Outlines the responsibilities of a sponsor and sponsee, offering practical guidance on building an honest, supportive, and accountable recovery relationship.

Step-based ceremonies (such as the Third and Fifth Step ceremonies) to mark milestones in recovery and reinforce spiritual principles.

Detailed questions for Steps Six through Twelve, including written inventory work to deepen understanding and support abstinence.

Includes the OA-HOW maintenance food plan and reflection questions to help members sustain long-term recovery.

Questions and reflections for members returning after a slip, offering a structured path back to abstinence and spiritual growth.

The OA HOW Meeting Format provides a structured framework to ensure consistency, discipline, and spiritual focus in recovery meetings. It includes:

• Chapter Five Reading – “How It Works”: An introduction to the program, stressing honesty, willingness, and the spiritual solution to compulsive overeating.
• The Twelve Steps & Twelve Traditions: Read aloud as the foundation of recovery and group unity.
• The HOW Concept: Emphasizes a disciplined approach—accepting the food plan, steps, traditions, and tools of recovery as requirements rather than suggestions.
• The Seven Tools of Recovery: Abstinence, literature and writing, anonymity, phone calls, meetings, service, and sponsorship. Each tool is explained with practical guidance for members.
• Sponsor Introductions: Sponsors qualify by sharing their abstinence and availability, ensuring newcomers can find guidance.
• A Vision for You & Just for Today: Inspirational readings that close the meeting, reminding members of spiritual growth and daily renewal.

This format ensures meetings stay focused on recovery, accountability, and service, while offering members a safe and supportive structure to practice the OA HOW program.