Really? I didnt know that. I have read many ethnographic/qualitative studies on OA groups....but those researchers may have more rapport than I. If OA doesn't work out for any reason, I will probably do WW (weight watchers) groups.  After reading quite a bit of literature about OA groups in the past few days, these people actually recognize that their weight is their own fault, and that only willpower and "abstinence" (from overindulging) will "cure" them.