STEP-8 Right Up! Read all about it!

Our latest edition of the Newsletter has hit the stands!

August 14th Edition is all about Step 8 – Tradition 8 – Concept of Service 8

And each of their related Principles: Self-Discipline, Fellowship & Delegation


We are delighted to bring you another edition of the Experience, Strength & Hope Newsletter for August 2024! The theme this month is the Eighth Step, Tradition and Concept of Service. The principles are Self-Discipline, Fellowship and Delegation. Each month we hope to develop more Step related content, so be sure to send us your Ninth Step, Tradition or Concept material before August 31st so we can get it in next month’s edition.

We have also added many new features, like our Suggestion Box, where we would encourage members to submit their ideas and suggestions to make this Newsletter reflect the topics that they want to hear about.

We are very excited to announce the *NEW* Dawning Section of the Newsletter! This is one stop shopping for all your flyers from meetings and events taking place across OA Foot Steps Intergroup and beyond!! Please use this page to share flyers for all these exciting events and meetings at your meetings!

Stay Tuned: Our upcoming Theme for October’s Edition will be: Sponsorship!


In the meantime, we hope you enjoy the following articles for August 2024!
A Great Collection of Submissions by our Members:
Two-Way Prayer: Following the Way
Concept 8
Obsessing To Get It Right
Step Eight Prayer
Higher Place {HP} Prayer
Step 8: Self Discipline in Action
Get Back in your Crate!
Self-Discipline
Concept Eight
Concept 8: Trust in Delegation
900 Days
My Poem
Thought for the Day  
How to Sponsor an Atheist

Enjoy Our Regular Monthly Features! 
What I Heard at a Meeting
Interview of the Month
May the 14th Be With You!
Question of the Month

A Selection of Articles from other Newsletters around OA!
Step 8: Admission and Prayer
Step 8: Amending Fear and Shame
Step 8: Connection Bridge
Step 8: Admission and Prayer
Step 8: Body Talk
Want List
Tradition 8: Labor of Love
Tradition 8: Fellowship
Step 8: Forgiveness Is Not Necessary


Did you enjoy this edition of Experience, Strength & Hope Newsletter {ESH}? We would encourage our members to use these posts at their meetings, or for private reflection. In keeping with Tradition Five, we also encourage you to share this post to other fellows to help the compulsive eater who still suffers.

If you would like to submit an article, artwork or audio file to our next publication, please use our Submissions Page to do so. The deadline is the last day of each month for the next publication that will come out monthly on the 14th. We also offer quarterly themes – April, July, October & January — that will be announced. Please let us know if you have an idea for an article, a regular feature or an upcoming theme. Email our editorial staff at [email protected] with any questions or suggestions.

The experience, strength, and hope expressed in these articles, reflects the individual OA members and does not represent OA as a whole. Other OA groups and service bodies are welcome to reprint articles from Experience, Strength & Hope Newsletter without permission. When reprinting from other OA newsletters, be sure to credit the sourceTagged: Concept of Service 8, Newsletter, OA, Overeaters Anonymous, Recovery, Step 8, Tradition 8