Increasingly, we are developing a “Us or Them” language and attitude within the OA Fellowship.  What we call ourselves and each other can serve to unite or divide us. One of OA’s strongest assets is that there is not just one way or one right way to work the program. What works for one person [...]

Do you feel different from the people in your group and wonder if you really belong in OA?  You know you have a problem with eating, but those people in the meetings you’ve gone to don’t seem to be much like you?  Or, you’ve been in OA a long time, but the people in that [...]

World Service Convention (WSC) 2013 Notes by Stephanie, our Virtual Trustee At the WSC there were many powerful stories including experiences of great hardship, turmoil and despair AND members chose their recovery to lean on and NOT the food.  Members from all around the World with 20+, 30+ and 40+ years of abstinence shared their [...]

“The gift of the weekend for me was the kind service of the speakers.” ~ Valerie B Recovery soared the weekend of April 5-7, 2013, at the Spring 2013 Region 3 Assembly and Convention. With the theme “The Joy of Living at a Higher Altitude,” host Intergroup Houston OA HOW [...]