Health Care Professionals
Health Care Professionals
Information about the OA Fellowship
The first OA meeting was held in 1960 in Los Angeles, California. Since that time it has grown to about 6,500 meetings in over 75 countries with about 54,000 members.
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 yo-yo dieting is a thing of the past. They no longer wish to return to eating compulsively.
OA is not affiliated with any public or private organization, political movement, ideology or religious doctrine and takes no position on outside issues.
In OA, you’ll find members who are extremely overweight, even morbidly obese; moderately overweight, average weight; underweight; still maintaining periodic control over their eating behavior; or totally unable to control their compulsive eating. The only requirement for membership in OA is a desire to stop eating compulsively. Read more about who belongs to OA on the About OA page .
No membership dues or fees are required for participation in OA. The organization is self-supporting through members’ voluntary donations and the sale of OA literature.
For more information visit www.oa.org/newcomers/for-the-professional/
To contact Cork Intergroup of Overeaters Anonymous:
Cork IG
1 Wilkin Court, Wilkin
Sreet Co. Waterford
Phone: +353 21 4867907
Email: corkoa@yahoo.ie
To contact Spirit of Hope Intergroup of Overeaters Anonymous:
Phone: +353 83 4339341 or +353 83 4349572 or +44 7925 7211 35
Email: oahope@gmail.com