Anyone else feel like a traitor to OA?

I was a member of OA (overeaters anonymous) for more than 10 years, and I liked going to meetings.I lost 100 lbs in the first year and was quite a 'star.' Over the next 6 or 7 years, I gained it all back. I hardly go to meetings at all now since I decided to have RNY... and it feels like I will never be able to go back after surgery, since it would be like saying to newcomers that the program doesn't work! I think it does work, but only once. STatistics bear me out on this, but of course no one wants to admit it. Anyway, I will miss OA and the people, but I know that anyone who goes the surgery route is a 'traitor.' Don't bother telling me to go anyway; if you've never been dedicated to the program, you really don't know what They are like (I frowned on surgery, too, preferring the spiritual route) and what a loss this is. Anyone else feel like an outcast in OA? --Veronica Drake

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