That's a question that everyone asks--it is confusing when you've never heard it used regarding food.
To be abstinent in OA generally means that you don't eat between planned meals, and you don't eat the foods that trigger your binges. However, each person has to determine their own personal definition of abstinence. Not everyone's is the same. You determine what you need to be abstinent from in order to not binge.
Abstinence and your food plan are two different things. But, you determine what both of them are and use them as tools.
Hope that explains it. :-)
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