What is a OA meeting?

What is a OA meeting?

Overeaters Anonymous is a Fellowship of individuals who, through shared experience, strength, and hope, are recovering from compulsive overeating. We welcome everyone who wants to stop eating compulsively.

How do I find an OA meeting?

IN PERSON HOW-OA Meetings (SF Bay Area)

1. Oakland (Meeting #40366) 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM.
2. Hayward (Meeting # 40306) 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
3. Concord (Meeting #30575) 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
4. Alameda (Meeting #24397)
5. Walnut Creek -Rossmoor (Meeting # 56112)
6. Castro Valley (Meeting # 52295)
7. Antioch (Meeting # 49255)
8. Alameda (Meeting # 29290)

Are OA meetings online?

Yes. Go to our Find a Meeting page for information and assistance in finding an online or telephone meeting.

Is there an over eaters anonymous?

Welcome to Overeaters Anonymous (OA)—a community of people who through shared experience, strength, and hope are recovering from unhealthy relationships with food and body image. OA’s twelve-step program works like Alcoholics Anonymous except it helps us deal with food.

Is OA free?

Overeaters Anonymous (OA), a fellowship based on the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous, is one of the oldest and most accessible resources for people with eating disorders, and it’s free.

Should I go to an OA meeting?

Members find that doing service in OA helps keep them from eating compulsively. Service is important to their recovery and allows them to give back to the Fellowship that has saved their lives. It is a good idea to attend at least six meetings to learn the many ways OA can help you.

What is the OA diet?

What is the OA eating plan? OA offers recovery tools for people experiencing compulsive eating, binge eating, and other eating disorders. The organization follows a 12-step approach and is centered on group meetings and sponsors to aid with recovery.

Does OA really work?

Does the program really work? Typically, OA members have tried numerous solutions to their problems with food, including (for many of us) years of diets or exercise. In OA, we have finally found a long-term answer. Many OA members have maintained a normal weight and found freedom from compulsive eating for many years.

What are the symptoms of overeating?

Overeating causes the stomach to expand beyond its normal size to adjust to the large amount of food. The expanded stomach pushes against other organs, making you uncomfortable. This discomfort can take the form of feeling tired, sluggish or drowsy. Your clothes also may feel tight, too.

Where does osteoarthritis commonly occur?

Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common form of arthritis. Some people call it degenerative joint disease or “wear and tear” arthritis. It occurs most frequently in the hands, hips, and knees. With OA, the cartilage within a joint begins to break down and the underlying bone begins to change.

Does OA have a food plan?

OA has created a Plan of Eating to help people recover from compulsive eating behaviors. The plan aims to identify specific eating patterns and guide healthy eating decisions. The plan is individualized. It doesn’t provide any specific suggestions for foods, calorie totals, or other restrictions.

What not to do after eating?

5 things you should not do after a full meal.

1. No sleeping. On some weekends, I plunge into bed after lunch.
2. No smoking. It is said that smoking after a meal is equivalent to smoking 10 cigarettes.
3. No bathing. Bathing after a meal delays digestion.
4. No fruits. Different foods digest at different speeds.
5. No tea.

What does the 90 day OA format mean?

What is the 90-day OA format? “The 90-Day Format meetings are a special focus group of Overeater’s Anonymous. At a 90-day format meeting it is suggested that only those with three or more months of continuous “90-day” format abstinence share their experience, strength and hope.

What to do during the 90 day OA meeting?

Our OA 90 day meeting defines abstinence as “the action of refraining from compulsive eating and compulsive food behaviors while working towards or maintaining a healthy body weight”. The Tools of Recovery help us practice the Twelve Steps in order to achieve spiritual, emotional and physical recovery.

What does 90 day format mean for Overeaters Anonymous?

“The 90-Day Format meetings are a special focus group of Overeater’s Anonymous. At a 90-day format meeting it is suggested that only those with three or more months of continuous “90-day” format abstinence share their experience, strength and hope.

Is the 90 day Oa a food plan?

OA as a national organization does not endorse any specific food plan, but many of the members in the focus group practice a particular program of abstinence which is known as the 90-day format.