OA Literature
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The Overeaters Anonymous Bookstore and other pages at the OA.org website offer a variety of:
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• Books for purchase such as The 12 Steps and 12 Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous,  the daily readers For Today and Voices of Recovery and the 12 Step Workbook. 

 

• Pamphlets: the Dignity of Choice: Sample Plans of Eating for purchase, and the free downloadable Where do I Start: Everything a Newcomer Needs to Know.
  
  

• A small but growing number of e-books and digital pamphlets for purchase. (Kindle, Apple Books and Nook versions of OA literature can also be found by searching online.) 

 

• Free downloadable versions of meeting readings such as the OA Preamble and Our Invitation to You; worksheets such as 12 Stepping a Problem; and many other documents and formats for use in starting and conducting meetings.​

 

• Literature for healthcare professionals including the Courier newsletter and the pamphlet “When Should I Refer Someone to Overeaters Anonymous” 

 

• A quarterly newsletter, A Step Ahead

OA Literature and Diversity

The OA Diversity Checklist recommends that meetings stock or share information about literature that highlights our common solution through diversity:​

• A Common Solution: Diversity and Recovery
• Black OA Members Share Their Experience, Strength and Hope
• Focus on Anorexia and Bulimia 
• OA Members Come in All Sizes
• To the Man Who Wants to Stop Compulsive Overeating, Welcome
• “To the Teen” Questionnaire