‘To the Man’ Pamphlet Revised: Ten Added Stories and New Prices

OA’s pamphlet for men has been revised and expanded to include ten added stories, the Twelve Traditions, and the Spiritual Principles for each of the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions. The title has also been revised to account for the full range of the manifestations of our disease: To the Man Who Wants to Stop Eating Compulsively, Welcome: You never have to take that first compulsive bite again . . .

To maintain our Seventh Tradition, the Executive Committee of the OA Board of Trustees has approved the following new prices for this pamphlet:

This new revision of To the Man is Conference-approved literature and was approved by World Service Business Conference delegates in May 2025.

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