Call
To Action PI Suggestions
Service
By Mail/Email Twelve Concepts
Carrying the message
to the compulsive overeater who still suffers is the basic purpose
of our Fellowship;
therefore, it is the most fundamental form of service. Any form
of service no matter how small that helps reach a fellow
sufferer adds to our own recovery. Getting to meetings, putting
away chairs, putting out literature, talking to newcomers, doing
whatever needs to be done in a group or for OA as a whole, are
ways in which we give back what we have so generously been given.
We are encouraged to do what we can when
we can. "A life of sane and happy usefulness" is what we are
promised as the result of working the Twelve Steps. Service helps
fulfill that promise.
Call
to Action suggests ways you can serve OA as a whole. Remember
that any form of service helps carry the message and aids in
your recovery.
Getting the word out in your community
through Public Information (PI) about OA's program of recovery
is critical for the OA Fellowship to continue. See PI
Suggestions for guidance in carrying the message.
The Service
by Mail/Email program helps OA members reach out to one another.
Participating members correspond by mail or e-mail to share
recovery and to discuss working OA's Twelve-Step program of
recovery with other OA members around the world. You can find
an OA pen pal or a sponsor by mail, or you can sponsor another
member by mail.
The
Twelve Concepts provide guidelines for OA members as they
give service at the group, intergroup, region or world service
level.
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