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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
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(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
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
“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
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