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1. Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends
upon OA unity.
2. For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority - a loving
God as He may express Himself in our group conscience. Our
leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern.
3. The only requirement for OA membership is a desire to stop eating
compulsively.
4. Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other
groups or OA as a whole.
5. Each group has but one primary purpose - to carry its message to
the compulsive overeater who still suffers.
6. An OA group ought never endorse, finance, or lend the OA name to
any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money,
property, and prestige divert us from our primary purpose.
7. Every OA group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside
contributions.
8. Overeaters Anonymous should remain forever nonprofessional, but
our service centers may employ special workers.
9. OA, as such, ought never be organized; but we may create service
boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve.
10. Overeaters Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the
OA name ought never be drawn into public controversy.
11. Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than
promotion; we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level
of press, radio, films, television, and other public media of
communication.
12. Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all these traditions, ever
reminding us to place principles before personalities.
upon OA unity.
2. For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority - a loving
God as He may express Himself in our group conscience. Our
leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern.
3. The only requirement for OA membership is a desire to stop eating
compulsively.
4. Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other
groups or OA as a whole.
5. Each group has but one primary purpose - to carry its message to
the compulsive overeater who still suffers.
6. An OA group ought never endorse, finance, or lend the OA name to
any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money,
property, and prestige divert us from our primary purpose.
7. Every OA group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside
contributions.
8. Overeaters Anonymous should remain forever nonprofessional, but
our service centers may employ special workers.
9. OA, as such, ought never be organized; but we may create service
boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve.
10. Overeaters Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the
OA name ought never be drawn into public controversy.
11. Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than
promotion; we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level
of press, radio, films, television, and other public media of
communication.
12. Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all these traditions, ever
reminding us to place principles before personalities.
Kansas City Overeaters Anonymous
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