Food Addicts Anonymous, Inc.

What Food Addicts Anonymous, Inc. does

Food Addicts Anonymous (FAA) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit Twelve-Step fellowship founded in 1991 to help individuals recover from food addiction, which the organization characterizes as a biochemical disease requiring abstinence, surrender, and a structured recovery program. The fellowship operates a global peer-support network meeting across multiple formats — in-person gatherings, telephone bridge meetings, Zoom-based virtual and hybrid meetings, and the FAA Loop continuous 24/7 online meeting — supplemented by an extensive recovery literature catalog that includes the FAA Green Book, workbooks, cookbooks, pamphlets, and commemorative merchandise. Members follow a specific weighed-and-measured food plan, work the Twelve Steps with a sponsor, and participate in sponsorship of newer members, with adherence tracked through sustained meeting attendance and anonymity-protected sharing.

The organization is fully self-supporting under the "7th Tradition," declining outside contributions and funding operations exclusively through member donations, literature sales (priced from $1 pamphlets to $66 commemorative items), and registration fees of $460-$785 for the annual World Convention & Retreat. FAA is headquartered in Port St. Lucie, Florida, where a small paid World Service Office staff handles member services, literature production and distribution, payment processing across PayPal/Venmo/Square/Apple Pay/Google Pay, and calendar/integrations tooling; governance is provided by a Board of Trustees elected from the fellowship, with layer-upon-layer of volunteer roles including sponsors, intergroup representatives, and a Public Information Committee. Member onboarding flows through the Public Information Committee outreach, volunteer-staffed newcomer outreach, and direct inquiries to the WSO, with the customer base consisting entirely of individuals seeking recovery (plus their families and referring professionals) rather than enterprise accounts.

Name

Food Addicts Anonymous, Inc.

Legal name

Food Addicts Anonymous, Inc.

Website

https://faacanhelp.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Food Addicts Anonymous is a 501(c)(3) Twelve-Step fellowship founded in 1991 that supports individuals recovering from food addiction through global peer-support meetings held in-person, by phone, virtually, and via a 24/7 online loop, funded by member donations and literature sales.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Addiction Recovery Services

NAICS

Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (621420), Voluntary Health Organizations (813212)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Peer Support, Recovery Coaching & Sober Living Services (HLAFACAN)

akta.pro secondary industries

Eating Disorder Treatment Programs (HLAFACAK), Substance Use Prevention & Recovery Services (EDALAFAE), Eating Disorder Recovery Nutrition Support (HSADAFAM)

Keywords

• Food addiction recovery
• Twelve step program
• Peer support meetings
• Recovery literature
• Addiction counseling

Headquarters

HQ city

Port St. Lucie

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. 7th Tradition Donations: Voluntary donations from members and groups to support the organization. FAA is fully self-supporting and declines outside contributions. Donations fund the World Service Office operations, phone/email handling, literature production, and distribution.
2. Literature and Products Sales: Sale of recovery literature including the FAA Green Book, cookbooks, workbooks, pamphlets, and merchandise through the online FAA Shop.
3. Convention Revenue: Registration fees for the annual World Convention and Retreat events. 2026 convention fees range from $460-$785 depending on room type and registration timing.
4. CD/DVD Sales: Sale of convention recordings on CD and DVD sets, including historical convention recordings from 1991 onwards.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels8 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Food Addicts Anonymous, Inc. operates a Twelve-Step fellowship program for individuals recovering from food addiction. It offers peer-led support meetings (in-person, phone, virtual, and hybrid), sponsorship relationships, a structured food plan with weighed-and-measured meals, and published recovery literature available through an online shop and mail order. The organization is supported by voluntary donations from members and proceeds from literature sales.

Product overview

Food Addicts Anonymous operates as a Twelve Steps recovery program organization offering a comprehensive portfolio of recovery-focused literature, publications, and commemorative products. The core offerings center on the FAA Green Book (the primary recovery text), comprehensive workbooks (The Steps to Recovery Workbook, The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions to Recovery Workbook), and educational materials (Understanding Food Addiction, A Guide to Abstinence, A Path to Freedom). Supplementary products include inspirational resources (Food for the Soul daily meditations, Just For Today readings, 7th Step Prayer Card), practical tools (Annual Menu Planner and Journal, Wallet Menu Card), newcomer入门 materials (Welcome Newcomer Booklet, Newcomer's Book Bundle), meeting support (FAA Meeting Starter Kit), and abstinence milestone commemoratives (FAA Chips, FAA Medallions). The organization also produces historical convention recordings (CD sets from 1991-2022) and convention souvenirs (tumblers, cups, journals). All products support the recovery journey from food addiction through abstinence-based programming.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• FAA Twelve-Step Recovery Program

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• GreySheeters Anonymous: A 12-step food addiction fellowship requiring abstinence from sugar, flour, and wheat and adherence to a specific weighed-and-measured food plan. Closely parallels FAA's biochemical-disease model and prescriptive eating framework.
• Overeaters Anonymous: The original 12-step fellowship for compulsive overeaters, founded in 1960. Operates a similar peer-support meeting model worldwide with face-to-face, phone, and online meetings, making it the most direct conceptual analog to FAA.
• Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous: A 12-step fellowship specifically for food addiction offering meetings, sponsorship, and a structured food plan. Directly competes with FAA in the same niche of abstinence-based food addiction recovery.

Broad incumbents

• Noom: A digital weight management and behavior change platform that, while not a recovery program, competes for the same consumer demand around food/weight control with a far more scalable app-based model.
• Narcotics Anonymous: A 12-step fellowship for drug addiction that shares the same recovery traditions, sponsorship structure, and meeting infrastructure as FAA, making it a structural and philosophical peer even though the substance focus differs.
• National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA): The largest U.S. nonprofit advocating for people affected by eating disorders. Overlaps with FAA's target population and referral pathways, but operates as an advocacy, education, and helpline organization rather than a peer fellowship.
• SMART Recovery: A secular, science-based alternative to 12-step programs offering self-empowering addiction recovery with online meetings and tools. Represents the main non-12-step peer-support model competing for the same self-help recovery audience.
• Alcoholics Anonymous: The foundational 12-step fellowship on which FAA's program is modeled. Operates a vastly larger global meeting network and represents both the template and the broader peer-recovery category in which FAA sits.
• Weight Watchers (WW): A long-established commercial weight management program serving a mass consumer base. Differs from FAA by emphasizing flexible, points-based eating rather than abstinence, but addresses overlapping food-and-weight concerns.

Emerging players

• Eating Disorders Anonymous: A 12-step fellowship focused broadly on eating disorders (anorexia, bulimia, binge eating). Overlaps with FAA's food-addiction base but addresses a wider and clinically recognized diagnostic set, making it an adjacent rather than direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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