Join us at a
Beginners’ Workshop
on Sunday, February 28th, 2010
from 1:00 to 4:00 pm
at the
LGBT Center
208 West 13th St. 
click here for flyer

Have you ever wished you could lose ten pounds, twenty, forty, or a hundred or more?

Have you ever wished that once you got it off you could keep it off? 

Have you ever awakened first thing in the morning and felt happy because you remembered that your favorite goodie was waiting for you in the fridge or in the cupboard? 

Have you ever cooked, bought or baked for your family and then eaten everything for yourself so that you wouldn't have to share?

  Have you ever wanted to hide in the house, without going to work, without getting cleaned up or even getting dressed, without seeing anyone or letting anyone see you? 

Have you ever hidden food under the bed, under the pillow, in the drawer, in the bathroom, in the wastebasket, the cupboard, the clothes hamper, the closet or the car so that you could eat without anyone seeing you?

  Have you ever worn a mask or hundreds of masks because you were sure that if you shared the person you really were no one would ever love or accept you?

We accept you in OA.
Welcome to OA, Welcome Home!

Overeaters Anonymous extends to all of you the gift of acceptance. No matter who you are, where you come from or where you are heading, you are welcome here! We accept you as you are, not as you would be if you could melt yourself and mold yourself and shape yourself into what other people think you should be. Only you can decide what you want to be.

Welcome to OA, Welcome Home!
We will help you work for the goals you set, and when you are successful we will rejoice with you; and when you slip, we will tell you that we are not failures just because we sometimes fail; and we'll hold out own arms, in love, and stand beside you as you pull yourself back up and walk again to where you are heading!

Welcome to OA, Welcome Home! 
[Above abridged from “Welcome Home,” Lifeline Sampler]

We will have 8 speakers who have found recovery in OA.  They will share their experiences of what it was like before they came to OA, what happened once they discovered our program of simple steps and what it is like now that their lives have been changed dramatically.  They will also discuss tools we use to help find and continue our recovery, one day at a time.  We will also have literature there that can help you in the pursuit of your own recovery.   

Welcome to OA, Welcome Home!