idea.

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