Please take time to review the points below which define an FA group. Only
those groups who comply with this definition may
be
registered with the FA World Service Office.
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As a group, the members meet to practice the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
of FA.
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All who have a desire to stop abusing themselves with food are welcome.
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To start a new meeting, the FA World Service Board strongly suggests there be at least 2 members with 6 or more months of continuous FA abstinence.
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The meeting format contains the following readings and practices the following:
- The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of FA;
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Only FA members with 90 days or more of continuous FA abstinence (as defined
below) are eligible to speak at FA meetings.
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Only FA members with 90 days or more of continuous FA abstinence (as defined
below) shall have a voice and a vote at FA business meetings
- The Definition of
Abstinence:
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Weighed and measured meals with nothing in between. No flour, no sugar and
avoidance of all individual binge foods.
- The Definition of a Food Addict:
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Food addiction is a disease of the mind, body, and spirit for which there is no
cure, but it can be arrested a day at a time by our adapting to a disciplined
way of eating and the 12 step program of Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous.
When we abuse food by using it as a drug, our lives become unmanageable. Food
addicts have an allergy to flour, sugar, and quantities that sets up an
uncontrollable craving. The problem can be arrested a day at a time by weighing
and measuring our food and abstaining completely from all flour and sugar.