The only requirement for OA membership is a desire to stop eating compulsively. -Tradition Three We welcome newcomers well, understand where they come from, remember the desperation we felt when we got here. Usually we treat those returning from relapse kindly […]
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Social Media Not Needed
Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio, films, television, and other public media of communication. ~ Tradition Eleven When we play out our lives […]
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Overeaters Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the OA name ought never be drawn into public controversy. ~ Tradition Ten Eight-and-a-half years ago I attended my one and so-far only San Antonio OA meeting. A member there wondered […]
Continue reading »Benefits List
Even more helpful in maintaining motivation over time, though, has been my “benefits of not drinking” list. This list grows longer and more detailed every week, and the process of revising and adding to the list has helped me experience life […]
Continue reading »And I Don’t Even Know Your Name
It’s the Industrial Revolution and the growth of urban concentrations that led to a sense of anonymity. ~ Vint Cerf We decry anonymity, want to be known, but now and again the very bane leading to loneliness, isolation, alienation sloughs […]
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