1. SMOKING IN MEETINGS
   We request that you be substance free at an FAA Meeting, therefore, please refrain from smoking or caffeine drinks during meetings.

2. SPONSOR IDENTIFICATION
   We do not identify sponsors at FAA Meetings. We suggest that each individual sincerely interested in abstinence and recovery take the responsibility of talking to other members of the group to secure a sponsor-someone with whom you can identify and who has attained abstinence and an understanding of the food plan.

3. ADDITIONS TO FOOD PLAN
   Very active, extremely overweight, petite, vegetarians or dairy sensitive individuals may need to make modifications to the food plan with the assistance of a sponsor or physician. The food plan as it is written is only a suggestion and has helped many, many people.

4. SPEAKER GUIDELINES
   We invite everyone to share at FAA Meetings, however we request a "guest speaker" at a meeting be willing to follow the FAA Definition of Abstinence.

5. PERSONAL DISCUSSION/CONTROVERSY AT MEETINGS
   Group discussion at FAA Meetings should be centered on experience, strength and hope relative to food addiction and recovery. We encourage those individuals with personal questions or other considerations to speak with a sponsor or FAA member after the meeting. Please direct your comments to the chair.

6. LITERATURE
   In accordance with Tradition Four we only permit FAA approved literature at our meetings. It is imperative that we use literature that pertains to food addiction only in order to guard against denial in our meetings and maintain unity. A list of FAA approved literature follows:
   
   FAA Beginner's Packet
   FAA A Guide to Abstinence
   FAA Wallet Menu Card
   FAA Beginner's Guide
   FAA Bulimia-Disease of Addiction (a scientific explanation of our addiction)
   FAA 99 Names of Sugar, also includes the names of flour and wheat
   FAA Medallions and Chips
   FAA Food Diary
   FAA Meeting List
   FAA Just for Today
   FAA Steps to Recovery
   FAA Cookbook - Abstinent Cooking for Food Addicts
   
   Books published by outside sources:
   Inner Harvest daily meditations
   Food Addiction-The Body Knows by Kay Sheppard
   
   Films:
   The Disease Concept of Food Addiction (38 min.)
   Recovery from Food Addiction (32 min.) by Dr. Charles Starks
   The Sugar Trap (58 min.) by Image Associates.
   
   Audio Tapes:
   Set of 2-90 min. from Omaha Workshop featuring our Founder, Judith C.
   Tapes from our 5th Anniversary Celebration in January 1993
   Set of 2-90 min. featuring Kay Sheppard and Dr. Charles Starks
   Set of 4-90 min. The Beginning of FAA--Members share their recovery and how they started FAA Meetings. (1993)
   Dr. Charles Starks Dec. 6, 1997-preventing relapse from a well-known specialist on food addiction.
   Set of 4. Fall Retreat 2000 "Stepping Up to Maturity." Gloria P. guides members into recovery using the 12 Steps.
   Set 1994 Convention Tapes (New Jersey)
   Set 1995 Convention Tapes (Maryland)
   Set 1996 Convention (Cleveland)
   Set 1997 Convention (San Diego)
   Set 1998 Convention (Delray Beach, FL)
   Set 1999 Convention (Cleveland)
   Set 2000 Convention (Memphis)
   Set 2001 Convention (Daytona Beach, FL)
   
   The Abstinent Times--Quarterly Newsletter by Subscription
   
   We do not use any Twelve Step Literature from other programs as a basis for our meetings. We want Food Addicts Anonymous to address the disease of Food Addiction only; lest denial enter our meetings and we all perish. Food Addicts Anonymous must maintain unity so that all feel at home, no matter where they attend an FAA meeting.

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The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions reprinted and adapted with permission of Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.