OA News – February 2015

2015 OA-Approved Literature Catalog and Order Form Online

The 2015 OA-Approved Literature Catalog and Order Form are now online. See OA’s complete list of available books, pamphlets, digital products, and coins, including the new Overeaters Anonymous, Third Edition.

The new Brown Book includes forty never-before-published stories of recovery by members from around the world and can be purchased bundled with the previous edition, Overeaters Anonymous, Second Edition, at a lower cost. The combination package of both books for one, lower cost is available only from the OA bookstore (while quantities last).

Visit OA’s online bookstore and place an order at bookstore.oa.org.

Buy OA-Approved Literature Now!

Thank You for Being an OA Contributor

Thank you OA members!

A record 112 members have become Automatic Recurring Contributors, and our contribution tree is sprouting with more leaves.

Help nurture and grow OA.

We need just thirteen more members to sign up in order to meet our 2015 goal of having 125 Automatic Recurring Contributors. We need you.

Your support helps sustain OA’s primary purpose by funding member support, free online resources, OA-approved literature, and much, much more. No contribution is too small to help OA carry the message of recovery.

Participate by visiting oa.org and signing up on the Contribute page. We’ll add another leaf to the tree for each additional Automatic Recurring Contributor who signs up.

Become an Automatic Recurring Contributor Today!

NEW! Monthly Podcast on The Importance of Working All Twelve Steps

Tune in monthly to hear virtual workshops on The Importance of Working All Twelve Steps. Available for free download now: Step One. Speakers read the “Introduction to the Twelve Steps” and discuss each aspect of Step One, sharing how it relates to their recovery.

Also available: Step Zero, an introductory workshop focusing on the nature of the disease of compulsive eating and what it takes to be willing to go to any length to recover. Members talk about what gave them the gift of desperation and journal questions are offered.

Join live the second Sunday each month, 3-4 p.m. EST. For instructions, see Datebook Calendar on oa.org. Or, to listen anytime, go to the Podcast page on oa.org. Groups and service bodies are encouraged to use these podcasts in meetings.

Download OA Podcasts Now!

Important Dates

World Service Business Conference Dates

February 26, 2015: Agenda Questionnaires due. Submit to the WSO, postmarked by the February 26, 2015, deadline.

March 13, 2015: Conference e-Documents #3, including trustee nominee applications, agenda questionnaire results, and manuscripts submitted for Conference Seal of Approval, posted on the World Service Business Conference page on oa.org. Note: Materials will not be mailed.

Fellowship Day

February 28, 2015, 11:30 a.m. PST: Unity Day. On the last Saturday of February each year, OA recognizes the strength of the Fellowship worldwide by asking OA members to pause to reaffirm the strength inherent in OA’s unity.

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Service. Recovery. Be a Lifeline Rep!

Become a Lifeline Rep and share your knowledge of this valuable OA resource to support your fellow OA members’ recovery—maybe even save a life.

To be a Lifeline Rep, you must sign up with the WSO. Email info@oa.org or call 1-505-891-2664.

WSBC 2015: Book Your Hotel Room Now

Hotel reservations for the 2015 World Service Business Conference can be made now.
Contact the Embassy Suites Albuquerque Hotel and Spa and use group code OEA. Rooms are available from April 23 to May 7 for $157.07 USD per night, including tax. Up to four may share a room. Click here to reserve online or call the hotel at 1-505-245-7100.

Conference attendees are responsible for making their own reservations.

Our mailing address is:
Overeaters Anonymous
6075 Zenith Court NE
Rio Rancho, New Mexico 87144-6424

November 9, 2014November 9, 2014

WSBC – November 2014 OA News Bulletin

WSBC 2015: Planning for the “Miracle”

“The Miracle of Abstinence!” is the theme for the 2015 World Service Business Conference, which convenes in Albuquerque, New Mexico USA, April 27–May 2. The theme emphasizes OA’s 2015 Strategic Plan, and workshops will focus on abstinence. For a look ahead, check out the tentative Conference Schedule. Continue reading “WSBC – November 2014 OA News Bulletin”

October 9, 2014November 9, 2014

WSBC – October 2014 OA News Bulletin

NEW! Overeaters Anonymous, Third Edition

OA’s new Brown Book, with forty never-before-published stories, is now available for purchase in the OA bookstore.

The book features an all-new appendix, “The Role of a Plan of Eating in Recovery from Compulsive Eating,” by a dietitian specializing in addictive and compulsive eating disorders, plus a new Foreword by an eating-disorder treatment professional. The book also includes Rozanne’s story; the complete text of “Our Invitation to You”; and the original appendices, “A Disease of the Mind,” “A Disease of the Body,” and “A Disease of the Spirit.”

(#980/$13.50; #981/$303.75, box of 25)
E-book available from popular online retailers.
Buy Now! Continue reading “WSBC – October 2014 OA News Bulletin”

July 11, 2014November 9, 2014

WSBC – July 2014 OA News Bulletin

OA News Bulletin

NEW! Issue of A Step Ahead
The third-quarter 2014 issue of A Step Ahead is posted at www.oa.org/membersgroups/a-step-ahead-newsletter/. Find information about the most recent Conference, the benefits of Virtual Service Boards; an Announcement of New Officers, Trustees and Committee Chairs for 2014-2015; an OA Literature overview; a Seventh Tradition article by new treasurer and much more. Download and copy for your groups and service bodies.

WSBC Delegate Fund Applications Due November 1
Intergroups and service boards can apply for assistance to send delegates to the annual World Service Business Conference (WSBC). The 2015 WSBC will be held April 27–May 2, 2015, in Albuquerque, New Mexico USA. To apply, complete the Delegate Support Fund application and mail, fax, or email (info@oa.org) it to the World Service Office by November 1, 2014. The Delegate Support Fund is made possible, in the spirit of Tradition Seven, by OA member contributions.