Common Welfare

1. Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon OA unity. ~ First Tradition, Overeaters Anonymous
Our common welfare.
Common: belonging to
or shared by two –or more —
people or groups.
All of ours, an entity shared,
not that of any one of us
but of all.
Welfare: the state of doing well
especially as to good fortune,
happiness, well-being, or prosperity.
Out common welfare —
something we who isolate,
who dwell in low self-esteem,
who consider food (more of it
or less of it) our solution
to every possible problem,
seldom would have thought
of shared welfare, but we do now.
We want recovery for ourselves
but as we consider the possibilities,
as we watch those who have found
for themselves what we each want,
we find the wisdom, the comfort,
in seeking first the common welfare.



...and together we'll walk these steps.