Overeaters Anonymous is a fellowship of individuals who, through shared experience, strength and hope, are recovering from compulsive eating. We welcome everyone who wants to stop eating compulsively.
There are no dues or fees for members; we are self-supporting through our own contributions, neither soliciting nor accepting outside donations. OA is not affiliated with any public or private organization, political movement, ideology, or religious doctrine; we take no position on outside issues; we are free to interpret the word God as we choose.
Our primary purpose is to abstain from compulsive eating and compulsive food behaviors and to carry the message of recovery to those who still suffer.
Compulsive Eating Behaviors
OA members experience a wide range of compulsive eating and food-related behaviors, including:
Binge eating, grazing or compulsive eating
Obsession with body image, weight, and size
Preoccupation with diets, restricting, fasting or starving
Laxative or diuretic abuse
Excessive exercise
Inducing vomiting after eating
Chewing and spitting out food
Use of diet pills, shots or other medical interventions to control weight
Constant preoccupation with food
While our symptoms may differ, we in Overeaters Anonymous share a common problem: the disease of compulsive eating. This common problem has led us to find a common solution in the Twelve Steps, the Twelve Traditions and nine tools of Overeaters Anonymous. Welcome!