The Win-a-Free-Cruise drawing was held on December 6, 2014, in Austin, Texas, and the lucky winner is Sherry J from Tyrone, Georgia. We appreciate everyone's support of Region 3. If you didn't win, there's still time to make your reservation. Join us for seven days of Recovery at Sea with Region 3!  

You'll need to not only get your passport and cruise reservation, but to participate in the OA Convention onboard, you'll need to register. The form for that is here: 2015 Cruise Registration only. If you are an Intergroup Rep and will be attending assembly, you may register for both together with this form: Cruise Assembly Flyer_2015. There [...]

Region III has gathered in beautiful Tempe, Arizona, for the Fall 2014 Convention and Assembly. The Assembly has completed its work and the Representatives and Steering Committee have their work laid out for the next half year. The Assembly bid farewell to Andrea M as Chair and to Neva S as Recording Secretary, but they [...]

Can You Stop At Just One? How About One Dozen? How could you use a bookmark explaining what Overeaters Anonymous is (a fellowship of individuals who, through shared experience, strength, and hope, are recovering from compulsive overeating...) then on the back lists symptoms some of us have (Obsession with body weight, size and shape; Eating [...]

Having “hit bottom” in my disease – that is, binging on my “drug of choice” (chocolate) several times a day, grazing on everything else in sight when that was not available, gaining weight and not able to get on another diet, approaching my old high weight and knowing I would not stop there – I [...]

This Flashlight / Keyring , including AA battery will be offered for the first time in Dallas to  raise funds for Region III. A bargain at $3 each or 6 for $15……. Cash and carry  at the Assembly/Convention Or Place an order and we will ship upon receipt of payment. Five colors to choose from! [...]

Increasingly, we are developing a “Us or Them” language and attitude within the OA Fellowship.  What we call ourselves and each other can serve to unite or divide us. One of OA’s strongest assets is that there is not just one way or one right way to work the program. What works for one person [...]

Do you feel different from the people in your group and wonder if you really belong in OA?  You know you have a problem with eating, but those people in the meetings you’ve gone to don’t seem to be much like you?  Or, you’ve been in OA a long time, but the people in that [...]

World Service Convention (WSC) 2013 Notes by Stephanie, our Virtual Trustee At the WSC there were many powerful stories including experiences of great hardship, turmoil and despair AND members chose their recovery to lean on and NOT the food.  Members from all around the World with 20+, 30+ and 40+ years of abstinence shared their [...]

“The gift of the weekend for me was the kind service of the speakers.” ~ Valerie B Recovery soared the weekend of April 5-7, 2013, at the Spring 2013 Region 3 Assembly and Convention. With the theme “The Joy of Living at a Higher Altitude,” host Intergroup Houston OA HOW [...]