Overeaters anonymous is not just about weight loss, weight gain or maintenance, obesity or diets. The oa program offers physical, emotional and spiritual recovery for those who suffer from compulsive eating. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop eating compulsively. Click on any of these links to download the files to your computer. Oa also offer virtual meetings online or over the phone. Make sure your microphone is muted unless it is your turn to speak. We welcome everyone who feels they have a problem with food. This page is not affiliated with overeaters anonymous.
The only phone that remains unmuted is the moderators. The twelve steps and twelve traditions of overeaters anonymous, second edition the twelvestep workbook of overeaters anonymous welcome back. By working the 12 steps precisely as outlined in the big book of alcoholics anonymous, we have found a way to live sober from our compulsive eating with a happiness and freedom that we had never imagined possible. This book is not published by overeaters anonymous nor is it oa conference approved literature for use in overeaters anonymous meetings. At this time, the oa melbourne including regional victoria and tasmania intergroup highly recommends that members and visitors call the meeting contact listed on this page to confirm the details before attending the meeting. Come discuss the big book in this onceamonth meeting. Local meetings overeaters anonymous gold coast intergroup. Some oa meetings have been suspended until further notice as a protective measure. This is an eating disorder treatment center, but per our traditions we do not endorse or lend the oa name to this outside facility. Newcomers can find more information for about oa at. Overeaters anonymous dallas home of oa in dallas and east texas. Meetings covid19 meeting information at this time, the oa melbourne including regional victoria and tasmania intergroup highly recommends that members and visitors call the meeting contact listed on this page to confirm the details before attending the meeting.
The oa world service website is currently being updated with a new system for finding meetings, so please read the notices at the tops of pages and be sure to contact their tech support if you need support. Download the list of oa meetings for the twin cities, central and southern minnesota, and western wisconsin. Oa space coast is organizing phone meetings to take the place of as many of our regular meetings as possible during this period. The oa hour of power phone meetings take place monday thru friday at 1 pm.
It is reproduced printed and bound and offered for sale under the authors terms as a service to compulsive overeaters. Overeaters anonymous is a community of people who support each other in order to recover from compulsive eating and food behaviors. Statement on approved literature business conference policy manual, 2010a amended 2012 in accordance with our traditions, we suggest that oa groups maintain unity and honor our traditions by using, selling, and displaying only approved books and pamphlets at their meetings. When sober people talk about the program, the two most common names youll hear tossed around are, of course, bill and bob. The workshop used the program of action found in oas and aas basic text, alcoholics anonymous, fondly known as the big book. Welcome to a vision for you big book study of overeaters anonymous. More meeting alerts and notifications overeaters anonymous. Some meetings are open to all individuals, including noncompulsive eaters. Download the list of oa meetings in the twin cities, central and southern minnesota, and western wisconsin. There are many different meeting formats, but generally there is a leadermoderator who opens the meeting, often with the serenity prayer, the oa preamble, and other information about oa. Meetings meetings give us an opportunity to identify our common problems, confirm our common solution through the twelve steps, and share the gifts we receive through this program. If you are interested in how the big book of alcoholics anonymous might help in your journey through overeaters anonymous, please click on the image to the left.
The 712 virtual service board is a registered oa service board for oa phone meetings on 712 xxxxxxx and related phone numbers. According to the traditions, bylaws and policies of oa, the only requirement for oa membership is the desire to stop eating compulsively. It is a good idea to reach out to the contact person to make sure the meeting information on this list is. The overeaters anonymous findameeting website has a list of online meetings and telephone meetings.
Overeaters anonymous oa offers a program of recovery from compulsive overeating using thetwelve steps and twelve traditions of oa. During the oa hour of power monday thru friday meetings, we read and discuss the books alcoholics anonymous, also known as the big book, and alcoholics anonymous 12 steps and 12 traditions. Discuss alternate options such as converting to partial or complete phone meetings, utilizing online options for free conference calls or video calls. The study guide was written and is published by the primary purpose group of alcoholics anonymous in dallas, tx. Meetings oa hour of power we live in the solution and. Meetings by day orange county intergroup of overeaters. You do not have to register to attend an oa meeting. More about compulsive eating adapted from aa big book chapter 5. Content filed under the schedule meetings category.
If you want to leave your phone number, use the chat function. No matter what your problem with food compulsive overeating, undereating, food addiction, anorexia, bulimia, binge eating, or overexercising we have a solution. Serenity through the big book on hold until further notice 6. This will take you to the official website of overeaters anonymous. To listen to a recorded linebyline oa big book study, go to our conference call recordings for more information. All meeting locations are closed during stay at home executive order thru end of day april 6, 2020. Serenity with the daily readers meeting wso id 30731684. Community center for spiritual living, 3891 ridge rd. Joe mcq and charlie p, a team of two men who died in 2007 and 2011, respectively known as joe and charlie who met in 1973 and spent the next three decades spreading their interpretation of. Greater seattle intergroup overeaters anonymous for the. This will take you to a page which contains documents as well as links to podcasts which might be helpful to you in your journey. Members find recovery on all three levels by following a twelvestep program patterned after alcoholics anonymous.
Howoa basics the 12 steps of recovery the twelve traditions the howoa tools of recovery the twelve concepts of oa service how concept chapter 3. This includes oa conference and boardapproved literature. Riverside enter church parking lot from fairmount blvd. Currently, space coast phone meetings have been scheduled as follows. We welcome anyone who wants to stop eating compulsively. All of the resources on this page are designed to be worked through together with your twohour oa how sponsor.
Worldwide meetings and other tools provide a fellowship of experience, strength and hope where members respect one anothers anonymity. Whether youre new to oa or returning, you are always welcome. Not all meetings have a special focus or special topic. All who have the desire to stop eating compulsively are welcome at our meetings as part of tradition 3. A copy of this book can also be purchased at any major book store, or on the internet at or oa. Overeaters anonymous is a fellowship of individuals from all walks of life who share a common problemcompulsive overeating, which includes binge eating, anorexia. Here at a vision for you, we study the first 164 pages of the big book of alcoholics anonymous.
If we attend oa meetings, work on the nine tools of program, read from the big book, practice the twelve and twelve, read other recommended oa literature, try to help somebody who is still suffering and if we have a desire to stop compulsively overeating, this promise will be kept read more. Overeaters anonymous houston po box 741836 houston, tx 772741836. If you do not have a big book, you can read the big book online in html and adobe acrobat pdf format, in english, french, and spanish. Most regular oa phone meetings provide opportunities for members to share their experience, strength, and hope in oa, particularly in relation to a passage read in the meeting, a speakers message, andor an announced topic. Sunday special edition podcast overeaters anonymous.
In cases where the 3rd edition reading has been omitted from the 4th edition, use the resource. In addition to local meetings, there are more than 6,500 facetoface, telephone and online oa meetings in over 80 countries, searchable on oa. Aa conferenceapproved books, booklets, and all future. Big book study guide used in linebyline big book meetings. The questions and readings are specific to our program and are designed to carry us through the complexities of eating compulsively to daily recovery. Oct 17, 2017 overeaters anonymous is a fellowship of individuals who, through shared experience, strength, and hope, are recovering from compulsive overeating. The big book is the nickname for the book entitled alcoholics anonymous. We realized that the people who wronged us were perhaps spiritually sick. Oa meeting number 46226 thursday 7pm us eastern time oa meeting number 46318 saturday, 11am us eastern time oa meeting number 00486.
By working the 12 steps precisely as outlined in the big book of alcoholics anonymous, we. Telephone number is 5156065426 access code is 6275. The greater atlanta oa office 2250 north druid hills rd, suite 260. Barts meeting will meet on the phone until further notice. We use the big book as our main text, studying it in meetings and with our recovered sponsors, because. A vision for you phone meeting schedule and access information opens in new window please confirm the meeting information as there have been reports that. There are telephone recordings available for the past 30 days of phone meetings. Phone meetings overeaters anonymous spiritual fitness. Food is not allowed in our meetings, the same will apply to zoom meetings. Oa prayers overeaters anonymous silicon valley in california. A copy of this book can also be purchased at any major book store, or on the internet at or or. Local meetings contact info for each meeting is available on the printer friendly meeting list. As a result, some some oa meetings are temporarily meeting online. From surviving to thriving meeting wso id 30734806 tuesday.
If you are interested in overeaters anonymous, please click on the image to the left. Some oa meetings have been suspended until further notice. But theres another duo that are spoken about with nearly equal reverence. Due to the covid19 situation, it is advised that you call the contact person for any facetoface meeting you plan to attend to confirm that it is still happening even if it is not marked as temporarily cancelled below. Overeaters anonymous oa is a community of people who support each other in order to recover from compulsive eating and food behaviors. Jan 06, 2017 it is reproduced printed and bound and offered for sale under the authors terms as a service to compulsive overeaters. Working the steps and traditions using how alanon works book meeting wso id 30731555 monday.
When you want to speak, listen to the leader and be respectful to follow the suggested procedure. Click here for oa big book meetings flyer overeaters anonymous offers a program of recovery from compulsive eating using the twelve steps and twelve traditions of oa. The spread of covid19 has led to health advisories against facetoface meetings. Compulsive eating is an illness of the body and mind, but there is a solution.
If you havent attended an oa phone meeting before, here are a few suggestions for getting started. We belong to region 5, and we all belong to the oa world service organization. Saline phone meeting greater ann arbor area overeaters. We are individuals recovering from compulsive overeating through the 12 steps of overeaters anonymous and the teaching and practice outlined in the big book of alcoholics anonymous. This is an updated version january 2014 of the popular big book study guide written by lawrie c. Though we did not like their symptoms and the way these. Covid19 meeting info read the wso covid19 statement we currently support oa meetings in goleta, santa barbara, ojai, ventura, and camarilloplus the ciig service board meeting is the first thursday of each month in carpinteria. Oapp overeaters anonymous primary purpose oapp menu. Overeaters anonymous meetings are gatherings of two or more compulsive eaters. Oa phone meetings oahow phone meetings oa speaker recordings a vision for you big book phone meetings. Overeaters anonymous is a fellowship of men and women from all walks of life who meet in order to help solve a common problem compulsive overeating, which includes obesity, anorexia and bulimia.
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