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Traditions. 12 of them. 

The Twelve Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous

The Traditions are what groups use for group dynamics of integrity, anonymity, harmony and accord.  They are like the program for groups.  The Traditions say:
  1. Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon OA unity.
  2. For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority — a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern.
  3. The only requirement for OA membership is a desire to stop eating compulsively.
  4. Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or OA as a whole.
  5. Each group has but one primary purpose — to carry its message to the compulsive overeater who still suffers.
  6. An OA group ought never endorse, finance or lend the OA name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property and prestige divert us from our primary purpose.
  7. Every OA group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions.
  8. Overeaters Anonymous should remain forever non-professional, but our service centers may employ special workers.
  9. OA, as such, ought never be organized; but we may create service boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve.
  10. Overeaters Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the OA name ought never be drawn into public controversy.
  11. Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio, films, television and other public media of communication.
  12. Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all these Traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities.
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  • Newcomers!
    • Are WE for YOU
    • YOU ARE NOT ALONE!!!
    • The 12 Steps
    • The 12 Traditions
    • The 12 Spiritual Principles
    • What will you experience at a meeting?
    • Pictorial Tools of Recovery
    • Sponsors
    • Useful Terms to Know
    • For Atheists & Agnostics
    • Recovery Resources
  • Intergroup
    • About LCI
    • Board of Officers
    • Quarterly Meeting Minutes
    • Lake Country OA Documents
    • Newsletters
  • Events
  • Contact
  • Links
  • 7th TRADITION
  • Meetings
    • Zoom Cheat Sheet
  • ESH
  • The Serenity Prayer
  • WANTED
  • NEWS FLASH
  • OFFICER DUTIES