The following PDF files appear on various pages within this Web site. They are collected here for easy reference and downloading.
A Step Ahead Newsletter
- A Step Ahead: Second Quarter 2013 (color)
- A Step Ahead: Second Quarter 2013 (black and white)
- A Step Ahead: First Quarter 2013 (color)
- A Step Ahead: First Quarter 2013 (black and white)
- A Step Ahead: Fourth Quarter 2012 (color)
- A Step Ahead: Fourth Quarter 2012 (black and white)
- A Step Ahead: Third Quarter 2012 (color)
- A Step Ahead: Third Quarter 2012 (black and white)
Ask-It Basket and Archive
Board of Trustees
- Trustee Application (Interactive)
- Operations Plan 2013
- Strategic Plan-Items Completed in 2012
- Strategic Plan-Items Completed in 2011
- Strategic Plan-Items Completed in 2010
- Strategic Plan-Items Completed in 2009
- Strategic Plan-Items Completed in 2008
Conference Audio Recordings
Contribute
Copyright Requests
Courier Newsletter
- 2013 Courier Newsletter (color)
- 2013 Courier Newsletter (black and white)
Datebook
Discontinued Literature
- Billy’s Story
- OA Cares flyer
- OA Is Not a Diet Club pamphlet
- PI Poster Kit
- The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of OA: A Kid’s View
- To the Compulsive Overeater in the Military pamphlet
- Together We Can pamphlet
- Treatment and Beyond pamphlet
Family and Friends
Group Secretary Materials
- Contributions Form
- Literature Catalog
- Literature Order Form
- Registration/Change Form
- Secretaries Maintain the Connection
- Seventh Tradition of OA
- Seventh-Tradition Skits
- Strong Meeting Checklist
Group Support
- Border Guards: Tradition Four Issues
- The Balanced Application of Tradition Four
- Designated Downloader Flyer
- Excerpt from the OA Handbook
- El Formato Sugerido de Reuniónes de Estudio de los Pasos
- Formato Sugerido de Reuniones
- Group Inventory
- Group Meeting Record Sheet
- Guidelines for a Group Conscience Meeting/Suggested Group Conscience Meeting Format
- How to Start a Meeting
- Let People Know About Your Meeting
- Lifeline Meeting Format
- Newcomer Meeting Guidelines and Format
- Recovery from Relapse Meeting Format
- Rotation of Service Skit
- Seventh Tradition of OA
- Seventh Tradition of OA (Translatable Version)
- Seventh-Tradition Skits
- Suggested Meeting Format
- Suggested Step-Study Meeting Format
Lifeline
- Sample Issue
- 2012 Lifeline index
- Lifeline Tabletop Display
- Lifeline Through the Years
- Lifeline Writers’ Guidelines
- Subscription Forms
Literature
- Addendum for The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous
- Index for The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous
- Literature Catalog
- Literature Updates 2010-2012
- Order Form
Media/Professionals
Meeting Formats
- Abridged Tools of Recovery
- El Formato Sugerido de Reuniónes de Estudio de los Pasos
- Formato Sugerido de Reuniones
- Group Conscience Guidelines/Suggested Group Conscience Meeting Format
- Lifeline Meeting Format
- Newcomer Meeting Guidelines and Format
- Recovery from Relapse Meeting Format
- Suggested Meeting Format
- Suggested Meeting Format for Young People
- Suggested Step-Study Meeting Format
OA Guidelines
- Budget Guidelines for Service Bodies
- Consensus Guidelines and Board Article
- Fundraising and Prudent Reserve Guidelines for Groups and Service Bodies
- Group Conscience Guidelines/Suggested Group Conscience Meeting Format
- Guidelines for Addressing Disruptive Behavior
- Guidelines for Health Fair Participation
- Guidelines for Locally Produced Literature
- Guidelines for Membership Retention
- Guidelines for Local Newsletters
- Guidelines for OA Events
- Guidelines for Public Information Events
- Guidelines for Writing the History of Your Local Area
- Guidelines for Professional Outreach Committees
- Intergroup Treasurer Guidelines
- OA Approved Literature List
- OA CARES Inmate Correspondence Program Guidelines
- Web Site Development Guidelines
OA Literature Translations
- Assigning Rights
- License 1
- License 2
- License 3
- Translation Guidelines for OA Literature
- Translation Fund Application
OA Regions
PI Poster
Download these posters to use at PI events or exhibit booths.
- Pizza Poster: professionally designed color poster, 8.5×11 inches
- Fork Poster: professionally designed color poster, 8.5×11 inches
- Pizza Poster: professionally designed color poster, 8.5×11 inches, Includes space for local group information
- Fork Poster: professionally designed color poster, 8.5×11 inches, Includes space for local group information
- Scale Poster
- Refrigerator Poster
- 15 Questions
- How to Contact OA
- Is Food a Problem for You?
- Many Symptoms, One Solution
- OA Preamble
- Welcome to OA
Public Information Suggestions
- Billy’s Story
- Instructions for Getting OA’s PSA Aired
- Let People Know About Your Meeting
- The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous: A Kid’s View
- Professional Outreach Manual: Appendix 1
Reading Literature Aloud at OA Meetings
Register/Change Face-to-Face Meeting
Register/Change Online or Telephone Meeting
Register/Change Service Body
- Intergroup Registration/Change Form
- National or Language Service Board Registration/Change Form
- Virtual Service Board Registration/Change Form
Service Body Support
- Conference Policy Manual
- Delegate Support Fund Application
- Delegate Support Fund Contributions
- Designated Downloader Flyer
- Intergroup or Service Board Inventory
- Professional Exhibits Fund Application
- Professional Tradeshows Manual
- Reduced-Cost Literature Application Form
- Sample Intergroup Bylaws
- Sample Service Board Bylaws
- Sample Statement of Purpose
- Suggested OA Hotline Message for Service Bodies
- OA Bylaws Subpart A
- OA Bylaws Subpart B
- Rotation of Service Skit
- Seventh Tradition of OA
- Seventh Tradition of OA (Translatable Version)
- Seventh-Tradition Skits
- Trustee Article and Consensus Guidelines
Seventh Tradition of OA: Translatable Version -Click below for this pamphlet in your language:
Spiritual Principles of the OA Program
Tools of Recovery
Twelfth Step Within
- Been Slipping and Sliding? A Reading and Writing Tool
- Planning a Sponsorship Workshop
- Recovery Insurance Policy
- Twelfth Step Within Speakers Sign Up Form
World Service Business Conference
Frequently Used Documents
- 2013 Wrap Up Report
- 2014 Important Dates
- Ask-It Basket 2012
- Business Conference Policy Manual: Manual that includes Conference policies
- Bylaws, Subpart A: Governing document for OA, Inc.
- Bylaws, Subpart B: Governing document setting out the identify, rights and privileges for OA members
- Delegate Support Fund Application
- Trustee Application Instructions
- Trustee Application* – This is an interactive PDF