A Written Fellowship
“Lifeline has truly been a written fellowship, connecting members around the world with shared experience, strength, and hope.”
Abstinence and Recovery
It Can Happen to Anyone
“Melissa shares how the challenges of loss, grief, and personal struggle tested her long-term recovery, ultimately deepening her reliance on OA, her Higher Power, and the support of others.”
Heart-Felt Pages
I have been an OA member for thirty-five years and abstinent from sugar and wheat products for thirty-four years. Yes, that is miraculous, but the real miracle is that this bratty girl who didn’t want to have anything to do with the spiritual part of our Twelve Step program now can’t seem to live without her Higher Power. … Continued
Abstainers and Maintainers
I’ve been thinking that a list of the common characteristics among longtime abstainers and maintainers in Overeaters Anonymous might be very revealing and helpful. In my mind, I picture all these members attributing everything on the list below to working the program—the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions—into their daily lives: They have a healthy and conscious relationship with … Continued
What OA Has Done for Me
Mindy shares how Overeaters Anonymous transformed her life through surrendering to her Higher Power, working the Twelve Steps, and embracing a supportive community, leading to profound physical, emotional, and spiritual growth.
First Things
After four and a half years in OA, Rachel had experienced both solid abstinence and a period when life’s challenges had her surviving but not thriving. “What really propelled me through,” she says of this challenging time in her life, “was working another set of Steps.”
Episode 8: “Amazing Recovery: Passport to Unity” Podcast Series
OA invites DIVERSITY and promotes UNITY. In this episode, one OA member describes their experience with weight-loss surgery and another OA member shares their rock bottom moment and coming back to achieve a 100-pound (45-kg) weight loss.
IDEA Event Well-Worked
The Milwaukee Area Intergroup’s International Day Experiencing Abstinence (IDEA) event featured a speaker, a writing activity, and a lively discussion based on the Lifeline article *Outside and In*, exploring the contrast between trying to be abstinent and being willing to embrace abstinence.
Our Small but Mighty IDEA
“Our small but mighty IDEA celebration brought together recovering compulsive eaters to share powerful insights on abstinence, threefold recovery, and the strength of unity.”
An IDEA Once Planted
“Through nurturing both a small plant gifted in celebration of abstinence and my OA program, I’ve learned that with care, patience, and renewed enthusiasm, growth and beauty can always be rediscovered—even after 9,190 days.”