This website is maintained by some OA members who have recovered from their compulsive eating addictions by working the Twelve Steps of Overeaters Anonymous. We hope it will help others who suffer from compulsive eating. We have applied the directions found in the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous for working the Twelve Steps to our compulsive eating addiction.
If you are interested in how the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous might help in your journey to recovery through The Twelve Steps of Overeaters Anonymous, please click on the Main Menu. Each item on the menu provides information that helped many OA members to work The Twelve Steps using the directions found in the Big Book. Here is a brief description of each page of the menu. On computers, the Main Menu is at the top of the page. On tablets and phones, the Main Menu can be seen by tapping on the “Menu” icon on the upper right of the screen.
Downloads: The menu item of “Downloads” contains all the downloadable forms. The downloads menu on this and every page on this website provides quick access to the most popular downloads, but the main menu item of Downloads provides access to additional downloads that might be helpful, including examples of filled-out forms.
Podcasts: Links to recordings, including video ones, of detailed weekend Big Book Studies.
BB Approach: A book providing one OA member’s personal interpretation of the Big Book’s approach to the Twelve Steps, Translations of this book are available for Hebrew, French, and Spanish. All are available as free PDF downloads. The English version is also available as a book printed at cost through Amazon.
BB Workbook: A book with detailed instructions on how to work The Twelve Steps of Overeaters Anonymous using the instructions from the Big Book. This Workbook represents the consensus of many OA members. It provides a very practical, detailed, method of gaining recovery from compulsive eating. It is available as a free PDF download, or, through Amazon, as either an ebook or printed book, both published at cost.
Traditions Essays: A series of essays on The Twelve Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous available as a free PDF download.
Please note: This page is not affiliated with Overeaters Anonymous. It simply represents the experience of some members of OA who use the Big Book as a set of directions for working OA’s Twelve Steps. For more information, please email info@oabigbook.info.
If you are interested in Overeaters Anonymous in general, please click here. This will take you to the official website of Overeaters Anonymous, which contains a great deal of information about a Fellowship which has changed our lives.
Many many thanks to Master of the Web Mel B. of Halifax for all the work she did to help us create this new website!