The worldwide OA community offers a wealth of resources to aid in your recovery from compulsive overeating. Here are some of the best:
- AA Big Book Online
- OA.org – the online resource for Overeaters Anonymous. Tons of free information as well as a well-stocked bookstore full of OA approved literature.
OA Virtual Region – everything you need to know about OA’s online meetings- A Step Ahead Newsletter – the official OA quarterly newsletter
- Sound Bites from Overeaters Anonymous, a 12-Step Solution to Compulsive Eating. — Tune in to Voice America Internet Radio for a 13-week Internet radio show to help listeners better understand compulsive eating and OA’s recovery program.The program will address topics that include the following:
• How and why a Twelve-Step program can work for compulsive eating.
• How OA’s Plan of Eating differs from a diet.
• The nine tools of Overeaters Anonymous.
• Keeping your eating sane during the holiday season.
• 100+ pounds to lose—is there hope for me in OA?
• The three levels of recovery from compulsive eating.
• What to expect at an OA meeting.
• In all our affairs—how recovery in OA can improve every aspect of your life.
• New Year’s resolutions—what can you do differently this time?- OA Podcasts – tune in to interviews with members, literature readings and discussions and other great audio content. Play them online or download for listening at your convenience on your PC or iPod.
- L.A. Intergroup Virtual Speakers Bureau – LA provides access to dozens of inspiring speakers sharing their experience, strength and hope from as far back as 1960. A truly wonderful audio treasure chest.
- A Vision for You – an OA approved DAILY (M-F) Live Phone Meeting for studying the Big Book
- Suggested Guidelines for Hybrid Meetings
- Suggestions for Safe Online Meetings from LA Intergroup (video workshop)
- Suggestions for Safe Online Meetings (pdf summary)
- A Step Ahead: This links to the Documents Library page at oa.org instead of the actual issue which can be found at https://oa.org/app/uploads/
2022/07/a-step-ahead-third- quarter-2022.pdf. I suspect that this will need to be updated every quarter. - Sound Bites from Overeaters Anonymous: This links to Voice America and it isn’t clear to me how one actually accesses the recordings. There is a direct link to the recordings at https://oa.org/podcasts/sound-
bites-from-overeaters- anonymous-a-12-step-solution- to-compulsive-eating-and- compulsive-food-behaviors/.