Question of the Month
As a Newcomer, what made you realize you were a compulsive eater and prompted you to attend an OA Meeting?…
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Step 2 of OA – OA Reel
Step 2 in Overeaters Anonymous states: “Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.”…
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…
What I’ve Learned about Recovery so Far.
Tomorrow will be ten months that I have been abstinent. There are many things I have come to love about…
Helpful Voices
I’m an addicted people pleaser. I don’t want to make anyone upset, inconvenience them, start a conflict, or rock the…
Autonomous Solution
Tradition Four: Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or OA as a whole. I worked…
Focus & Routine
Before OA, my total focus and routine always was on food. For almost 57 years it was my main focus;…
Group Checklist: Practicing the Eleventh Tradition
Source: Checklist adapted from “The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous”, Second Edition (p. 162)Lifeline: Stories of Recovery,…
Thought for Today
There is a special feeling for those of us in recovery when we discover that there are other people who…
Spotlight on ESH Meeting
We are delighted to announce a new meeting on OA Foot Steps, an off shoot of this Experience, Strength &…
Outreach Around The World
When I first joined OA in 1996 we gathered at the “Lemon Squeezer” church in Victory Park, Johannesburg. It smelled…
The more trust I gain, the more I believe I am just as good as anybody else.
I feel grateful that early through the OA doors I was told about OA Foot Steps. Until then, I went…
OA Foot Steps Heart Storm
At the last Virtual Intergroup Meeting (VIG), we went into breakout rooms and played with a team building exercise. We…
New Year’s Solution
We recover together or not at all. This is the “we” in the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions.OA is not…
Soul’s Journey
There is a journey,A sad taleNot many dare know,Of heartache,The suicide of a soul. Forgotten, toss aside,Abandoned,Frightened and alone,Felt only…