Category Archives: Helpful Hints for Recovery

What Have You Heard in a Meeting – the Wisdom of OA

The wit, warmth and encouragement of OA is often captured in simple sayings. Share what your favorites. Continue reading

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We Had a Great Time at the 10th Annual OA Brunch – Podcast

What a wonderful treat was there for those of us who chose to give ourselves the gift of attending the New Year’s Day Brunch. We were offered a “fresh start” to 2012, together with others in the fellowship of Overeaters Anonymous.
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Build Your Abstinence with an Abstinence Buddy Connection

It’s amazing how having a buddy can help you, and them, get and maintain abstinence. The Abstinence Buddy Connection Basket can be a fun way to build those connections through your local OA Meeting. Continue reading

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IDEA 2011 Was Full of Great Ideas for Abstinence

IDEA Day 2011 was a powerful event promoting and encouraging abstinence from compulsive overeating and compulsive food behaviors such as anorexia and bulimia. You can listen to the complete event. Continue reading

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Overeaters Anonymous Prayers

Getting and staying in touch with our Higher Power is a key element for our success in OA. Click the link for a listing of prayers that compulsive overeaters and other addicts use on a daily basis to support their recovery. Continue reading

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Find a Meeting on the Go

Find an OA meeting whether you’re at home or on the road. Continue reading

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Region 3 Recovery at Sea Cruise Tapes

Quality is a little spotty but the inspirations free, and plentiful.
If you didn’t get a chance to cruise the Caribbean with Region 3 in March, now’s your chance to cruise the experience, hope and strength that sailed along. Grab a seat and listen in to Region III Recovery at Sea Podcasts:
Podcast 1 Margie VC
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Become a “Newcomer Caller”

Attending OA for the first time can be scary. One member shows how you can help ease newcomer jitters. Continue reading

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Recovery … With a Little Help from My Friends

It’s amazing how enlisting our friends in recovery can move us, and them, forward… Continue reading

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Sponsoring & Step Study Resources

This page was developed as a repository for the sponsorship and OA 12 step study resources that were mentioned in the How to Sponsor Series of Workshops that ran for 12 weeks beginning in January, 2011. In addition to the resources listed, we hope to have recordings of each session available in the near future.
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