Do you have patients whose weight is causing health problems?

Overeaters Anonymous does not concern itself with the medical aspects of obesity, but with the compulsive nature of overeating.  Thus our approach complements medical care.  OA claims no nutritional expertise.  We strongly recommend that members seek out the advice of medical and nutritional professionals for guidance and for approval of a plan of eating.

Overeaters Anonymous is a proven program based on the principles of Alcoholics Anonymous.  Many people have reached a healthy weight and maintained it by following this program of recovery.

Overeaters Anonymous is a Fellowship of men and women who have a common problem:  compulsive overeating.  We join together to share experience, strength and hope with one another to solve this problem and to help other compulsive overeaters to do the same.

OA believes that compulsive eating is a threefold disease:  physical, emotional and spiritual, which, like alcoholism and drug abuse, can be arrested, but not cured.

Our goal is to abstain from compulsive eating one day at a time.  We do this through regular contact with other members, OA meetings, and by following the Twelve-Step program of Alcoholics Anonymous, changing only the words "alcohol" and "alcoholic" to "food" and "compulsive overeater."

Although there is a spiritual side of OA, it is not a religious program.  Everyone is welcome.  The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop eating compulsively.  There are no dues or fees for OA membership.  We are self-supporting through our own contributions.

The series of questions entitled "are you a compulsive overeater" may help your clients and patients determine if they are compulsive overeaters.  Our members find that they have answered yes to many of these questions.

Our newsletter for healthcare professionals offers additional information that you may find helpful.

                        ► Professional Community Courier - 2007

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