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THANKSGIVING IS ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT FOR INDIVIDUALS BATTLING FOOD ADDICTIONS
Overeaters Anonymous’ 12-Step Program Offers Hope and a Community for Support
For Immediate Release.
Date: November 3, 2009
Contact: Email Annemarie Ciepiela Henton, or call (505) 260-3358
(RIO RANCHO, N.M.) - Thanksgiving is a nostalgic holiday filled with memories, family traditions and social activities that tend to revolve around food consumption. For those who battle compulsive eating, the added stress of Thanksgiving and the abundance of and focus on food can trigger overeating. This often leads to embarrassment, guilt, depression and unwanted pounds.
For individuals struggling with various food addictions, especially during the holidays, Overeaters Anonymous (OA) can provide much-needed support and a path to recovery. OA offers a 12-step program that addresses emotional, physical and spiritual well-being as a path to recovery. OA honors its members’ anonymity within its organization and in the media. OA’s members are given the tools to seek and find recovery from compulsive eating behaviors.
**When planning your holiday editions and the articles about food, addiction, health and exercise, please consider incorporating the OA program.** Staff and OA members from around the world are available to discuss their personal stories of recovery and can provide a national or local perspective, depending on your story needs. Health care professionals are also available upon request to offer insight on food addictions and to share their professional opinions on the OA program.
For more information or to be put in contact with an OA representative, please call Annemarie Ciepiela Henton at (505) 260-3358 or email her at media@oa.org.
About Overeaters Anonymous: Founded in 1960, Overeaters Anonymous held its first meeting in Los Angeles, California. Now 49 years later, OA is a worldwide Fellowship that has found a solution to the problems arising from overeating. There are more than 6,500 meeting groups in approximately 75 countries. It is not a religious organization and does not promote any particular diet. For more information, go to www.oa.org.
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Overeaters Anonymous Offers Support, Hope and
Strength in Numbers
12-Step Program Helps to Provide Recovery from Compulsive Eating
For immediate release.
Contact: Email Annemarie Ciepiela Henton, or call (505) 266-7220
(RIO RANCHO, N.M.) — Fear, loneliness, hopelessness, and embarrassment are some of the many feelings experienced by people suffering from compulsive eating. These feelings can be hard or almost impossible to overcome alone, but Overeaters Anonymous (OA), a 12-step program, helps members throughout the world deal with these issues.
Members of OA range from the morbidly obese to the anorexic. These individuals experience many different symptoms, and have various difficulties with food. But what they have in common is the admission that they were powerless over food and their lives had become unmanageable as a result.
OA members work together to recover from compulsive eating. Participants work through the 12-step program with a sponsor. Weekly meetings offer group support and welcome anyone who might be in need of help. OA also offers podcasts, a magazine, online and phone meetings, literature, and email sponsors to keep members on track with their program.
OA members maintain anonymity, which enables the group to offer unconditional acceptance and support for all. The organization is completely self-supporting through member donations and literature sales, and does not charge membership fees or dues. Although OA offers many types of support, it is not a source for diet tips, counseling, hospitalization, treatment, research or training. OA’s primary goal is to help members abstain from compulsive eating, and to carry the message of recovery to those who still suffer.
For more information or to be put in contact with an OA representative, please email Annemarie Ciepiela Henton or call her at (505) 266-7220.
About Overeaters Anonymous: Founded in 1960, Overeaters Anonymous held its first meeting in Los Angeles, California. Now 49 years later, OA is a worldwide Fellowship that has found a solution to the problems arising from overeating. There are more than 6,500 meeting groups in approximately 75 countries. It is not a religious organization and does not promote any particular diet. For more information, go to www.oa.org.
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