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Treatment and Beyond: OA support during and after treatment (#757)
A special introduction to OA for men and women in treatment We of Overeaters Anonymous want to introduce and invite you to our program of recovery. Even if you are familiar with other Twelve Step recovery programs, we believe the information provided here will help answer some basic questions about OA which are often asked … Continued
To the Compulsive Overeater in the Military (#107)
The only thing that is required is that you have a desire to stop eating compulsively. A major aspect of military life is discipline: the greater the discipline, the more professional the military member. Yet we are still human beings, with the same needs, wants, and desires as civilian members of society. Some of us … Continued
Recovery Insurance Policy
Download the PDF in English Recovery Insurance Policy I, __________ on this day do hereby give __________ __________ (a recovering OA member) permission to take me to a meeting if they do not receive a phone call from me within __________ days of our last conversation, or if they have not seen me at an … Continued
What Is Cross Talk?
Reprinted from Lifeline, Ask-It Basket, August 1999 Question What is cross talk? Are all responses and comments to another person at a meeting cross talk? Is thanking someone for something he or she shared cross talk? Or is it cross talk only if the comments are negative? Answer OA literature does not specifically define cross … Continued
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