As of 2011, the organization consisted of over 500 local groups and over 4000 members in 6 countries, Australia, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, United Kingdom, and the United States.
įA was established in 1998 by former members of Overeaters Anonymous. The program offers the hope of long-term recovery, evidenced by members who have continuously maintained a normal weight and healthy eating for periods of twenty-five or even thirty years. The common denominator uniting members of FA is addiction and a relationship with food that parallels an alcoholic's relationship with alcohol. Some have been obese others have been severely underweight, bulimic, or so obsessed with food or weight that normal life was difficult or impossible. FA members are men and women of all ages. ( January 2018) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)įood Addicts in Recovery Anonymous ( FA) founded in 1998 is a program of recovery based on the twelve steps of Alcoholics Anonymous. Please help improve it by removing references to unreliable sources where they are used inappropriately. (Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps, we tried to carry this message to sexaholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.This article may contain excessive or inappropriate references to self-published sources. Having an enjoyable experience from sexual activity, I tried to carry this message to other suffering sexually repressed people to lead them to practice these principles in all their affairs with me. (Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.)ġ2.
I search only for more knowledge of how and what sex to enjoy, and the means to do so without consequences. Sought through experimentation, expert opinions, partying, porn, and the advice of my sexual active friends, a better, stronger, and longer orgasm and pleasure. (Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it.)ġ1. Continued to take an inventory of others’ wrongs against me and promptly collected on them when possible. (Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.)ġ0. Collected whatever I felt that I was owed whenever possible, regardless of the fact that doing so may cause injury or harm to someone else. (Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.)ĩ. Made a list of all persons that had (or that I thought had) harmed me and searched for opportunities to collect on those debts. (Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.)Ĩ. Boldly declare that I have no shortcomings (while secretly believing that anything bad I ever did could not be forgiven). (Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.)ħ. I became entirely ready to defend, excuse, and justify my actions, using personal attacks on others (if necessary), and to minimize any mistake I make. (Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.)Ħ.
Admitted to no one, including myself, any of my wrongs, no matter how evident. (Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.)ĥ. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of all others. (Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.)Ĥ. Made a decision to harness the benefits (as I understand them) of any type of sex I choose to have/enjoy. (Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.)ģ. Came to know that I need no one, except chosen partners and that sex helps me maintain my happiness and sanity. (We admitted that we were powerless over lust - that our lives had become unmanageable.)Ģ. I declared that I have total control over my lusting and that I can completely manage my life and still have any sex I want.
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