AB+ OA Literature
Coming to Overeaters Anonymous isn’t easy for anyone, but for Anorexics and Bulimics there is an extra barrier. Seeing our experiences mentioned in OA literature lets us know that we do have a home in OA.
We have included many different examples of Anorexia and Bulimia from the OA literature. If a piece of literature mentions purging (in any way), restricting, or compulsive exercising, we added it to the list below.
The 12 Steps & 12 Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous, 2nd Edition © 2018
- p. 1 Introduction to the Twelve Steps
- p. 3 Step One
- p. 9 Step Two
- p. 107 Tradition Three
Diverse Voices: A Common Solution © 2024
- p. 35 Gastric Bypass Was Not My Solution
- p. 46 Finding Myself, Finding Recovery
- p. 52 Not the Exception
- p. 68 Trains, Nonbinary and Queer in OA
- p. 83 Mental Health as Part of Recovery
- p. 91 An Anorexic Perspective
- p. 100 Rainbow HP
- p. 146 Anonymous in Australia
- p. 155 Males Can Be Anorexics Too
- p. 170 Willfullness in Willingness
Body Image, Relationships & Sexuality: Personal Journeys to Recovery in Overeaters Anonymous © 2020
- p. 6 I’m Not Enough, and Happiness is Over There
- p. 12 Working the Twelve Steps on My Body Image
- p. 16 So Much More Than My Body
- p. 26 I Lost Weight When I Started Loving My Body
- p. 34 A Right Sized Attitude Adjustment
- p. 48 Finding Long Lasting Love
- p. 54 Deep Honest Relationships with Myself, HP & Others
- p. 58 Slowly but Surely: Truer of Heart
- p. 60 Revealing Myself to Those I Love
- p. 76 The Deeper My Recovery, the Deeper My Relationships
- p. 80 Through HP, Intimate Relationships Are Possible!
- p. 93 Peace and Comfort
- p. 100 The Gift of Being Good Enough
- p. 111 Awakening to Vulnerability
- p. 116 My Body and Sex Are Gifts from God
Abstinence, 2nd Edition © 2013
- p. 7 Reaching for the Promises
- p. 44 Finally, Abstinence
- p. 54 No More Traffic Cop
- p. 63 The Reprieve
- p. 174 Young and Abstinent
OA Pamphlets
- Fifteen Questions © 2012
- Fifteen Questions for the Young Person © 2012
- Focus on Anorexia and Bulimia Packet © 2017
- Many Symptoms, One Solution © 1995
- OA Members Come in All Sizes: Welcome, Whatever Your Problem with Food © 2005
- Recovery Checklist © 2011
Additional references available in: https://www.oaregion1.org/uploads/1/4/0/4/14047174/anorexic_and_bulimic_voices_in_oa_literature.pdf
AB+ References in Discontinued OA Literature
While the below literature is no longer sold at oa.org, many OA members own copies.
This website does not link to non-OA sources due to Tradition 6. If you’re interested in buying the literature below, you may find it for sale online where-ever used books are sold. If you have access to Face to Face OA meetings, you may find copies there as well.
Voices of Recovery, 1st Edition © 2002
- p. 30 January 30
- p. 258 September 14
- p. 307 November 2
- p. 321 November 16
Overeaters Anonymous (Brown Book), 2nd Edition © 2001
- p. 43 Abstinence Not Perfection
- p. 179 Beautiful Woman Inside and Out
- p. 184 The Overachiever Who Overcame
- p. 190 The Atheist Who Made a Zif
- p. 200 Compulsive Like Me
The 12 Steps & 12 Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous © 1993
- p. 1 Step One
- p. 9 Step Two
- p. 129 Tradition Three
Overeaters Anonymous (Brown Book), 1st Edition © 1980
- p. 36 Compulsive Like Me
- p. 76 Thin Is Not Healthy
- p. 115 Beautiful Woman Inside and Out
- p. 119 The Roulette Player
- p. 125 The Overachiever Who Overcame
- p. 131 Something Dependable
- p. 140 The Atheist Who Made a Zif