A Disease of the Spirit (Overeaters Anonymous, Third Edition, Appendix D)
Release Date: 12/26/2022
Inside OA: Tradition Seven and Step Twelve
Overeaters Anonymous Podcast
In this episode, host Meg M. talks with BJ, an abstinent food addict and bulimic who has most recently served as an OA trustee and liaison to Region Two. Together they discuss their personal perspectives and practices of Tradition Seven and Step Twelve. BJ cites her favorite quote from the OA , “Change begins with honesty” (p. 30), and relates how honestly looking at her varied charitable contributions led her to focus her contributions on OA. “You just do all you can for the nonprofits that you believe in and this is the nonprofit that I believe in,” she says. When it comes to Step...
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Inside OA: Groups
Overeaters Anonymous Podcast
Do you care about the quality of your OA group? Let’s “get grounded in groups” in this episode of Inside OA! Take a few notes as host Meg M. interviews Bruce from Ottawa, Canada. Bruce is a former OA trustee who has been abstinent in OA since April 2005 and who has also served at the intergroup and region levels. Bruce discusses the importance of the group in personal recovery and the questions a group can reflect on to determine whether “its message to the compulsive overeater who still suffers” (Tradition Five) and to newcomers is truly one of hope, strength, and recovery through...
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Inside OA: Translation
Overeaters Anonymous Podcast
OA volunteers have helped translate OA literature into more than 30 languages worldwide! But to make that happen, registered OA service bodies must first apply for licensing from the World Service Office. If you have any interest in OA’s translation process, you won’t want to miss this episode! Join us as Emilia from Rome, Italy, who has ten years of recovery and is the trustee liaison to OA Region Nine, makes a second appearance on Inside OA to explain the translation process and offer valuable insights along with our host Meg M. Together they discuss the benefits of giving service as a...
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Inside OA: Region Nine Liaison
Overeaters Anonymous Podcast
In this episode, we meet Emilia from Rome, Italy, who has ten years of recovery and is the trustee liaison to OA Region Nine, which encompasses more than 40 countries and 40 languages in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Together with host Meg M., Emilia discusses what it’s like to serve in a multi-cultural and multi-lingual region. Emilia shares challenges and fears she has overcome on her journey to being elected as an OA board trustee as well as her successes at the world service level that have directly improve service opportunities for OA members in Region Nine. Listen in as...
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Inside OA: Unity with Diversity
Overeaters Anonymous Podcast
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Available Resources to Carry the Message, Part 2 - Twelfth Step Within
Overeaters Anonymous Podcast
Speaker Sandy discusses ways to be gentle with newcomers and returners, including consideration of different aspects of unity with diversity. She also covers Where Do I Start? (available in 48 languages at oa.org/start), advanced search options in Find a Meeting, and more Twelfth Step Within resources available on oa.org and bookstore.oa.org. Recorded at World Service Business Conference 2025.
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Available Resources to Carry the Message, Part 1 - Public Information and Professional Outreach (PIPO)
Overeaters Anonymous Podcast
Speaker Leslie leads Part 1 of this workshop, covering her experience giving public information and professional outreach service (PIPO) and surveying the PIPO resources and ideas available via oa.org, ookstore.oa.org, and the World Service Office. Recorded at World Service Business Conference 2025.
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Living the Principles to Carry the Message Workshop, Part 2 (Amodini)
Overeaters Anonymous Podcast
Speaker Amodini leads Part 2 of this workshop and shares her experience, strength, and hope on the topic of living the Principles to carry the message. Recorded at World Service Business Conference 2025.
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Living the Principles to Carry the Message Workshop, Part 1 (Alan B)
Overeaters Anonymous Podcast
Speaker Alan B. leads Part 1 of this workshop and introduces four questions: 1) How are OA’s Spiritual Principles important in your recovery? 2) What Principles have you embraced in your personal life? 3) Which Principles have helped you the most in carrying the message? 4) What Principles have you found challenging to put into practice in all areas of your life? Recorded at World Service Business Conference 2025.
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Inside OA: Being Treasurer and Having Fun with Service
Overeaters Anonymous Podcast
In this episode of Inside OA, host Meg M. interviews Bob, an OA trustee who joined the Fellowship in 2003 and found his first sponsor at an intergroup meeting. Bob has an accounting background, so serving as treasurer is a natural fit, but as he says, “I don’t always look for treasurer positions . . . . I like to have fun with service. I do different things that are out of my reach.” Speaking as board treasurer, Bob gives an inside view on what it takes to build and maintain our world service budget. And while the thought of serving as treasurer can be intimidating, Bob reminds us,...
info_outlineWritten 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 sense of wholeness and balance emerges.