Have you ever felt powerless over food?

Paradise Valley AZ

29 December, 2021

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Checkout this fact to face meeting: 5:30 PM Scottsdale Meeting Big Book focus Location: N Scottsdale Fellowship 10427 N Scottsdale Rd #103 Scottsdale, AZ 85253 Overeaters Anonymous is not just about weight loss, weight gain or maintenance, obesity or diets. The OA program offers physical, emotional and spiritual recovery for those who suffer from compulsive eating. Members find recovery on all three levels by following a Twelve-Step program patterned after Alcoholics Anonymous. Members who recover through the Twelve Steps find that yoyo dieting is a thing of the past. ¬They no longer wish to return to eating compulsively. “The only requirement for OA membership is a desire to stop eating compulsively.” We of Overeaters Anonymous have made a discovery. At the very first meeting we attended, we learned that we were in the clutches of a dangerous illness, and that willpower, emotional health, and self-confidence, which some of us had once possessed, were no defense against it. We have learned that the reasons for the illness are unimportant. What deserves the attention of the still-suffering compulsive overeater is this: There is a proven, workable method by which we can arrest our illness. OA members experience many different patterns of food behaviors. These “symptoms” are as varied as our membership, among them are: • Obsession with body weight, size and shape • Eating binges or grazing • Preoccupation with reducing diets • Inability to stop eating certain foods after taking the first bite • Fantasies about food • Vulnerability to quick-weight-loss schemes • Constant preoccupation with food • Using food as a reward or comfort The nine Tools for OA are: a plan of eating, sponsorship, meetings, telephone, writing, literature, an action plan, anonymity, and service. If you decide to check us out and come to a meeting, we welcome you with open arms. Whatever your circumstances, we offer you the gift of acceptance. You are not alone anymore. Welcome to Overeaters Anonymous. Welcome home! Check out ‘Arizona Serenity in the Desert Intergroup, serving Central and Northern Arizona’ – info below: Phoenix OA Office 1219 E. Glendale Ave #23 Phoenix, AZ 85020