In response to OA member requests, Body Image has been recognized as a specific focus by the OA Board of Trustees, and a new Body Image option has been added to the specific focus drop-down menu in Find a Meeting. OA currently has 76 meetings registered with Body Image as the specific focus.
Specific-focus meetings are founded in World Service Business Conference policy: 1994b (Amended 2008, 2023) states: “The Fellowship of Overeaters Anonymous recognizes the existence of specific-focus meetings (for a full list, see the staging-frontendrebuild.oa.org Find a Meeting page) which have been formed of persons who can more readily identify with fellow members of Overeaters Anonymous with similar attributes. According to the Traditions, bylaws, and policies of OA, the only requirement for membership is the desire to stop eating compulsively; therefore, we ask each person attending a meeting to respect and consider the group conscience of the whole Fellowship and welcome and give a voice to any person who has the desire to stop eating compulsively.”
To find specific focus meetings, go to staging-frontendrebuild.oa.org/find-a-meeting and select “Additional search options” (see image).