Overeaters Anonymous Bay Area

WELCOME!

This site is intended as a gateway to the various Overeaters Anonymous Intergroups of the San Francisco Bay Area. There are thousands of people recovering from the disease of compulsive overeating in the Bay Area by attending meetings and working OA's 12 Step Program of recovery. There are well over 200 meetings in the Bay Area every week.

Overeaters Anonymous, or OA, is modeled on the Alcoholics Anonymous 12-Step program of recovery. OA is not a diet-and-calories club. We are a worldwide organization -- men and women, young and old -- who are seeking relief and recovery from our addiction to food.

In OA, we consider ourselves to be addicted to food in much the same way that an alcoholic is addicted to alcohol. In Alcoholics Anonymous, members who are practicing the recovery program achieve sobriety by refraining from alcohol completely.

OA's version of sobriety is called "abstinence." In OA, recovering members eat a normal diet, but refrain from the foods and patterns of eating they consider to be addictive for themselves.

Overeaters Anonymous has no dues or fees for membership. It is entirely self-supporting through contributions and sale of publications. Most groups "pass the basket" at meetings to cover expenses. OA does not solicit or accept outside contributions.