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Hotline at 402-344-7925 to locate an appropriate resource for the information you need.
| Welcome to Overeaters Anonymous. Welcome home. |
What is OA?
Overeaters Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women from all
walks of life who meet in order to help solve a common problem --
compulsive overeating. The only requirement for membership is a
desire to stop eating compulsively.
OA is a non-profit, international, growing organization that provides
volunteer support groups worldwide. Patterned after the Twelve-Step
Alcoholics Anonymous program, the OA recovery program addresses
the physical, emotional, and spiritual recovery aspects of compulsive
overeating. It treats the food and weight problem not as a lack of
willpower or a moral defect, but as a disease that can be arrested.
OA is not a professional diet club. This organization does not endorse
specific food plans or diets.
OA offers a message of hope and recovery from this serious problem.
No matter what size you are when you come to OA, if you want to be
free of the obsession with food, the OA program can work for you. If
you want to learn how to live a life free of compulsive eating, OA can
help.
If there is an OA group near you, its members will be happy to
welcome you and give you further information and help, along with
additional literature.
Overeaters Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women from all
walks of life who meet in order to help solve a common problem --
compulsive overeating. The only requirement for membership is a
desire to stop eating compulsively.
OA is a non-profit, international, growing organization that provides
volunteer support groups worldwide. Patterned after the Twelve-Step
Alcoholics Anonymous program, the OA recovery program addresses
the physical, emotional, and spiritual recovery aspects of compulsive
overeating. It treats the food and weight problem not as a lack of
willpower or a moral defect, but as a disease that can be arrested.
OA is not a professional diet club. This organization does not endorse
specific food plans or diets.
OA offers a message of hope and recovery from this serious problem.
No matter what size you are when you come to OA, if you want to be
free of the obsession with food, the OA program can work for you. If
you want to learn how to live a life free of compulsive eating, OA can
help.
If there is an OA group near you, its members will be happy to
welcome you and give you further information and help, along with
additional literature.
Newcomers Resource Page
Steps, Traditions, Prayers | OA Tools of Recovery |
What You Can Expect from OA | Our Invitation to You
What You Can Expect from OA | Our Invitation to You
Are you a compulsive overeater?
Welcome to Overeaters Anonymous. This series of questions may help
you determine if you are a compulsive overeater.
Have you answered yes to three or more of these questions? If so, it is
probable that you have or are well on your way to having a compulsive
overeating problem. We have found that the way to arrest this
progressive disease is to practice the Twelve-Step recovery program of
Overeaters Anonymous.
Welcome to Overeaters Anonymous. This series of questions may help
you determine if you are a compulsive overeater.
- Do you eat when you're not hungry?
- Do you go on eating binges for no apparent reason?
- Do you have feelings of guilt and remorse after overeating?
- Do you give too much time and thought to food?
- Do you look forward with pleasure and anticipation to the time
when you can eat alone? - Do you plan these secret binges ahead of time?
- Do you eat sensibly before others and make up for it alone?
- Is your weight affecting the way you live your life?
- Have you tried to diet for a week (or longer), only to fall short
of your goal? - Do you resent others telling you to "use a little willpower" to
stop overeating? - Despite evidence to the contrary, have you continued to assert
that you can diet "on your own" whenever you wish? - Do you crave to eat at a definite time, day or night, other than
mealtime? - Do you eat to escape from worries or trouble?
- Have you ever been treated for obesity or a food-related
condition? - Does your eating behavior make you or others unhappy?
Have you answered yes to three or more of these questions? If so, it is
probable that you have or are well on your way to having a compulsive
overeating problem. We have found that the way to arrest this
progressive disease is to practice the Twelve-Step recovery program of
Overeaters Anonymous.