Everyone is welcome to join the Pinellas Traditions Intergroup on Valentine’s Day, Saturday February 14, 12-1 PM ET, for an OA celebration of the possibility of a life filled with love. Wear your red bangles or come in your bathrobe, be on camera or off, share or not share. Come be with your family of choice. Click here for more information.
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Tour of Humility
A Tour of Humility. Join us February 7, 1-3 PM EST, on Zoom for this workshop. Why humility? We need to be right-sized in all respects, not just physically. Hear speakers with long-term abstinence discuss this question. We’re all just bozos on the bus! For more information, click here.
Unity Day Live Workshop
Join us at the McLean American Legion Post 270 on Saturday, February 28, 2-4 PM for “Together We Can Do What We Can Never Do Alone”. Topics include staying connected, talking with newcomers, and sponsoring and being sponsored. All are welcome and there’s plenty of parking! For more information click here.
The November 2025 NOVATIONS NEWSLETTER IS HERE
“Enjoy reading articles on Step 11 (Sought Through Prayer and Meditation) and Tradition 11 (We ARE the Message). Check out some suggestions in the article on how to prepare for family gatherings, especially those centered around food (Family Fests or Feats). The latest issue is here.“
Living With Dying
Whether you’re dealing with your own terminal illness or a loved one’s, staying spiritually and emotionally recovered, and staying abstinent, is possible. Listen to shares of experience, strength, and hope from recovered fellows who have done both at click here.
Worldwide Experience, Strength, and Hope
Have you visited the OA.org or OA Virtual Region sites lately? There are an amazing number of virtual workshops going on all over the world at any time!
What is OA? Revised Service/Traditions/Concepts Workshop Manual
Is your group or service body in need of a refresher on the gifts of OA service, a deep dive into the meaning of our Traditions, or a return to Concepts basics?
Is your group or service body in need of a refresher on the gifts of OA service, a deep dive into the meaning of our Traditions, or a return to Concepts basics?
The revised Service, Traditions, and Concepts Workshop Manual suggests workshop formats and schedules, includes inventories for groups and service bodies, and answers frequently asked questions. Workshop topics can be presented as a whole or individually, with a focus just on service, Traditions, or Concepts.
For your workshop, use the engaging slide presentation (also newly revised) to illustrate the Manual’s concepts. The presentation is available at oa.org in two formats:
- PPTX slides with embedded presenter notes (LARGE ZIP FILE)
- PDF slides and presenter notes (LARGE ZIP FILE)
The refreshed Manual and accompanying presentation are both available as free digital downloads at oa.org in the Document Library under “Service Body Resources” and “Workshop and Fellowship Ideas.” The PPTX slide deck is also available for workshop presentation and translation. Additionally, all files are available for download from the Workshop’s product page in the OA bookstore.
Also updated in the Manual and posted at oa.org for free download: OA’s Intergroup or Service Board Inventory, OA’s Group Inventory, and our Strong Meeting Checklist.
Two-Way Prayer Podcast
The December 2, 2023 Two-Way Prayer Workshop is available in podcast form on our website.
The December 2, 2023 Two-Way Prayer Workshop is available in podcast form on our website at https://oanova.org/resources/podcasts/.
Slides available here
Updated Virtual Meeting Guidelines
The OA Board of Trustees recognizes that many OA groups continue to meet virtually and seek ways to carry the message by using our literature. With this in mind, the board has updated its guidelines and issued a revised instructive letter, establishing clearer protocols for how OA literature may be shared on various electronic platforms.
If your group meets virtually, use these guidelines to share limited OA literature appropriately, while protecting OA’s copyrights for the good of the Fellowship as a whole. We ask that you download this letter and share it with your group as soon as possible.
Where Do I Start” Available Online
As approved by majority group conscience at WSBC 2022, our popular newcomer pamphlet Where Do I Start? has been updated and made available as a free download from the oa.org Document Library under the category “New to OA.”
Where Do I Start? pulls vital wisdom from varied OA literature sources, including A New Plan of Eating, in order to give a concise and compassionate introduction to the OA program. As the Fellowship knows, beginning the journey out of compulsive eating and compulsive food behaviors towards recovery can be difficult, but Where Do I Start? aims to help, giving direction, advice, and answers to frequently asked questions in its brief pages.
Direct newcomers in your meetings to this link, and see how our membership grows!
Print copies of Where Do I Start? can still be purchased for US$1 each at bookstore.oa.org. E-book copies of the updated version of Where Do I Start? are available and can be purchased for US$1. OA receives a royalty share from purchases made from these vendors
Brown Book in Audio
OA’s beloved Brown Book is now an audiobook! Using readings by OA members for the book’s CD set, our first audiobook includes the entire text of Overeaters Anonymous, Third Edition-from the forewords to the appendices. During daily activities or when you need a recovery boost, listen to more than forty stories by OA members sharing their experience, strength, and hope, including our founder’s share: “Keep Coming Back: Rozanne’s Story.”
OA receives a royalty share for audiobook purchases made through these third-party vendors (links open to external websites):
Audible: https://adbl.co/34hlF25
Amazon: https://amzn.to/3ooLR1e
Apple Books: https://apple.co/33k5SPi
More OA audiobooks? Yes! OA has already started our next one: The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous, Second Edition.
Missing the Literature Table at Meetings?
Since many meetings are now operating via Zoom, we no longer have a “literature table” where we can peruse and purchase OA-approved literature that supports our recovery journey. To make sure newcomers and old timers know about the latest literature, you can now download this PDF document, which highlights useful OA-approved literature and directly links to the website where individuals can learn more or purchase the materials. Simply attach this document in “chat” in your Zoom meeting if you want to share it as part of your meeting. It’s a virtual literature table!
Emergency Zoom Protocol Document Now Available
Unwelcomed visitors, or zoom intruders, into meetings can be unsettling to say the least. That’s why OA NOVA wants to make sure you have the tools you need to navigate these emergency situations. Please take a moment to download the document here and review it to ensure our meetings remain safe and secure.
7th Tradition in the Time of COVID-19
How do we continue to support our meetings, Region 7, and OA World these days? Discussions among our local virtual experts and current and past treasurers indicate that the best way of managing this may be for each meeting to set up its own Paypal account. See the Electronic 7th Tradition flyer for more information.
New Literature for Sponsors and OA Members
Take a look at some of these great new resources for sponsors and everyone on the OA journey.
- NEW: Twelve Step Workshop and Study Guide, Second Edition (#960-2)
- NEW: Participant Guide for Twelve Step Workshop and Study Guide, Second Edition(#966)
- NEW: Temporary Sponsors: Newcomers’ First Twelve Days (downloadable)
- NEW BOOK! Body Image, Relationships, and Sexuality: Personal Journeys to Recovery in Overeaters Anonymous: OA members share stories about how our disease has affected the most intimate parts of our lives—impacting our relationships and even our identities. Hear how members have worked OA’s Twelve Step recovery program, leaving behind confusion and anguish to live lives of acceptance, freedom, and serenity. Item #950 (#951 for 25) is available in softcover format in the OA bookstore. Also available in e-book formats sold by Amazon Kindle and Apple Books and will soon be available for Barnes & Noble Nook. OA receives a royalty share for e-book purchases from these third-party vendors.
- Unchanged and Simply Wonderful: Sponsorship Kit, which includes A Guide for Sponsors and Sponsoring through the Twelve Steps.
