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Fundraising Ideas OA events are wonderful for fellowship and recovery, and the funds they generate can help groups and service bodies continue Twelve Step work. Fundraisers that include the use of OA literature reinforce the program and help carry the message. Suggested fundraisers Anniversary celebrations Annual OA events such as Overeaters Anonymous’ birthday and International … Continued
Contents Introduction These guidelines are designed to help service bodies (intergroups, service boards, regions) develop an annual process for creating, monitoring, and administering a budget. This enables service bodies to adhere to Tradition Seven: “Every OA group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions.” Purpose of a Budget A service body’s budget provides a … Continued
Imagine this: You are still suffering from compulsive eating or compulsive food behaviors and you’re desperately searching online for a solution. How great would it be if an OA story of recovery popped up as your first search result? This is the inspiration behind Lifeline: Stories of Recovery at lifeline.oa.org, where we can broadcast our … Continued
Purpose The purpose of the Professional Outreach Committee is to coordinate the efforts of OA groups interested in carrying the message of recovery to hospitals, treatment centers, correctional facilities, religious organizations, schools, libraries, corporations, and civilian and military professional communities. Remember to adhere to the principles in the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions: Preparing and … Continued
(Committed to Action for Recovery, Encouragement, and Support) Correspondence Program Guidelines The OA C.A.R.E.S. correspondence program was created to establish a network of support for compulsive eaters who are incarcerated. By describing how OA has affected your life, you can help deliver OA’s Twelve Step program of recovery directly to those in need. Thank you … Continued
The following guidelines are offered as suggestions only; they are guides to aid you in deciding what information to collect. We invite any and all of you to participate in recording your local history and in gathering local historical memorabilia. This will help to ensure that your history is not lost. The World Service Office … Continued
Use this skit to present a fun reminder of the diversity of our recovery literature and our approaches to the Twelve Steps. This skit is intended to be exaggerated and read in an over-the-top style. Please feel free to change the names as you see fit. The Inclusive Group of Overeaters Anonymous is opening its … Continued
Digital communication was unforeseen when the Twelve Traditions were written. It is important to consider how the use of electronic media might impact our own or anyone else’s anonymity as we recover and help to carry the message of recovery offered by the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous. These guidelines build on … Continued
These guidelines have been developed through the experience of OA members and the Board of Trustees, who have contributed to their creation. They reflect OA Traditions and Concepts of Service as reflected in our OA Conference-approved literature. These guidelines are strong suggestions based on the experience of those who have gone before. The guidelines do … Continued
Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon OA unity When we first come to Overeaters Anonymous, we are preoccupied with our own recovery and weight loss. It is not long, however, before we realize this is not a diet club, as we may have expected or perhaps experienced before. We hear the … Continued