Resources

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/.