The Role of a Plan of Eating in Recovery from Compulsive Eating (Overeaters Anonymous, Third Edition, Appendix A)
Release Date: 12/22/2022
Inside OA: Public Information and Professional Outreach (PIPO)
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Inside OA: Center Microphone Monitor
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Bob F. has been abstinent since January 1, 1986, and has served as Center Mic Monitor at World Service Business Conference since 2004. Listen as he and host Meg M. discuss the challenges and recovery rewards of giving service as Center Mic Monitor and at all levels of OA.
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Inside OA: World Service Convention
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“Inside OA” focuses on the transformative power of service in action. In this episode, Laurie O. shares about jumping in as an appointed OA trustee, working as a Convention 2025 Committee member, and the many great reasons to attend the upcoming OA World Service Convention this August 21–23, 2025, in Orlando, Florida USA.
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Asian, Pacific Islander, and Desi (APID) Specific Focus Workshop
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An open (meeting with visitors) workshop recorded to highlight the Asian, Pacific Islander, and Desi (APID) community in the OA Fellowship.
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On Awakening, a Daily Meditation
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This podcast is the recorded script from the OA Foot Steps Intergroup Daily Meditation Meeting called “On Awakening.” It is a very simple format. It starts with a fifteen minute reading period, followed by the reading from Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 86-88, “On Awakening.” We then meditate for ten minutes, and then journal for fifteen minutes. This meeting is entirely self-directed, and you can use this recording at any time of the day as part of a daily practice.
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A Disease of the Spirit (Overeaters Anonymous, Third Edition, Appendix D)
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Written in 1980by the late Reverend Rollo M. Boas, this favorable assessment of Overeaters Anonymous offers a timeless truth: compulsive eating and compulsive food behaviors are indicators of an individual's starved and suffocated spirit. However, with the encouragement, support, and wisdom of OA’s Fellowship, the still-suffering compulsive eater can learn to wean themselves off the debilitating crutch of compulsive food behaviors and find peace in nurturing their spirit. As the individual surrounds themselves with the love found in the OA program, compulsive eating is diminished and a new...
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OA Publications (Overeaters Anonymous, Third Edition, Appendix F)
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A short list of titles from among OA’s more than 100 literature items available at bookstore.oa.org.
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To Find Overeaters Anonymous (Overeaters Anonymous, Third Edition, Appendix E)
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How to find Overeaters Anonymous in your area or online.
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A Disease of the Body (Overeaters Anonymous, Third Edition, Appendix C)
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Written in 1980, this assessment by Peter G. Lindner, MD, still holds true today. Obesity is pervasive and comes at a high cost to individuals and societies. This big picture is populated by the individual compulsive eater who is held in bondage to their unhealthy relationship with food by their own hopelessness and defiance. What OA offers that can solve the issue for compulsive eaters is "ego reduction," a means of letting go or surrendering their self will in exchange for guidance and care from a power greater than themselves.
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A Disease of the Mind (Overeaters Anonymous, Third Edition, Appendix B)
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Written in 1980, this assessment by William Hader, MD, still holds true today: compulsive overeating is a disease. It precedes other chronic disorders, and applying treatment principles to compulsive eating similar to those used for alcoholism can be very successful.
info_outlineDietitian H. Theresa Wright, MS, RD, LDN, explains how coming to understand problems with food as an addictive process improved the program and peer support based care she was already giving. Discovering Overeaters Anonymous, and learning about OA’s Plan of Eating Tool, confirmed previous success in her practice and gave her a new and stronger way to provide care to her clients.