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Overeaters Anonymous (OA) is a twelve-step program offering a program of recovery from compulsive overeating and other eating disorders using the twelve steps and twelve traditions as interpreted by OA. Participants need not be overweight — in fact, some OA members are bulimic or anorexic. Like other twelve-step groups, OA groups typically meet weekly. More women than men participate in this program in most locations.
Like members of Alcoholics Anonymous, members of OA generally hold that they have an illness of the body — an abnormal reaction to certain foods and/or eating behaviors which creates uncontrollable cravings, similar to the alcoholic's cravings — and an illness of the mind — an obsession of the mind which continues to find reasons for returning to those foods and eating behaviors (reasons ranging from severe emotional upsets to rationalizations like "I've been good in the last hour/week/year"). This dual problem is the explanation for what is commonly called "yo-yo dieting" — the tendency to lose weight and then to gain the weight back again.
Unlike members of AA, however, OA members do not all have one specific and common substance or attribute which causes cravings. Experience in OA has shown that different members develop cravings from different kinds of foods or eating behaviors, and therefore each member has to develop his or her own plan of eating. OA uses the concept of "abstinence from compulsive eating" rather than "sobriety"; a plan of eating would ideally, therefore, eliminate those foods and/or eating behaviors which cause cravings, which provides the member with abstinence.
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Overeaters Anonymous - A fellowship of individuals who, through shared experience, strength and hope, are recovering from compulsive overeating.
Cornwall - Overeaters Anonymous in Devon Cornwall in the United Kingdom.
Group at Baton Rouge, Louisiana - Meetings and upcoming events.
Meta Description: [ Overeaters Anonymous (OA) is patterned after that of Alcoholics Anonymous. We use AA 12 Steps and Traditions. There are no dues or fees, we are self-supporting through our own contributions. ]
Group in Bay Area, California - Meeting schedule and events for the Diablo Valley Region of Northern California.
Meta Description: [ Overeaters Anonymous - Diablo Valley Intergroup - Region 2, Online meeting information and events for the Diablo Valley Region of Overeaters Anonymous. ]
Group in San Fernando Valley, California - Meetings, events calendar, recovery tools, and audio tape catalog.
Intergroup Region 2 (California, Hawaii, Nevada, Mexico) - Meetings,large tape library and announcement of future events.
Meta Description: [ Region 2 of Overeaters Anonymous provides outreach services to California, Hawaii, N. Nevada, and Mexico OA groups and members ]
Overeaters Anonymous - Details of meetings and activities in west Massachusetts.
Overeaters Anonymous - Southern Alberta Intergroup - Overeaters Anonymous Groups located in Southern Alberta (Calgary, Red Deer, Cochrane).
Overeaters Anonymous Fallowfield Fellowship - North West Area meeting list, contact and events information.
Overeaters Anonymous Fort Smith Arkansas - Brief description of the recovery program, meeting schedules and locator map.
Meta Description: [ Describes recovery program and provides contact and meeting information and locator map. ]
Overeaters Anonymous in Ottawa - A fellowship of men and women who share their experience strength and hope to recover from compulsive overeating. Online newsletter and meeting information.
Meta Description: [ Support for abstinence from overeating ]
Overeaters Anonymous in Region 5 - OA is a support group for compulsive overeaters. Meeting and Event Information for Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, Chicago and Southern Ontario.
Overeaters Anonymous of Anchorage, Alaska - List of meetings and newsletter.
Overeaters Anonymous of Central Jersey - Services offered include a hotline number, meeting list, retreats, events, message board, and bi-monthly newsletter.
Meta Description: [ The Central Jersey Intergroup of Overeaters Anonymous supports OA meetings in Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean and Union counties in New Jersey ]
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Overeaters Anonymous of Dothan Alabama - A fellowship of individuals who, through shared experience, strength, and hope are recovering from compulsive overeating. Meeting times and location.
Overeaters Anonymous of Houston, Texas - Features general information about OA, local meeting list, and upcoming events.
Overeaters Anonymous of Northern Virginia - Overeaters Anonymous chapter of Northern Virginia.
Meta Description: [ Overeaters Anonymous is a Fellowship of individuals who, through shared experience, strength and hope, are recovering from compulsive overeating. ]
Overeaters Anonymous Region 10 - A 12 Step recovery program for compulsive overeaters, anorexics, bulimics and all who battle with food in Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Basin and South East Asia.
Meta Description: [ Overeaters Anonymous, a 12 Step compulsive
overeating recovery program, is not just about weight loss, obesity or diets;
it addresses physical, emotional & spiritual well-being. ]
Overeaters Anonymous, Frederick and Hagerstown, Maryland - Listing of meetings and other information about Overeaters Anonymous in the Frederick/Hagerstown, Maryland area.
Meta Description: [ List of OA meetings, chat room, e-mail loop, intergroup website links, poetry ]
Overeaters Anonymous, Madrid, Spain IG - Madrid, Spain Chapter of Overeaters Anonymous for English speakers.
The Recovery Group - A Twelve Step community for men and women who want to quit eating compulsively. Includes e-mail discussion lists, message boards, online OA meetings, newsletter, and special writings.
Meta Description: [ A 12-Step community for compulsive overeaters. ]
