Oa?
 

Do any of you attend face-to-face Overeaters Anonymous meetings? I have been thinking about it a lot lately, and just wondered if any of you have had good (or bad) experiences with it. I'm still not sure if I want to or not, but the thought enters my mind more and more lately. What do y'all think?

Thanks!

There is an OA forum that you might get better results with if you posted this in there. http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/over...-anonymous-61/

I have been to OA but I had a hard time relating to the other members, partly because they told me in order to stay abstinent I had to cut certain foods from my diet I didn't understand that because I read this in the literature, "abstinence is "the action of refraining from compulsive eating.". I somehow think this meeting wasn't a traditional meeting but it's the only one available in my area. It might have been because I just wasn't ready for it. I definitely qualify for OA. I've been considering going back but I just haven't made the step to do it. The other problem I had with the meeting I went to was it seemed like no one there was abstinent for over 2-3 weeks at a time, they also seemed to focus on food a lot instead of focusing on recovery. I think I just had a bad experience.

I was actually thinking of going to one in my neighborhood last night, but chickened out--so I'd love to hear about other experiances as well!

Thanks, ladies! I know there is an online group here - but I think an in-person group would be much more beneficial. I will let y'all know if I decide to check one out near me!

hpnodat, I'm so sorry you had a bad experience. I think that is what I'm worried about - being scared off after my first visit!