We are lucky that so many Overeaters Anonymous (OA) Intergroups host podcast channels, but there is still a lot of god-talk to wade through. Here is a curated list of shares by secular and spiritual fellows including atheists, agnostics, Buddhists, pantheists, and others.
Secular Podcasts
God-lite Podcasts
Do you have a favorite secular episode? Send us the details including the link, fellow’s name, date, and short description, and we’ll post it.
Secular Overeaters (this website) has a podcast. We post recordings from SO events (like the Thank-a-thon), the Sponsor Speaker Series, the monthly Freethinker Alternative Twelve Step Discussion Meeting, and more. Do a search on your favorite podcast app and subscribe today!
Overeaters Anonymous Secular Podcast for Atheists, Agnostics, and Freethinkers
Secular members of Overeaters Anonymous share their experience, strength, and hope with recovering from compulsive overeating. Subscribe on SoundCloud, iTunes, or your favorite platform. Recorded at the Secular Overeaters Anonymous Zoom meeting for atheists, agnostics, and freethinkers held Saturdays at 8AM (PT) / 11AM (ET). Meeting login information can be found on our meeting page.
The East Bay Unity Intergroup, located in the San Francisco Bay Area, recently launched a new podcast channel. Episodes include long shares from the Emeryville Freethinkers Monday meeting where the monthly speaker topic is Steps Two, Three, and Eleven.
Search for “Overeaters Anonymous East Bay” in your favorite podcast app or listen to a few of the podcasts listed below.
For those who seek a secular path to recovery, this podcast offers really high-quality recordings covering a variety of recovery topics examined through an agnostic lens, including: sobriety, secular Twelve-Step history, the Steps and Traditions, and different professions in recovery (like “Doctors in Recovery” or “Teachers in Recovery”). In addition, each podcast is transcribed and there are photos; overall a very professional presentation.
Check the Secular Podcasts 2019 section below for two great interviews focused on food addictions.
Tus Nua Voices, based in Ireland, is a recovery podcast for Freethinkers.
These speakers are self-identified as atheists, agnostics, or having a non-deity-focused spiritual practice. As we continue to add new podcasts, the more recent ones will be at the top of the list.
011926 | Jenne | Apple Podcast | 19 min | East Bay Unity Intergroup, Monday Freethinkers Meeting
Topic: The Traditions, specifically Tradition Ten, Neutrality
040626 | Bill | Apple Podcast | 18 min | East Bay Unity Intergroup, Monday Freethinkers Meeting
110925 | Secular Overeaters Community Gathering #7: Holiday Distress Relief Plan Exercise with DBT Therapist | Apple Podcast | Susan P | 15 min
Susan leads us through a DBT RAIN exercise and encourages us to develop an action plan to handle holiday stress. Download the worksheet: https://bit.ly/SO-RAIN-SOCG7
110925 | Secular Overeaters Community Gathering #7: Childhood Trauma and Survival | Apple Podcast | Beth Aich | 50 min
Author Beth Aich discusses recovery including childhood trauma, character defaults that began as childhood survival skills, the concept of neuroplasticity as a higher power, and her book, We Are Not All Egomaniacs.
061625 | Atiyah | Apple Podcast | 19 min | East Bay Unity Intergroup, Monday Freethinkers Meeting
051925 | Zoe | Apple Podcast | 18 min | East Bay Unity Intergroup, Monday Freethinkers Meeting
042125 | Jana | Apple Podcast | 5 min | East Bay Unity Intergroup, Monday Freethinkers Meeting
031725 | Cassie | Apple Podcast | 5 min | East Bay Unity Intergroup, Monday Freethinkers Meeting
021725 | Cathy | Apple Podcast | 15 min | East Bay Unity Intergroup, Monday Freethinkers Meeting
121624 | Bill | Apple Podcast | 18 min | East Bay Unity Intergroup, Monday Freethinkers Meeting
111824 | Aby | Apple Podcast | 12 min | East Bay Unity Intergroup, Monday Freethinkers Meeting
091624 | Carol G | Apple Podcast | 21 min | East Bay Unity Intergroup, Monday Freethinkers Meeting
071524 | Marv | Apple Podcast | 20 min | East Bay Unity Intergroup, Monday Freethinkers Meeting
052024 | Stephanie | Apple Podcast | 17 min | East Bay Unity Intergroup, Monday Freethinkers Meeting
041524 | Kathy C | Apple Podcast | 18 min | East Bay Unity Intergroup, Monday Freethinkers Meeting
031824 | Paul | Apple Podcast | 17 min | East Bay Unity Intergroup, Monday Freethinkers Meeting
031024 | Secular Overeaters Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Workshop | Apple Podcast | Susan | 67 min
Susan, a CBT and DBT therapist and member of OA, shares different techniques (e.g., RAIN, STOP, TIPP, ACCEPT, IMPROVE and Alternate Rebellion) to help members mitigate compulsive food issues. Check Managing Emotions for more information.
021924 | Dewayana | Apple Podcast | 17 min | East Bay Unity Intergroup, Monday Freethinkers Meeting
021824 | Discussion of Alternative Versions of Step Two | Apple Podcast | 32 min
The third Sunday of the month Secular Overeaters Alternative Step Study meeting discusses eight versions of Step Two. Check the meeting schedule for the next date and join us! Discussion Guide, Version 2
011524 | Chia | Apple Podcast | 17 min | East Bay Unity Intergroup, Monday Freethinkers Meeting
012124 | Discussion of Alternative Versions of Step One | Apple Podcast | 27 min
The third Sunday of the month Secular Overeaters Alternative Step Study meeting discusses eight versions of Step One. Check the meeting schedule for the next date and join us! Discussion Guide, Version 2
121823 | Susan | Apple Podcast | 16 min | East Bay Unity Intergroup, Monday Freethinkers Meeting
112023 | Janet | Apple Podcast | 19 min | East Bay Unity Intergroup, Monday Freethinkers Meeting
110523 | Secular Overeaters Community Gathering #5 , Part 1: Updates | Apple Podcast | 27 min
SO volunteers update the community on their service projects.
110523 | Secular Overeaters Community Gathering #5 , Part 2: Avoiding Holiday Triggers | Apple Podcast | Alan | 7 min
Member Alan leads the community through a quick exercise to help with holiday food triggers. The Trigger Inventory Management Exercise (TIME) form will help you identify compulsive food behavior triggers and possible fixes: https://bit.ly/SO-TriggerWorksheet
110523 | Secular Overeaters Community Gathering #5 , Part 3: The Science Behind Food Addiction | Apple Podcast | Vera Tarman, M.D. | 62 min
Author Dr Vera Tarman talks about her journey and explains the science behind food addiction. Includes the “after party” discussion.
102223 | Secular Overeaters Accountability Buddy Panel | Apple Podcast | Brandi, Dana, Jean and Kirsten | 26 min
Secular Overeaters Accountability Buddy Panel presentation by four secular members: Brandi, Dana, Jean and Kirsten.
101623 | Belinda | Apple Podcast | 19 min | East Bay Unity Intergroup, Monday Freethinkers Meeting
091823 | Scarlet | Apple Podcast | 20 min | East Bay Unity Intergroup, Monday Freethinkers Meeting
071723 | Dee | Apple Podcast | 17 min | East Bay Unity Intergroup, Monday Freethinkers Meeting
062523 | Secular Overeaters Panel on “outside OA” resources | Apple Podcast | Adele, Brian, Kay and Susan | 51 min
Secular Overeaters Panel on “outside OA” resources includes presentations by four secular members (Adele, Brian, Kay and Susan) as well as audience shares. Panelist resources can be found here.
053023 | Kathie | Apple Podcast | 20 min | East Bay Unity Intergroup, Monday Freethinkers Meeting
051423 | Temporary Step Sponsoring: A 10 Week Program | Apple Podcast | 43 min
Secular Overeaters presents a path to being a temporary sponsor and leading a new secular member through the first 3 Steps using OA and secular literature, sharing secular resources, and helping them build a recovery team. Click on the link below to follow along.
Handouts: Temporary Secular Step Sponsoring Packet
041723 | Christine | Apple Podcast | 17 min | East Bay Unity Intergroup, Monday Freethinkers Meeting
032023 | Antoinette | Apple Podcast | 16 min | East Bay Unity Intergroup, Monday Freethinkers Meeting
021223 | Recovery Strategies for Secular Overeaters | Apple Podcast | 49 min
Listen to shared wisdom from the SO Recovery Workshop held on February 12, 2023.
022023 | Nyla | Apple Podcast | 19 min | East Bay Unity Intergroup, Monday Freethinkers Meeting
011623 | Lauren | Apple Podcast | 20 min | East Bay Unity Intergroup, Monday Freethinkers Meeting
121922 | Carol | Apple Podcast | 20 min | East Bay Unity Intergroup, Monday Freethinkers Meeting
121822 | Freethinker Alternative Step Study: Step Twelve | Apple Podcast | 38 min
The third Sunday of the month Freethinker Alternative Step Study meeting discusses eight versions of Step Twelve. Check the meeting schedule for the next date and join us! Guide: Alternative 12 Step Discussion Guide for Secular Overeaters
112122 | Judy | Apple Podcast | 16 min | East Bay Unity Intergroup, Monday Freethinkers Meeting
112022 | Freethinker Alternative Step Study: Step Eleven | Apple Podcast | 33 min
The third Sunday of the month Freethinker Alternative Step Study meeting discusses eight versions of Step Eleven. Check the meeting schedule for the next date and join us! Guide: Alternative 12 Step Discussion Guide for Secular Overeaters
101722 | Debbie | Apple Podcast | 19 min | East Bay Unity Intergroup, Monday Freethinkers Meeting
101622 | Freethinker Alternative Step Study: Step Ten | Apple Podcast | 34 min
The third Sunday of the month Freethinker Alternative Step Study meeting discusses eight versions of Step 1Ten. Check the meeting schedule for the next date and join us! Guide: Freethinker Alternative Step Study | Step 12
091922 | Suzie | Apple Podcast | 15 min | East Bay Unity Intergroup, Monday Freethinkers Meeting
091822 | Freethinker Alternative Step Study: Step Nine | Apple Podcast | 38 min
The third Sunday of the month Freethinker Alternative Step Study meeting discusses eight versions of Step Nine. Check the meeting schedule for the next date and join us! Guide: Alternative 12 Step Discussion Guide for Secular Overeaters
082122 | Freethinker Alternative Step Study: Step Eight | Apple Podcast | 36 min
On the third Sunday of the month, the Freethinker Alternative Twelve Step Discussion Meeting discussed eight versions of Step Eight. Check the meeting schedule for the next date and join us! Guide: Alternative 12 Step Discussion Guide for Secular Overeaters
081522 | Michelle | Apple Podcast | 21 min | East Bay Unity Intergroup, Monday Freethinkers Meeting
081422 | Secular Overeaters Accountability Buddy Panelists and Q&A | Secular Overeaters | Dawn, Judy, Marta and Scarlet | 28 min
Listen to panelists Dawn, Judy, Marta and Scarlet talk about their Accountability Buddies, followed by Q&A.
071822 | Melissa | Apple Podcast | 21 min | East Bay Unity Intergroup, Monday Freethinkers Meeting
071722 | Freethinker Alternative Step Study: Step Seven | Secular Overeaters | 50 min
On the third Sunday of the month, the Freethinker Alternative Twelve Step Discussion Meeting discussed eight versions of Step Seven. Check the meeting schedule for the next date and join us! Guide: Alternative 12 Step Discussion Guide for Secular Overeaters
062622 | Secular Overeaters Sponsor Ask-It Basket Workshop | Apple Podcast | 41 min
Participants anonymously post questions on sponsoring for the group to answer. Answers to questions cover all aspects of secular sponsoring.
061922 | Freethinker Alternative Step Study: Step Six | Apple Podcast | 40 min
On the third Sunday of the month, the Freethinker Alternative Twelve Step Discussion Meeting discussed eight versions of Step Six. Check the meeting schedule for the next date and join us! Guide: Alternative 12 Step Discussion Guide for Secular Overeaters
051622 | Eleanor B | Apple Podcast | 21 min | East Bay Unity Intergroup, Monday Freethinkers Meeting
051522 | Freethinker Alternative Step Study: Step Five | Apple Podcast | 36 min
Drop in on the third Sunday of the month Freethinker Alternative Twelve Step Discussion Meeting as members talked about various versions of Step Five. Check the meeting schedule for the next date and join us! Guide: Alternative 12 Step Discussion Guide for Secular Overeaters
041722 | Freethinker Alternative Step Study: Step Four | Apple Podcast | 37 min
Drop in on the third Sunday of the month Freethinker Alternative Twelve Step Discussion Meeting as members talked about various versions of Step Four. Check the meeting schedule for the next date and join us! Guide: Alternative 12 Step Discussion Guide for Secular Overeaters
032022 | Freethinker Alternative Step Study: Step Three | Apple Podcast | 34 min
Drop in on the third Sunday of the month Freethinker Alternative Twelve Step Discussion Meeting as members talked about various versions of Step Three. Check the meeting schedule for the next date and join us! Guide: Alternative 12 Step Discussion Guide for Secular Overeaters
022022 | Freethinker Alternative Step Study: Step Two | Apple Podcast | 39 min
Drop in on the third Sunday of the month Freethinker Alternative Twelve Step Discussion Meeting as members talked about various versions of Step Two. Check the meeting schedule for the next date and join us! Guide: Alternative 12 Step Discussion Guide for Secular Overeaters
011722 | Marissa | Apple Podcast | 21 min | East Bay Unity Intergroup, Monday Freethinkers Meeting
013022 | Secular Sponsor Panel: Becoming Sponsors, Working with Sponsees | Apple Podcast | Meghan, Patrice, Sarah, and Staci | 93 min
Secular sponsors Meghan, Patrice, Sarah, and Staci share how they became sponsors and how they work with their secular sponsees. Includes Q&A with workshop attendees.
011622 | Freethinker Alternative Step Study: Step One | Apple Podcast |33 min
Drop in on the third Sunday of the month Freethinker Alternative Twelve Step Discussion Meeting as members talked about various versions of Step One. Check the meeting schedule for the next date and join us! Guide: Alternative 12 Step Discussion Guide for Secular Overeaters
121921 | Alternative Twelve Step Discussion Monthly Meeting | Apple Podcast | 39 min
Drop in on the third Sunday of the month Freethinker Alternative 12 Step Discussion Meeting as members talk about various versions of Step 12. Check the meeting schedule for the next date and join us! Handouts: Alternative 12 Step Discussion Guide for Secular Overeaters
120421 | Jenne | Apple Podcast | 19 min | East Bay Unity Intergroup
Jenne, an atheist, talks about how she works Step Twelve.
102421 | Secular Overeaters Community Gathering #4, Part 1 | Secular Overeaters | 17 min
Get updates on the eight SO Initiatives: Community Name, Events, Literature, Meetings, Newcomers, Practical Tips, Sponsoring, and OA Secular Special Focus Service Board.
102421 | Secular Overeaters Community Gathering #4, Part 2 | Secular Overeaters | 8 min
Alan leads the gathering through a Recovery Inventory exercise, which you can do at home or with a friend! Instructions (pdf, 1 page)
102421 | Secular Overeaters Community Gathering #4, Part 3 | Apple Podcast | Jeffrey Munn | 66 min
Author Jeffrey Munn talks about his recovery and his book Staying Sober Without God, and he takes questions from the gathering.
100321 | Secular Sponsor Panel: Sponsorship | Apple Podcast | Ashley, Jenne, Kathie, and Steven | 75 min
Secular sponsors Ashley, Jenne, Kathie, and Steven share how they work with their secular sponsees as well as take questions from workshop attendees.
071721 | Doris | Apple Podcast | 20 min | East Bay Unity Intergroup
Doris, an atheist, talks about how she integrates the Seventh Tradition in her daily life. This will blow your mind!
062821 | Accountability Buddies | Secular Overeaters | 28 min | Secular Overeaters
Recording of workshop on Accountability Buddies—what they are and how to find one! A great option if you don’t have a secular sponsor but want support.
061321 | Secular Overeaters Community Gathering #3, Part 1 | Secular Overeaters | 15 min
Learn about the eight SO Initiatives: Community Name, Events, Literature, Meetings, Newcomers, Practical Tips, Sponsoring, and OA Secular Special Focus Service Board.
061321 | Secular Overeaters Community Gathering #3, Part 2 | Secular Overeaters | 13 min
Find out how to create a Recovery Circle, a small group of 3-6 people who commit to meet on a regular basis to promote their recovery. Handout: OA Recovery Circles (pdf, 3 pages)
061321 | Secular Overeaters Community Gathering #3, Part 3 | Apple Podcast | John Sheldon | 41 min
John Sheldon started his podcast, Beyond Belief Sobriety, in 2015. He shares his involvement in the secular AA community and history of agnostics in AA, and takes questions from the gathering.
032921 | Sponsor Workshop: Warning Signs of Relapse | Apple Podcast | Alan | 23 min
Sponsor Alan talks through four warning signs of relapse (OA Program, Physical, Emotional/Spiritual, and Life Triggers) and offers suggestions for recovery. Link: Relapse Prevention Support Group Workshop
032221 | Sponsor Workshop: Slogans, Role Modeling | Apple Podcast | Rachel | 27 min
Sponsor Rachel is back again and she shares favorite slogans and role-models with a sponsee how to apply one to everyday problems. Handout: Slogans That Have Helped Us
031521 | Jenne | Soundcloud | 21 min | East Bay Unity Intergroup, Freethinkers
The tools and outside secular resources are key to her recovery.
031521 | Sponsor Workshop: Resources | Apple Podcast | Rachel | 25 min
Sponsor Rachel leads us through available resources that can help us form Step study groups. Resources: Twelve Step Workshop and Study Guide, The Twelve Step Workbook of OA, and Exploring Abstinence through Writing.
030821 | Sponsor Workshop: Service | Apple Podcast | Paula | 32 min
Sponsor Paula shares the importance of service in recovery, which can include simple acts such as putting away shopping carts and volunteering to reading at meetings or taking on a weekly service commitment. Handout: Forms of Service
030121 | Sponsor Workshop: Steps Two and Three | Apple Podcast | Arlene O | 23 min
Sponsor Arlene is back to talk about Steps Two and Three from the OA 12 & 12. Her Post-It notes: Steps Two and Three (pdf)
022221 | Sponsor Workshop: Eighth and Ninth Steps, Self-Amends | Apple Podcast | Rachel | 28 min
Sponsor Rachel shares how she personally completed the Eighth and Ninth Steps and provides a framework for how to make amends to yourself. Includes Q&A with other sponsors and members.
021221 | Frank | Soundcloud | 21 min | East Bay Unity Intergroup, Freethinkers
A 100-pounder, in OA for over 40 years, scientist Frank discusses spiritual practices as an atheist.
021521 | Sponsor Workshop: Exercise | Apple Podcast | Alan | 21 min
Sponsor Alan shares how to include exercise as part of your action plan. Q&A leads to a discussion about extra skin.
020121 | Sponsor Workshop: Positivity | Apple Podcast | Alan | 32 min
Sponsor Alan shares how positivity can change behavior. Ways to implement positivity can include mindful eating, exercise, laughter, social connection, positive media, music, affirmations, and pet therapy. Suggested positive affirmation app (ThinkUp) and positive music (Empty Hands Music).
012521 | Sponsor Workshop: Daily Inventories | Secular Overeaters | Laura & Kimberly | 27 min
Sponsors Laura and Kimberly share various ways to practice Tenth Step daily inventories. Includes Q&A with other sponsors and members. Handouts: Vowel Inventory and Daily Inventories/Tenth Steps.
011821 | Anna | Soundcloud | 20 min | East Bay Unity Intergroup, Freethinkers
A 100-pounder whose views on HP changed after a tragedy.
011821 | Sponsor Workshop: Writing | Apple Podcast | Jenne M | 29 min
Sponsor Jenne talks about the role of writing in recovery and shares five inventory formats. Handout: Tenth Steps/Daily Inventories (5 Inventory Formats)
111521 | Judy | Apple Podcast | 21 min | East Bay Unity Intergroup, Monday Freethinkers Meeting
011121 | Sponsor Workshop: Outreach | Apple Podcast | Allie S | 33 min
Sponsor Allie S shares how to use the phone, texting, email, or WhatsApp to stay connected. Includes role plays and Q&A with other sponsors and members. Handout: Outreach
101821 | Tavner | Apple Podcast | 18 min | East Bay Unity Intergroup, Monday Freethinkers Meeting
010421 | Sponsor Workshop: Listening Tools | Apple Podcast | Jim D | 27 min
Sponsor Jim shares several good listening practices to use as a sponsor or listening buddy. Includes Q&A with other sponsors and members. Handout: Listening Skills
081621 | Sara S | Apple Podcast | 17 min | East Bay Unity Intergroup, Monday Freethinkers Meeting
051721 | Jessica | Apple Podcast | 19 min | East Bay Unity Intergroup, Monday Freethinkers Meeting
041921 | Cassie | Apple Podcast | 20 min | East Bay Unity Intergroup, Monday Freethinkers Meeting
122920 | AA Beyond Belief Episode 203 | Apple Podcast | Jenne M and Jim D | 50 min
Jenne M and Jim D, both secular members of Overeaters Anonymous, talk about their struggles with food, the difficulty they encountered as atheists in OA, their experiences with starting secular OA groups, and their new website secularovereaters.org.
122820 | Sponsor Workshop: Action Plan | Apple Podcast | Rachel B | 33 min
Sponsor Rachel talks about how to create and use action plans, role plays with a fellow, and answers audience questions. Handouts: Action Plans and Slogans.
122120 | Sponsor Workshop: Recovery Circles | Group Support | Alan S | 31 min
Sponsor Alan shares different models of group support including Recovery Circles. Handout: Recovery Circles
121420 | Sponsor Workshop: Developing a Food Plan | Apple Podcast | Allie S and Arlene O | 19 min
Sponsors Arlene and Allie share food plans.
120720 | Sponsor Workshop: Identifying Food Behaviors and Approaches | Apple Podcast | Arlene O and Allie S | 24 min
Sponsors Allie and Arlene share their different approaches.
113020 | Sponsor Workshop: Secular Sponsoring | Apple Podcast | Vini T and Sue J | 19 min
Sponsor Vini T shares how she sponsors. Then Vini and her sponsee, Sue, demonstrate how they worked on an issue together.
112620 | Bertha | Apple Podcast | 25 min | Secular Overeaters
Secular Overeaters Thank-a-thon Speaker 1
112620 | Meghan | Apple Podcast | 20 min | Secular Overeaters
Secular Overeaters Thank-a-thon Speaker 2
111420 | Grecia | Soundcloud | 20 min | East Bay Unity Intergroup, Freethinkers
Topic: The Tools. Was morbidly obese, used food to cope with feelings, often felt “fake” hunger. His #1 tool is Plan of Eating.
110720 | OA 2020 Region 7 Convention: Atheists and Agnostics Workshop | OA Region 7 | Alan S | 33 min
Hundred pounder. Shares his OA story and practices. Insecure childhood, was in foster care, sugar and school saved him, went to OA at 20, was impressed by authentic shares at meetings, decided to stay, and slowly recovered.
102620 | Erik W | Soundcloud | 18 min | East Bay Unity Intergroup, Freethinkers
Before-and-After story focusing on the evolution of his food plan.
102420 | Melissa | Soundcloud | 20 min | East Bay Unity Intergroup, Berkeley Saturday AM
Topic: Changes since joining OA. Higher power-using agnostic with a Buddhist practice, came from a fundamentalist background.
101720 | Bertha R | Soundcloud | 23 min | East Bay Unity Intergroup, Freethinkers
Grew up in a theocracy (Ireland), abuse survivor. Had a problem with the Steps, especially a male God, follows an internal blueprint that guides her to do the next best thing.
091920 | Carol G | Soundcloud | 15 min | East Bay Unity Intergroup, 12 Step Marathon
Topic: Steps 1-3. She reworded the Steps so they worked for her.
081720 | Carol G | Soundcloud | 14 min | East Bay Unity Intergroup, Freethinkers
She has a spiritual practice and a guru.
080820 | Doris M | Soundcloud | 22 min | East Bay Unity Intergroup, Berkeley Saturday AM
Atheist discusses the Eighth Tradition.
072020 | Meghan W | Soundcloud | 19 min | East Bay Unity Intergroup, Freethinkers
Atheist explains how she works the Steps.
071120 | Jenne | Soundcloud |17 min | East Bay Unity Intergroup, Berkeley Saturday AM
Atheist lesbian talks about the OA Nine Tools.
062720 | Barbara C | Soundcloud |20 min | East Bay Unity Intergroup, Berkeley Saturday AM
Has a Buddhist practice, came out as lesbian later in life.
042020 | Alan S | Soundcloud | 22 min | East Bay Unity Intergroup, Freethinkers
Outlines a secular way to work the Steps.
033020 | Grecia | Soundcloud | 21 min | East Bay Unity Intergroup, Freethinkers
He finds no comfort in God.
061719 | Ella H | Soundcloud | 19 min | East Bay Unity Intergroup, Freethinkers
An eye-roller whose spiritual awakening is the ability to live with the truth.
041519 | Martha S | Soundcloud | 21 min | East Bay Unity Intergroup, Freethinkers
Martha describes herself as a pantheist. She escaped her Alabama fundamentalist upbringing and her food addiction. She has been abstinent for more than 30 years.
080818 | Dr Vera Tarman | Apple Podcast | 39 min | AA Beyond Belief Episode 99
Dr. Tarman, author of the book Food Junkies: The Truth About Food Addiction, talks about sugar and food addiction.
050418 | Lee | Apple Podcast | 36 min | AA Beyond Belief Episode 87
From London, England, recovery in OA without a “fluffy hippie god.” Advice for avoiding compulsive food behaviors when having uncomfortable feelings: #1, How do I feel in 10 words or less; #2, It’s okay to feel, this will pass; and #3 Do something different.
These speakers did not self-identify as atheist or agnostic, but their shares are mostly God-free.
103120 | Meg F | Soundcloud | 23 min | East Bay Unity Intergroup, Berkeley Saturday AM
Topic: “The Doctor’s Opinion” in the Big Book. We have an allergy of the body and need to put down our alcoholic foods. Had a spiritual awakening: stopped blaming others, lets people be their own person, and listens to others.
101020 | Coco | Soundcloud | 21 min | East Bay Unity Intergroup, Berkeley Saturday AM
Topic: Sponsors. She realized she’s not the same person she was when she entered the program, so she shouldn’t have the same abstinence. Talks about her sponsor as a “loving witness.”
100320 | Jo | Soundcloud | 22 min | East Bay Unity Intergroup, Berkeley Saturday AM
Topic: the Tenth Step. Jo was born rattled and food soothed her. Lost 160 lbs (73 kg), now focuses on being herself, and being the light.
082920 | Juls | Soundcloud | 20 min | East Bay Unity Intergroup, Berkeley Saturday AM
The importance of truth and honesty. Very moving.
070420 | Harriet | Soundcloud | 20 min | East Bay Unity Intergroup, Berkeley Saturday AM
Lost more than 120 lbs (54 kg), currently eight months pregnant, no god-talk in her share.