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Originally Posted by ladykahlo
I've been to several meetings for OA and I've noticed that it's mostly women and they're mostly older women. There aren't that many young women. And I live in the Silicon Valley so there are at least 5 meetings a day that I can attend which are guaranteed to have at least 5 people. The thing is, if we want more people like us in OA, then we need to go there to attract other people like us. It's a vicious circle. I'm 24 btw.
I think it depends on the location. When I went to OA there were a LOT of women in their 20s there. The other thing that I was not expecting is that most of them were very thin. I think they were in the meetings as part of their recovery from bulimia.
I never really got much from OA because it was liking going to church for me. Not in a religious sense. I didn't care about the talk about a "higher power." But I felt that the repeated readings of the core principles at every meeting was a waste of time. First, I can read those on my own. I don't need it read to me every time I go to a meeting. Second, that 1/2 hour of reading took away from being able to hear more from the people in the group. Third, the fact that there was no actual discussions between the members was disappointing. It was great to hear people's stories, but I felt that follow up discussions would be helpful too. That is why I enjoy 3FC so much. In fact, 3FC was more helpful to me than OA ever was.