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clanmomma
clanmomma Posts: 6 Member
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Does anyone know if the OA books are anywhere in ebook format? I find the books helpful but would like to take them with me. The thing is, I work social work and get some very discouraging comments about how we model after AA. Most of it revolves around the difference between a compulsion and a chemical dependency. But I have a Kindle and would love to be able to read my books without it becoming an office wide debate.

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  • Rocksham
    Rocksham Posts: 13 Member
    I use "Slender Steps to Sanity - Notes of Hope"
    "Letting Go of Compulsive Eating: ........... Daily Meditations
    "The cups & Scales Everything Weighed Cookbook" this is way more than a cookbook, it has alot of info.

    Rocksham
  • Terri_Wickwire
    Terri_Wickwire Posts: 149 Member
    You can sign up for LifeLine and download a PDF. If you have not yet discovered this amazing resource, I highly suggest everyone check it out. This month's issue is on Higher Power. Every issue is amazing.
    http://www.oa.org/lifeline-magazine/subscribe-to-e-lifeline/
  • CoCoMa
    CoCoMa Posts: 904 Member
    Without AA, there would be no OA, as well as all other recovery programs. I have an iPad and use the Kindle app, so if you have a Kindle, it's even better. I downloaded the Big Book for 99 cents and the 12&12 of OA for $7.50. I'm sure there are freebies, I just haven't looked.

    ETA - I also downloaded For Today for about $7
  • shabir
    shabir Posts: 3 Member
    thank you CoCoMa, that was a great help!! although I paid double for the big book ;)
  • mathag
    mathag Posts: 2 Member
    I found a lot of the OA books on Amazon's website... I have the 12 and 12, the Big Book, For Today and one other one.. but I'm blanking on the name now. When I went to my first meeting things clicked so I wanted the books ASAP so I got them on my Kindle (although the Big Book isn't the most current edition and the eBook page numbers don't match up with the printed copy if you are referencing it during a meeting).
  • julesoa
    julesoa Posts: 68 Member
    I have For Today and Voices of Recovery on my Kindle and use them every morning for my daily reading. I love that I can pack up my kindle and have my OA with me. I also have 'Seeking the Spiritual Path' which is an OA book on there. You can get the Lifeline sampler book and Overeaters Anonymous ( the brown book) for Kindle also. HTH. I also work in the socail work/health service arena. People get anxious about programmes that appear to be religious I think but to me this is a misconception of 12 step programmes. I just share my experience if I am asked and hope to carry the message. xx
  • Terri_Wickwire
    Terri_Wickwire Posts: 149 Member
    I was just thinking about this on my way home from my meeting this morning. Here's some links ...

    http://bookstore.oa.org/ >search "download" and several options come up, including workbooks.

    http://www.aacanada.com/free/big_book.pdf OR http://2travel.org/Files/AA/BigBook.pdf >downloadable PDF of the A.A. Big Book

    http://12and12.net/pdfs.html >downloadable PDFs and http://12and12.net/pdfs/prayers.pdf >12 and 12 prayers

    :flowerforyou:

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