Together We Can . . . Keep Coming Back: Membership Retention (#100)

“I need OA to be there for me. Therefore, it is my responsibility to keep OA healthy. A smile, a touch, a word of support can keep someone coming back . . .” OA works. A Gallup survey of OA’s Fellowship reports that 86 percent of our members experienced improvements in our physical health, our emotional and mental … Continued

OA Promise

I put my hand in yours, and together we can dowhat we could never do alone.No longer is there a sense of hopelessness,no longer must we each dependupon our own unsteady willpower.We are all together now,reaching out our hands for power andstrength greater than ours, and as we join hands,we find love and understandingbeyond our … Continued

Person to Person: Carrying the message . . . our special gift (#108)

Always to extend the hand and heart of Overeaters Anonymous to all who share my compulsion—for this I am responsible. Carrying the message to others simply means to unselfishly share our experience, our strength and our hope with them. With the miraculous gift of recovery that is ours in OA comes the privilege and the … Continued

OA Cares . . . (#260)

We Offer Hope Have you tried diet clubs, shots, pills, weight doctors, etc., only to achieve success for a short time before going on to further failures—gaining and regaining weight each time? Have you known the despair of feeling fat? Are you thin now but know you are on your way up? Is your eating … Continued