Embracing our Differences – OA Reel
💞 In OA, members have discovered recovery through the consistent use of the Twelve Steps supported by many forms of…
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Question of the Month
As a Newcomer, what made you realize you were a compulsive eater and prompted you to attend an OA Meeting?…
An Idea Whose Time Has Come
It turns out that the ideas I had accepted in working Step One began wielding power over my actions ….
There is Life After Catatonia
When we are constantly put down mentally, physically, and spiritually by the ones who are supposed to love us, it…
Tradition Two – OA Reel
In Overeaters Anonymous, Tradition 2 reminds us that our indvidual efforts to support unity and shared purpose in OA aligns…
Tools of Recovery
To celebrate, here are 29 tools of recovery in addition to our nine OA tools: a plan of eating, sponsorship,…
Thirty Days!
I’ve reached my twenty-ninth day of abstinence. Tomorrow will be my weighing day and my highly anticipated thirtieth day. I’ve…
OA Reflects No Diet
OA is known for being a food program not a diet program. What does this mean? Why is the mentality…
Step One Relief
On May 28, 2017, I attended my first OA meeting. The courage to attend arose when I discovered the pamphlet Maintaining…
Tradition Two Finds Justice
Are you getting fatter and fatter? Do you read diet books, follow nutritional resources, come to OA meetings and still…
Outside Issue – Simple but Not Easy
The Quiet Wisdom of Tradition 10 Tradition 10 – “Overeaters Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the OAname ought…
Safe Space for Neurodiverse OA Members
I have had issues with food as long as I’ve been alive, I officially have a binging eatingdisorder but have…
Step 12: A culmination of all the Steps
“Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to compulsive overeaters…
Applied Lessons
I came to my first Twelve Step fellowship and got sober in 1983. G-d put a lovely woman in my…
Living in the Solution
“It is easy to let up on the spiritual program of action and rest on our laurels. We are headed…