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  • Seventh Tradition Table Card

    Download the PDF in English Translatable text of this document Last Binge?$$$ Abstinence?Priceless! Abstinence is priceless and carrying the message to the still-suffering compulsive eater costs money. A contribution of $5 or more at each meeting is suggested. Sometimes more IS better. Give as if your life depends on it.

  • Guidelines for Addressing Disruptive Behavior Affecting Overeaters Anonymous

    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 those who have gone before. They do not replace the local…

  • Guidance for Transitioning to Online Meetings

    Dear OA Fellows, Our OA Promise says, “I put my hand in yours, and together we can do what we could never do alone. No longer is there a sense of hopelessness . . .” Thanks to our Higher Power, we are witnessing that even these hectic, unprecedented times can be navigated through the experience,…

  • How to start a new OA meeting

    Starting an OA meeting in your area is easy. The World Service Office is here to support you in your efforts to carry the message of hope and recovery. This form of service will add to your own program of recovery! All you need is a desire to stop eating compulsively and the willingness to…

  • The Twelve Traditions

    Introduction “These Twelve Traditions are to the groups what the Twelve Steps are to the individual. They are suggested principles to ensure the survival and growth of the many groups that compose Overeaters Anonymous.”—The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous The Twelve Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous Permission to use the Twelve Traditions of…

  • The Twelve Steps

    Introduction “Our way of life, based on these Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, has brought us physical, emotional and spiritual healing that we don’t hesitate to call miraculous. What works for us will work for you too.” —read the full Introduction to the Twelve Steps. The Twelve Steps of Overeaters Anonymous Permission to use the…

  • Welcome Home (abridged)

    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…

  • Forewords and Appendices from the Overeaters Anonymous, Third Edition Book

    © 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

  • 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…

  • 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…