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Overeaters Anonymous (OA) is a twelve-step program founded by Rozanne S. [1] Its first meeting was held in Hollywood, California, USA on January 19, 1960, after Rozanne attended a Gamblers Anonymous meeting and realized that the Twelve Steps could potentially help her with her own addictive behaviors relating to food. [1]
This is a list of Wikipedia articles about specific twelve-step recovery programs and fellowships.These programs, and the groups of people who follow them, are based on the set of guiding principles for recovery from addictive, compulsive, or other behavioral problems originally developed by Alcoholics Anonymous. [1]
FA was established in 1998 by former members of Overeaters Anonymous. [2] As of 2011, the organization consisted of over 500 local groups and over 4000 members in 6 countries, Australia, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, United Kingdom, and the United States. [3] [4] In 2012, FA published Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous. [5]
Compulsive overeaters tend to show brain changes similar to those of drug addicts, a result of excessive consumption of highly processed food (most likely consisting of high amounts of saturated fat, which is more energy-rich). [11] Unlike smoking, drugs, or alcoholism, people with food cravings are not under a type of substance use disorder.
A Twelve-step program is a fellowship which aims at the recovery of its members from the consequences of an addiction, a compulsion, a mental disorder, illness or another harmful influence on their lives, with the help of the Twelve Steps. Also the specific program of recovery that is applied within such a fellowship, is called a twelve-step ...
Overeaters Anonymous; P. Project HEAL; R. Rhodes Wood Hospital; T. TOPS Club This page was last edited on 10 January 2023, at 19:52 (UTC). Text is available under ...
Co-Dependents Anonymous: others other codependents Steps 3, 7, 11 - replace Him/His with God for gender neutrality: Dual Recovery Anonymous: our dual illness of chemical dependency and emotional or psychiatric illness others who experience dual disorders Overeaters Anonymous: food compulsive overeaters Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous: food
There are several 12-step programs that helps overeaters, such as Overeaters Anonymous or Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous and others. It is quite clear through research, and various studies that overeating causes addictive behaviors.