The following are the five conditions:
- Practice the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous, guided by the Twelve Concepts of OA Service.
- Welcome everyone with a desire to stop eating compulsively.
- Do not require members to do anything else to remain a member or share at a meeting.
- Have no affiliation except Overeaters Anonymous.
- Register with the World Service Office.
Source: OA Inc. Bylaws, Subpart B, Article V, Section 1a through 1e