Congratulations and welcome to our newest OA service bodies registered with the World Service Office! List updated quarterly. OA Recovery Virtual Intergroup Groups supported by this service body Affiliated with Virtual Region Registered March 22, 2024 The Rainbow (LGBTQ+) Specific Focus Service Board (Note: Specific Focus Service Boards and Language Service Boards support groups throughout … Continued
OA is revising a piece of literature on the topic of what recovery actions are most helpful to our members. Share your experience of what works for you and how you work it. Your answers will provide valuable insight. Take the survey here. While this survey is in English, we encourage service bodies to help non-English-speaking members … Continued
OA recently released new Public Service Announcement (PSA) videos online for groups and service bodies to use to carry the message. Recently, both the new videos and a few older PSAs were enhanced with subtitles in these sixteen languages: Arabic Chinese (Simplified) Czech Dutch French German Hindi Italian Japanese Korean Polish Portuguese (Brazil) Russian Spanish … Continued
The Professional Exhibits Fund has money available to help your service body participate in a trade conference or a convention for professionals who may refer patients and clients to OA. Take a look at the application to see what expenses OA can help cover. Applications submitted by the 10th of the month are reviewed by … Continued
The following are upcoming deadline dates for World Service Business Conference 2024, which convenes May 7–11, 2024, in Albuquerque, New Mexico USA. Get the complete list of deadline dates. All new Conference documents are posted on the World Service Business Conference web page and in the Document Library under category “Delegate.” March 7 Agenda Questionnaire … Continued
Carry the message to health professionals with Issue III of the Professional Community Courier. The Courier is written by health professionals, for health professionals and aims to educate about the benefits the Overeaters Anonymous program offers to patients and clients. This issue includes moving testimonials from both a doctor who joined OA and found relief … Continued
Do you have a passion for translation? Help carry the message of OA to the still-suffering compulsive eater today by educating your service body on our translations process! The Translation Basics Workshop, with a brief thirteen slides, can be presented during your usual OA meeting or at your service body’s next workshop or conference. Find … Continued
College can be an especially tumultuous and difficult time for the young compulsive eater. With that in mind, the World Service Business Conference Young People’s Committee has taken the initiative to create a letter carrying our OA message to higher education staff, informing them of the hope that OA has to offer still-suffering students. The … Continued
The Twelve Concepts of OA Service are our primary guide to conducting OA business and the keys to OA-service success. Use our new “Twelve Concepts of OA Service Workshop,” available in both PPTX (large file) and PDF file formats, at your next Fellowship event to explore the Principles of the Concepts and encourage a better … Continued
This simple, straightforward two-page guide is designed to help members structure a brief informational meeting for newcomers, which can be held before, after, or even during a regularly scheduled OA meeting. These Guidelines summarize what vital topics of discussion introduce OA: the assurance of anonymity, the commonality of our compulsive eating problem, and the primary purpose of … Continued