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Dear Fellows, The Board of Trustees is sending this letter to remind the Fellowship how important it is to protect the Overeaters Anonymous name and logo. It is normal practice for any entity to protect its intellectual property. OA owns the text of OA Conference- and board-approved literature and materials we as a Fellowship create … Continued
The following skits are designed to help OA groups and service bodies foster greater understanding of OA’s Seventh Tradition. “What’s It Worth?” focuses on how much OA members spent on binge foods before coming to OA. “Wheel of Misfortune” addresses what program would be like without the services provided by member contributions. “A Typical Day” … Continued
“We of Overeaters Anonymous have found in this Fellowship a way to recover from the disease of compulsive overeating. We use ‘compulsive overeating’ and ‘compulsive eating’ interchangeably. These terms include, but are not limited to, overeating, under-eating, food addiction, anorexia, bulimia, binge eating, overexercising, purging, and other compulsive food behaviors. No matter what form our … Continued
Re: The balanced sponsor/sponsee relationship Dear Fellow OA Members, The promise of relief from our disease of compulsive eating may give newcomers the expectation that members who sponsor are speaking for OA as a whole. This puts the newcomer in a position to be vulnerable to recommendations that may not be in their best interest. … Continued
Download the PDF in English or refer to the translatable text below. Translatable text from flyer Why Become an Automatic Recurring Contributor?For Twelve Really Great Reasons. Help OA grow. Go to oa.org/contribute and sign up to become an Automatic Recurring Contributor.
Preamble Overeaters Anonymous is a Fellowship of individuals who, through shared experience, strength, and hope, are recovering from compulsive overeating. We welcome everyone who wants to stop eating compulsively. There are no dues or fees for members; we are self-supporting through our own contributions, neither soliciting nor accepting outside donations. OA is not affiliated with … Continued
This writing exercise is an approach using the Twelve Steps of OA to deal with life’s challenges without turning to food. Enhance your recovery by using this document individually or as the focus of a workshop. © 2015 Overeaters Anonymous, Inc. Board approved Overeaters Anonymous, Inc. World Service OfficeLocation: 6075 Zenith Court NE, Rio Rancho, … Continued
Have you ever wished you could lose ten pounds (5 kg)? Twenty (9 kg)? Forty (18 kg)? A hundred (45 kg) or more? Have you ever wished that once you got it off you could keep it off? Welcome to OA; welcome home! Have you sometimes felt out of step with the world, like a … Continued
© 2018 Overeaters Anonymous, Inc. All rights reserved.Excerpted from #980 Overeaters Anonymous, Inc. World Service OfficeLocation: 6075 Zenith Court NE, Rio Rancho, NM 87144, USAMailing address: PO Box 44727, Rio Rancho, NM 87174-4727, USATelephone: +1 505-891-2664
(Reprinted from A Step Ahead newsletter, Fourth Quarter 2011) OA’s group conscience has decided we should display, sell, use and read aloud only OA-approved literature at OA meetings. This includes OA Conference- and board-approved literature and AA conference-approved literature.* Although OA has not reviewed and approved AA literature, we deem their group conscience approved its … Continued