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Abstinence???Big Book???

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How do you define that term? In the old OA....very old, 1970's...the "diet" was very rigid but it sounds like things have changed a lot. For me, I think it would be not binging and eating healthy when I am truly hungry ....approaching a bag of cookies and not eating the whole bag! Also, is the book people keep referring to the same one that AA uses? If not, where does one get a copy?
I'm excited to be here and hope that maybe this time.......
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Hiya,

The so-called "Big Book" of AA is, I think, accepted literature at OA meetings (although someone will pull me up on that if I am wrong!). You can get it here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Alcoholics-Big-Book-AA-Services/dp/1893007162/ref=pd_sim_b_3

The basic text of OA is our fellowship's equivalent to AA's Big Book, you can get it here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Overeaters/dp/1889681024/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1234180496&sr=1-3

And I would highly recommend getting a copy of the workbook to go through with a sponsor. It is here: http://www.oagb.org.uk/wp-content/pdf/OAlitorder2009.pdf (item 992 under "books"). Also, take a look at the leaflet "a plan of eating", which is item 145 on the list.

I hope that helps!
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ah! You can get all the things I mentioned above here: http://www.oa.org/bookstore/ They seem to have totally changed the website!
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Thanks for supplying the literature information.
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The oa book 12 steps and 12 traditions is really good at helping us understand the nature of our disease, I would recommend it.It also explains hoe abstinance can mean different things to different people. I believe the 'big book' is that of aa. We just replace the wording, food instead of alcohol and abstinance instead of sobriety. Coming from an addictive family I found this book really encouraging.
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When I started OA in 1987 we only had the AA's Big Book which I loved - possibly because I had never come across anything like it, it made a huge impression on me. Just as Seventieschild says we replaced alcohol and sobriety with food and alcohol. Its strange but years later I bought the OA version of the Big Book and it just wasn't the same for me - I just liked the idea of all the 12 step groups using AA's Big Book, kind of maked us all one family - but we are all different and its a question of choice - the OA website MikeTheBike mentions is a good place to start if you are new to OA.
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Thanks for the info. I'll be visiting the website post haste and, hopefully, beginning my recovery!
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I meant "we replaced alcohol and sobriety with food and abstinence" but you guys know what I mean don't you!
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