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Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA)

WEBCompulsive exercise and/or dieting. Medical problems resulting from overeating, undereating, and/or purging. Despondency, shame, isolation, and hopelessness. FA is a program for those who want to stop eating addictively. Like Alcoholics Anonymous, FA treats food addiction as a threefold illness: physical, mental, and spiritual.

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URL: https://www.foodaddicts.org/

Health Fair Check List

WEBHealth Fair Check List. Communicate with the health fair chairman at the site to obtain the following information: Who are the expected audience (demographics and estimated number of participants)

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Working at a Health Fair as a FA member

WEBResources from the FA PI Committee for reaching out to the general public at a Health Fair. We sometimes have the opportunity to provide information about FA at health fairs in our communities, at sites such as colleges, senior centers, religious centers, libraries, etc. These guidelines are designed to make that task easily understood.

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EAI Public Information

WEBFor phone only (US), call 646-558-8656 and enter Meeting ID: 845 8695 6527, Passcode: 2020. To find your local phone number, click here. The committee meeting will follow at 8:00am ET. All are welcome to join us!!!

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To Our Families and Friends

WEBThis program gives people who can't control their eating habits a way to do so and to correct the problems caused by uncontrollable eating habits. The pamphlet "To Our Family and Friends" is FA Conference Approved Literature. BUY A COPY OF THIS PAMPHLET. This pamphlet gives a basic understanding of food addiction and the FA program to …

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FA Health Care Outreach

WEBShare the message of FA with your Health Care Professional. We encourage members to reach out to health care professionals with whom we have existing relationships. The miracle of our abstinence is an entry point for conversations with them about your experience of food addiction and recovery. Health care professionals include physicians

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Health Fair Guidelines

WEBSchedule a minimum of two (2) or three (3) fellows to work the booth for each shift. PROTOCOL NOTE: One person working the booth must have 2 years of abstinence, others must have at least 90 days. Try to obtain volunteers with variable demographics that reflect the audience at the health fair. Create a Health Fair Volunteer Schedule with names

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FA Pamphlet: Bulimic

WEBThroughout my life, an intense desire to be thin took me from dieting into fasting, compulsive exercising, undereating, and bulimia; a drive to fill myself with food in order to numb my feelings took me to bingeing and, in certain periods, to being fat. I was ill at ease in my body and my life from an early age.

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FA WAI Public Information (PI)

WEBDigital Outreach Committee (the umbrella designation for several service subcommittees) Focuses on channels of digital information that expand FA’s footprint online, making it possible for anyone, anywhere, anytime to find help with food addiction. Raises awareness about FA to the public through online weblinks, articles, newsletters

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FA and Mental Health

WEB98% of those who had experienced Mental Health Issues reported improvement in FA. 27% were able to reduce or discontinue medication for depression with the help of their physicians. 88% report a better spiritual life. 80% report more fulfilling relationships, more stability and/or better stress management. 71% reduced other addictive behaviors.

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Important Message About Mental Healthcare

WEBDear Fellows, The World Service Board (WSB) is writing to address the subject of mental health care and treatment. FA takes NO position on the use or discontinuation of mental health medications or treatments.

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FA Meeting Annapolis, MD United States

WEB333 Dubois Rd.Annapolis, MD 21401United States. Code at entry to lower level is 2711*. Language: English. Meeting Contact 1: Leona T. +1 (410) 562-6520. For directions click here.

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FA Trifold and Flyer Templates

WEBFlyer Templates. In-Person Meeting Flyer with 20 Questions. FA Flyer with 20 Questions. FA Half-Page Flyer. Information Session Flyer. Contact [email protected] with any questions. Instructions for FA PI reps wanting to put the hope of recovery into someone's hand with a trifold brochure about Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous.

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FA Membership Survey Results and Statistics

WEB85% of those taking survey were currently abstinent from addictive eating. 22% Less than 12 months. 18% 1 to less than 3 years. 13% 3 to less than 5 years. 11% 5 to less than 7 years. 10% 7 to less than 9 years. 8% 9 to less than 11 years. 5% 11 to less than 13 years. 4% 13 to less than 15 years.

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FA Book, Large-Print, Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous

WEBWhat is FA? Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA) is a program based on the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). There are no dues, fees, or weigh-ins at FA meetings.

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