This tool helps us deal with the physical aspects of our disease, and helps us achieve physical recovery. From this vantage point, we can more effectively follow OA's Twelve-Step program of recovery and move beyond the food to a happier, healthier and more spiritual living experience. Sponsors are OA members who are living the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions to the best of their ability. They are willing to share their recovery with other members of the Fellowship and are committed to abstinence. By working with other members of OA and sharing their experience, strength and hope, sponsors continually renew and reaffirm their own recovery.
Sponsors share their program up to the level of their own experience.
A member may work with more than one sponsor and may change sponsors at will. Meetings are gatherings of two or more compulsive overeaters who come together to share their personal experience, and the strength and hope OA has given them. Though there are many types of meetings, fellowship with other compulsive overeaters is the basis of them all. Meetings give us an opportunity to identify and confirm our common problem and to share the gifts we receive through this program. Many members call other OA members and their own sponsors daily.