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"In the deepest part of a compulsive eater's soul is the realization that recovery begins when we find one another." |
A Worldwide 12-Step Online Community Of Meetings, Support Groups,
Studies, Sponsors and Services For Members Of Overeaters Anonymous
If you are on this web page, there is every possibility that you are
struggling with food issues. There is the possibility that you are in pain
because you're sick and tired of gaining weight and losing it only to gain it
back again. There is the possibility that you are hurting so much that you
are just about ready to give up. And so you've found yourself here.
Have you tried diet clubs, shots, pills, weight doctors, etc., only to achieve
short-lived success followed by further failures-gaining and regaining weight
each time? Have you known the despair of feeling fat? Are you thin now, but
know you are on your way up? Is your eating out of control?
Many people want long-term freedom from their obsession with food and weight
and often use extreme and unhealthy measures to achieve this including purging
and starving. While some are able to achieve this freedom on their own, the
majority struggle most of their lives with the problem.
Overeaters Anonymous (OA) is a program based upon the 12 steps of Alcoholics
Anonymous. Today, it is an organization that has meetings on every continent
and is growing. The Recovery Group is not to replace face to
face OA meetings ... but it is another resource for recovery. We treat the
food and weight problem not as a lack of willpower or a moral defect, but as a
disease that can be arrested.
This 12-step program offers a recovery program for the physical, emotional and
spiritual aspects of compulsive eating. OA is not a professional diet club.
This organization does not endorse specific food plans or diets.
OA offers a message of hope and recovery from this serious problem. No matter
what size you are when you come to OA, if you want to be free of the obsession
with food, the OA program can work for you. If you want to learn how to live a
life free of compulsive eating, OA and the Recovery Group can help.
TRG'S 12 STEP NEWCOMER PROGRAM
A 4-Part Intensive 8 Week Orientation To Twelve Step Recovery
PART ONE: TRG NEWCOMERS ORIENTATION
PART TWO: NEWCOMERS TO RECOVERY
PART THREE: TRG NEWCOMERS ONLINE MEETINGS
PART FOUR: TRG NEWCOMERS SPONSORS
WELCOME HOME!
ARE YOU A COMPULSIVE EATER?
OA's 15 Questions
Many of the members of our group have found recovery through their Overeaters Anonymous program. Only you can determine if you have an eating disorder ~ if you are a compulsive eater. Here are a few questions which might help you answer that question. Many members of Overeaters Anonymous and our group have found that they answered yes to many of these questions.
1. Do you eat when you're not hungry?
2. Do you go on eating binges for no apparent reason?
3. Do you have feelings of guilt and remorse after overeating?
4. Do you give too much time and thought to food?
5. Do you look forward with pleasure and anticipation to the time when you can eat alone?
6. Do you plan these secret binges ahead of time?
7. Do you eat sensibly before others and make up for it alone?
8. Is your weight affecting the way you live your life?
9. Have you tried to diet for a week (or longer), only to fall short of your goal?
10. Do you resent others telling you to "use a little willpower" to stop overeating?
11. Despite evidence to the contrary, have you continued to assert that you can diet "on your own" whenever you wish?
12. Do you crave to eat at a definite time, day or night, other than mealtime?
13. Do you eat to escape from worries or trouble?
14. Have you ever been treated for obesity or a food-related condition?
15. Does your eating behavior make you or others unhappy?
*Reprinted with permission from Overeaters Anonymous, Inc.
OUR FOUR PART PROGRAM FOR NEWCOMERS TRG's Newcomer Program is a four-part program offered six times each year on the first day of January, March, May, July, September and November. A large group of men and women new to the 12 Step Overeaters Anonymous program of compulsive eaters spend eight weeks in an orientation group environment. These members gather in three places, each with a specific mission.
1. OA Newcomers is a structured and moderated support group designed to introduce newcomers to twelve important topics preparing them for their individual recovery program. This group is a moderated group and shares are on specific topics.
2. Newcomers To Recovery is an informal support group designed to encourage the sharing of the experience, strength and hope of one another in a safe and casual setting. This group is not moderated.
3. TRG Newcomers Online Meetings are informal real time meetings in which newcomers can meet one another, ask questions and share just as they would in a face-to-face or OA Online meeting.
4. TRG's Newcomer Sponsor Program is utilized when a newcomer participates and does not have an individual Step and Food Sponsor. The Recovery Group's Sponsor Program works with the newcomers to make sure that each newcomer is guided by a sponsor as they begin their recovery journey. Newcomer participants without sponsors are shown several ways to choose their sponsor and learn about the different ways from the program and by reading the following:
www.therecoverygroup.org/sponsors.html.
Our newcomers convene informally year-round in the NewcomersToRecovery loop and on the first of each quarter also participate in OANewcomers Orientation group. All members of TRG'sNewcomerProgram are encouraged to participate actively in both in both of these loops as well as their meetings.At the end of each two month session each "graduate" receives a virtual token and is transferred to their home loop. With their sponsor as their guide, they are now ready to proceed with vigor in their lifelong OA program.
Information about any aspect of the program can be obtained by e-mailing
OANewcomers@yahoo.com
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We hope this page is helpful to you and makes
your transition to OA Recovery an enjoyable experience.I put my hand in yours and together
we can do what we could never do alone.One step at a time
One day at a time.
The Recovery Group values anonymity and in keeping with this tradition,
no Recovery member's photo is pictured on this site. We do have a
private photo album available to members only via a password.
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