Has anyone heard of this group? If so, please share any info you might have please!!!

There are no lapband support groups in my area, so I was wondering how this would work?

I still cannot control my eating so I have got to find myself some help.

Let me know if you have information....

Thanks!!!

Hello,

Yes I have heard of OA and attended off and on over the past 20+ years. I have been looking for a meeting in my area that I could attend. OA is based on the same 12 steps as AA (for the most part.) When attending OA I found support from many different "varieties" of overeaters, eating disorders etc. There were very overweight individuals, anorexics, folks who had gastric bypass surgery etc., I felt at home and knew I "belonged." The meetings are based on a spiritual - not religous - program - big difference. I would not have continued to attend OA had it been a religous org. The meetings are sometimes held in meeting rooms in churches - but not "in" the church. I'm considering getting the band very soon. And will probably continue to have some food issues - so I'll probably find myself in a support group. If a lap band group is not available - I'll go to OA.

Yes I was a member of OA for about six months. It was held at no cost at the Unity Church in my area. There is a book very much like AA and yes, Houstonwehavea said it right when she compared it to the twelve steps of AA. It was beneficial to me to a point and I would encourage anyone to try it. They have their own recovery language like most groups with addiction.

Hope that helped.

I attended a few OA meetings several years ago and it wasn't for me. Granted, I am not much of a group effort weight loss person, though, either. In fact, I have always done better on my own than going to WW or TOPS or any of those sorts of things, so maybe it was just me. The few times that I went, it seemed to me like people were 'blaming' their weight problems on family and other situations and not taking any personal responsibility for their own behaviors. I found it to be kind of depressing, actually.

I was an OA member years ago. I lost weight and felt great, then the group was gone and of course, as was always the case, I gained it all back. It is based on the AA 12 step program. The group I was in didn't have anything to do with any type of "religious" dogma. Of course, different groups do different things.