The First Contact -OA Newcomer Story
As an administrator for the OA Foot Steps WhatsApp group dedicated to connecting newcomers withsponsors and sponsees, I’ve learned that…
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Ice Cream Calling in the Dead of Night
Lyrics written and sung by Mike M (adaptation of Blackbird by the Beatles) *Our use of YouTube is not intended…
- ABOUT OA
- Carry the Message
- Concept Five
- Concept Four
- Concept One
- Concept Twelve
- Fellowship
- Higher Power
- How it Works
- HP
- Service
- Spiritual Program
- Step Three
- Step Two
- The Twelve Concepts of Service
- The Twelve Steps of OA
- The Twelve Traditions of OA
- Tradition Five
- Tradition One
- Tradition Twelve
- Tradition Two
- Welcome Home
- Working the Program
The Importance of Group Conscience
I have often wondered where group conscience is explained within the Twelve Steps, Twelve Traditions, and Twelve Concepts of Service….
Concept One – Unity
“The ultimate responsibility and authority for OA world servicesreside in the collective conscience of our whole Fellowship.“Spiritual Principal: Unity I…
Honesty – Step 1
I thought I had worked the Steps but when I absolutely was honest with myself, I knew I was still…
Quieting My Mind And Spirit
Lord living in the spirit of my mind Ever keeping me from being blind To what you have in store…
Question of the Month
As a Newcomer, what made you realize you were a compulsive eater and prompted you to attend an OA Meeting?…
Foot Steps Forward : Board Shorts
Here are the Board Shorts, updates from the Board, in case you missed them at the Intergroup business meeting! This…
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.”…
Interview with Claire M – Finding Love in Service
Claire M is a long time member of Overeaters Anonymous. We discuss Claire’s personal journey with compulsive eating, including her…
Limited Series on WSBC
Coming up in April, is OA’s World Service Business Conference (WSBC) and applications for fellows to attend as representatives of…
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,…
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…
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…