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Free Licensed Images, Translation, and Graphic Design Platform for Intergroups and Service Boards Registered as Nonprofits/Charities

To: OA Service Bodies From: Public Awareness/Professional Tradeshows Committee of the OA Board of Trustees Re: Free licensed images, translation, and graphic design platform for intergroups and service boards registered as nonprofits/charities In the past year, OA service bodies, including the Board of Trustees, have responded to new challenges to manage how stock photography images … Continued

Adding OA to Trusted Eating Disorder Websites Outside the US

To: Intergroups and service boards outside the United States From: OA region chairs and Board of Trustees Re: Adding OA to Trusted Eating Disorder Websites Outside the US You may have an opportunity to help carry our message online to those outside the US who are suffering from anorexia and bulimia. To combat a rising … Continued

Fifteen Questions

Now that you have found Overeaters Anonymous, you may want to make sure our program is right for you. Many of us have found it useful to answer the following questions to help determine if we have a problem with compulsive eating. Are You a Compulsive Eater? Yes No 1. Do I eat when I’m … Continued

OA C.A.R.E.S. (service to the incarcerated)

(Committed to Action for Recovery, Encouragement, and Support) Correspondence Program Guidelines The OA C.A.R.E.S. correspondence program was created to establish a network of support for compulsive eaters who are incarcerated. By describing how OA has affected your life, you can help deliver OA’s Twelve Step program of recovery directly to those in need. Thank you … Continued

Guidelines for Anonymity in the Digital World

Digital communication was unforeseen when the Twelve Traditions were written. It is important to consider how the use of electronic media might impact our own or anyone else’s anonymity as we recover and help to carry the message of recovery offered by the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous. These guidelines build on … Continued

2017 Membership Survey Report

Download the color brochure in English “Overeaters Anonymous offers people of all sizes and shapes the common ground for finding a way out of the food-compulsion abyss. . . . Having our patients participate in OA during treatment and after they return home is the difference between helping them find a brief reprieve from their disease and offering … Continued

OA 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 any … Continued