"To extend the heart and hand to all those that share my compulsion. For this I am responsible."-OA Responsibility Pledge
The primary purpose of Overeaters Anonymous is to carry the message of recovery from compulsive eating to those who still suffer. Each time an OA member shares his or her experience, strength and hope with another compulsive eater, recovery begins.
Groups and service bodies help carry the OA message throughout the world. An OA meeting provides a place where members can achieve recovery and share it with others. This section offers resources to help ensure that meetings are strong, recovery is sure, and the hand of OA is there for those who reach for help.
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GROUP RESOURCES
Starting a Meeting
7th Tradition: Supporting The Primary Purpose
Help the still suffering COE find your meeting!
12th Step Ideas for the Group
Excerpt from the OA Handbook
Intergroup Representation for Your Meeting
Suggested Meeting Formats:
Group Secretary Materials
Group Conscience Guidelines
Registration/Change Forms
Seventh-Tradition Skits
What Region Is My Group In?
Recommended Literature:
- Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book)
- Seventh Tradition of OA
- Newcomer Meeting Leader's Kit
- OA Guidelines
- OA Handbook for Members, Groups and Intergroups
- The Tools of Recovery
- The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous
- The Twelve Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous (Pamphlet)
- Tweth-Step-Within Handbook
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The Seventh Tradition |
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Be The Best Meeting You Can Be!
Strong Meeting Checklist
The Strong Meeting Checklist will help you assess your meetings to see areas for improvement. Contains 13 items, including everything from starting and ending times to avoiding cross talk and advice-giving.
Group Inventory
The Group Meeting Inventory can help a group and its members assess their effectiveness.
Group Meeting Record Book
The Group Meeting Record Book is now available as a PDF file for download and printing. It contains suggested duties of the group secretary, treasurer and intergroup representative. It also contains sheets for recording information about each meeting with spaces for attendees to sign in. Feel free to print as many of the recording sheets as you need.
SUBMIT A "NEW MEETING" ANNOUNCEMENT
If you have a new meeting to announce, you can submit it here and we will display it on the FIND A MEETING page and on LATEST NEWS scrolling banner on the RETURNING MEMBERS page for 60 days!
PLEASE NOTE: Only meetings that are on the WSO website and affiliated with our Intergroup 09601 will be displayed. Register your meeting here. Your submission below will only update this website. Please contact the Serenity in the Desert Newsletter to update the local meeting list and newsletter.
"All service bodies are encouraged to be selfsupporting by meeting their own expenses, adopting a prudent reserve, using funds to carry the message and contributing excess funds to the next level of service.Groups may contribute according to the informed group conscience. Groups frequently choose to send 60 percent of funds left over after expenses to their intergroup or service board, 10 percent to their region and 30 percent to WSO. Groups may also choose to contribute the funds to their intergroup or service board, and allow those service bodies to contribute to the region and WSO."
Groups may send suggested donations to:
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Arizona Serenity |
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World Service Office Controller P.O. Box 44020 Rio Rancho, NM 87174 505-891-2664 www.oa.org |
