Want to learn more about OA and hear how it has helped others?
One of our Tools of Recovery is “Meetings”.
A meeting is always a great place to start, to learn more.
A meeting is a safe, welcoming place where members who have problems with food
can share their experience, strength and hope of recovering from compulsive eating and food behaviors.
There is all kinds of meetings for everyone!
It’s natural to feel a little nervous before attending your first OA meeting. You will be welcome, and you’ll likely find that others there understand the struggles you’re facing with food. Here’s what typically happens at ……..read more.
If you go to oa.org, you can do a search in your own area to see if there is a Face to Face Meeting near you. They have a “Find a Meeting” search page where you fill in all the requested information and it will tell you where and when a meeting is being held.
There is a “Find a Meeting Quick Reference Guide” to help you in filling out the form.
There are many Online Meeting Platforms. The platform that OA Meetings use the most is Zoom Workplace. Ring Central & Google Meet are others. All basically work the same.
You might ask, What if I don’t use Zoom?
Well we have lots of easy “how to’s” that can help.
Joining by phone is a possibility too! We have a “How to” for that too!
There are some meetings that take place over the phone using conference‑call platforms. Depending on the platform and your phone plan, there may be associated calling charges.
Phone meetings can be found at oa.org through using the “Find a Meeting” search page.
Non-Real Time Meetings are meetings that take place on social media platforms. (Facebook, Google, WhatsApp) They are open 24 hours a day.
Non-Realtime Meetings can be found at oa.org through using the “Find a Meeting” search page.
Within the OA Fellowship, there are members who have discovered they are more
comfortable meeting with other members who share similar attributes.
100-Pounders, Anorexia/Bulimia, Asian Pacific Islander Desi, Atheist/Agnostic/Secular, Bariatric Surgery, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, Body Image, Health Issues, LGBTQ+, Men, Neurodivergent/Neurodiverse, Women and Young Adults.
These meets as all can be found at oa.org through using the “Find a Meeting” search page.
Within the Fellowship, Meetings may have various Specific Topics such as: 11th Step, 90 Day, AA 12/12, Big Book, Literature, Maintenance, Meditation, Newcomer, OA HOW, OA Second and/or Third Edition, OA Steps and/or Tradiions Study, Recovery from Relapse, Speaker, Spirituality, Tools, Topics Vary, Writing.
All of these meetings with these Specific Topics can be found at oa.org through using the “Find a Meeting” search page