Attention Public Information and Professional Outreach (PIPO) Committees! OA’s Press Kit has been updated to reflect the best current information we can present to media professionals about OA worldwide, including: Estimated total number of OA meetings, including the availability of thousands of online meetings. Estimated total number of countries and languages for which OA available. … Continued
Are you ready to write, record, or illustrate? Lifeline: Stories of Recovery is looking for member submissions on the topic of staying abstinent through the holiday season: How have you stayed abstinent through the holidays? What tip, strategy, prayer, or Tool has helped you the most? How can working the Steps help during the holidays? … Continued
Introducing The Joy of Service! e-zine, produced by the OA Board of Trustees: “There’s a magical thing that happens when you serve others; you end up giving yourself a gift too . . . “We asked members to share how service has been a vital and joyful part of their personal growth and recovery, and … Continued
First Conference e-Documents are now available for the 2025 World Service Business Conference (WSBC), which will be held virtually and in-person from May 4-10, 2025. The documents now available include: Chair’s Letter: An official welcome and overview from Meg M., Chair of the Board of Trustees, detailing the importance of the WSBC and what participants … Continued
Overeaters Anonymous is seeking new stories and creative works centered on our members’ personal experiences with abstinence.
Looking to familiarize your OA fellows with digital resources on oa.org? Check out the four new “Focus On…” presentations recently posted on oa.org! The presentations, each focused on a different area of OA service, are meant to serve as both quick introductions to lesser-known free OA resources and inspirational conversation starters for a group or … Continued
Enhance your service body meetings with a valuable new resource now available on oa.org! The Sample Standing Rules for Service Bodies document shows how a clear structure can help streamline meetings while encouraging fairness of participation. The Sample Standing Rules template is flexible and customizable to your service body’s needs, empowering your group to conduct … Continued
Our Regions Map was recently updated to reflect the disbanding of Region Four and the allocation of Region Four’s geographic territory to adjacent OA regions, namely Regions One, Three, and Five. The new map reflects a group conscience decision made one year ago by the Region Four board to disband as well as subsequent decisions … Continued
Webmasters, newsletter editors, and document creators can now get “permalinks” to documents on oa.org. A permalink does not change or break when OA updates a document in the Document Library. To get a document’s permalink, go to the Document Library or any other document link on oa.org. Instead of opening the document, right click, option … Continued
In celebration of Sponsorship Day, the Strategic Planning Sponsorship Subcommittee has put together material to highlight the many sponsorship resources available on oa.org. See Sponsorship Resources for a click-through menu of sponsorship topics and watch the video, which shows where to find all our recovery and service materials on our Fellowship’s website. We wish you … Continued