Central Massachusetts Overeaters Anonymous

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OA is a diverse, welcoming organization offering peer support, inspiring & informational literature, and a Twelve Step recovery program open to anyone who has a problem with food, unhealthy relationships with food, and those post weight-loss surgery. OA offers peer support, inspiring and instructional literature and materials, and a Twelve Step program of
recovery to anyone who has a problem with

food, including those suffering from anorexia, binge eating,
bulimia, food addiction, overexercising (exercise bulimia), and compulsive overeating, as well as anyone who
has had weight-loss surgery. OA maintains a “Unity with Diversity” policy: we are united in working a Twelve Step program to find lifelong
recovery from our compulsive food behaviors, and we recognize and embrace the multifaceted diversity of
our members.

How a registered dietitian looks at the OA program. Read on.
04/17/2026

How a registered dietitian looks at the OA program. Read on.

A dietitian explains how the care she delivered was improved once she understood that addictive processes can apply to problems with food. She says the addiction can be broken with the OA program and its Plan of Eating Tool.

OA is not a quick fix because our disease is both physical and psychological so we need to work on the why as well as th...
04/15/2026

OA is not a quick fix because our disease is both physical and psychological so we need to work on the why as well as the what. Read on.

Laura from Connecticut USA originally thought that coming to an OA meeting was the same as taking the First Step. But for eight years, she never found a lasting abstinence. It wasn't until she faced the prospect of an early death from obesity that she came to understand what it truly means to work S...

In OA our plan of eating is not simply a diet. We also consider how certain locations influence our eating disorder.
04/07/2026

In OA our plan of eating is not simply a diet. We also consider how certain locations influence our eating disorder.

Martine from Texas USA used to binge eat on the way home from work, stopping at multiple fast food drive-thrus. “But tonight . . .,” she says, ”I thanked my Higher Power . . . and the OA program for giving me the freedom . . . to look back on my day of healthy and abstinent eating.”

Need to lose 100 lbs. or more? Here’s how to do it.
04/02/2026

Need to lose 100 lbs. or more? Here’s how to do it.

Mary Ann weighed 236 pounds (107 kg) and was facing a fatal liver condition. That was her wake up call. She came to OA, threw herself into the program, lost 106 pounds (48 kg), and has found spiritual, physical, and emotional recovery.

Junk food or ultraprocessed food is a large part of the American diet and it consumed Meg’s life but she found a solutio...
04/01/2026

Junk food or ultraprocessed food is a large part of the American diet and it consumed Meg’s life but she found a solution.

Every night, Meg went out shopping for snacks. She’d come home, stuff herself, and then suffer from bad sleep caused by her compulsive eating. “I'd feel my ongoing failure as a human being,” she recalls. But after finding abstinence in OA, she now says “I feel light-hearted and excited about...

We come to OA because we have a problem with what we’re eating. What we learn is that the bigger problem is what’s eatin...
03/27/2026

We come to OA because we have a problem with what we’re eating. What we learn is that the bigger problem is what’s eating us. The solution to that is in the 12 Steps.

Taking an anniversary cruise while carrying 300 pounds (136 kg) of body weight left Elizabeth feeling despondent and suicidal. When she joined OA, her weight loss journey began. But her greatest progress so far has been working the Steps to covering and recover from the dysfunctions that have been d...

After years of struggling we are fortunate to discover OA and the gift of a healthy body weight through it’s program bui...
03/24/2026

After years of struggling we are fortunate to discover OA and the gift of a healthy body weight through it’s program built on AA’s foundation.

“Many of us come to OA feeling like this is the ‘last house on the block,’” Andrea writes. ”Thank God we find acceptance and understanding in OA.” Read about Andrea’s journey through food obsession, recovery, relapse, and finding serenity in our program.

We come to OA because we have a problem with what we’re eating. Like Mollie R., we soon discover that the greater proble...
03/20/2026

We come to OA because we have a problem with what we’re eating. Like Mollie R., we soon discover that the greater problem is what’s eating us. Read on.

Is it the weight that makes us unhappy or does our unhappiness keep us at an unhealthy weight? Mollie R. from Idaho USA shares her perspective and make sa discovery, “The weight I’ve lost hasn’t been limited to extra pounds on my body. . . . I’ve dropped pounds of shame and resentment.”

The Central Massachusetts IntergroupPresentsRecovery From RelapseMondays6:30 to 7:30 pm, EasternMeeting ID: 826 2541 700...
03/17/2026

The Central Massachusetts Intergroup
Presents

Recovery From Relapse

Mondays
6:30 to 7:30 pm, Eastern

Meeting ID: 826 2541 7009
Passcode: Recovery
URL: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82625417099?pwd=xO2LvMFslf1PGrjbKiWDHkSU5PVdEg.1
or
go to
centralmassoa.org
Meeting Schedule
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Slip? Relapse? Working toward or maintaining a healthy body weight can be a challenge. 80% of us have relapsed (2017 Membership Survey Report). We read, share, Q&A on A New Beginning to learn how to recover from a relapse or prevent a reoccurrence.

Contact
brucep.oa@charter.net: 508-864-0593
for more information

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How does OA work? It begins with a Plan of Eating which is more comprehensive than simply a diet. It could work for you.
03/12/2026

How does OA work? It begins with a Plan of Eating which is more comprehensive than simply a diet. It could work for you.

A dietitian explains how the care she delivered was improved once she understood that addictive processes can apply to problems with food. She says the addiction can be broken with the OA program and its Plan of Eating Tool.

Starting our OA journey to peace with food only requires a desire to begin. See the story that follows.
03/11/2026

Starting our OA journey to peace with food only requires a desire to begin. See the story that follows.

“No matter what walks of life the members come from, each is entitled to experience the fellowship our program offers,” says Anonymous, who showed up to their first OA meeting only wanting to be thin and for the emotional pain to stop and found themselves “loved and accepted as I was.”

How do we know when it’s time to do something about our disordered eating? When we stop digging.
03/05/2026

How do we know when it’s time to do something about our disordered eating? When we stop digging.

“By admitting my powerlessness over food and my life in Step One and by continuing to come back for twenty-nine years, I have maintained an 80-pound (36-kg) weight loss,” says Kristin, who previously had done many years of “research” into dieting.

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