Telephone

In Overeaters Anonymous (OA), abstinence is “the action of refraining from compulsive eating and compulsive food behaviors.” Many of us have found that we cannot abstain from compulsive eating unless we use some or all of OA’s eight tools of recovery.

The telephone helps us share one-to-one and avoid the isolation which is so common among us. Many members call other OA members and their own sponsors daily. As a part of the surrender process, it is a tool with which we learn to reach out, ask for help and extend help to others. The telephone also provides an immediate outlet for those hard-to-handle highs and lows we may experience.