Our Invitation to You
To everyone who struggles with compulsive eating and compulsive food behaviors, we offer an invitation to discover hope and recovery together.
A Discovery of Recovery
We of Overeaters Anonymous have made a discovery. At the very first meeting we attended, we learned that we were in the clutches of a dangerous illness, and that willpower, emotional health and self-confidence, which some of us had once possessed, were no defense against it.
But we also learned that there is a way out. We found that the Twelve Steps of Overeaters Anonymous could work for us as they have for thousands of others. This is a program of recovery that addresses the physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects of our lives.
"If you decide you are one of us, we welcome you with open arms, whatever your circumstances."
The Twelve Steps
Our proven method for recovery, adapted from Alcoholics Anonymous.
We admitted we were powerless over food—that our lives had become unmanageable.
Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it.
Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps, we tried to carry this message to compulsive overeaters and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
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The "OA Pamphlet for Newcomers" is a gentle guide to your first days in recovery. We would love to send you a digital copy or mail a physical version to help you get started.
