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Overeaters Anonymous
Intergroup of Sonoma County
California
  Sonoma County Intergroup of Overeaters Anonymous
P.O. Box 7092, Santa Rosa, CA 95407
707 538-9770
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OA welcomes anyone suffering from eating disorders - including compulsive overeaters, bulimics, and anorexics. Many of us have found recovery here.

Are you a compulsive overeater?

The OA Preamble:
"Overeaters Anonymous is a Fellowship of individuals who, through shared experience, strength and hope, are recovering from compulsive overeating. We welcome everyone who wants to stop eating compulsively. There are no dues or fees for members; we are self supporting through our own contributions, neither soliciting nor accepting outside donations. OA is not affiliated with any public or private organization, political movement, ideology, or religious doctrine, we take no position on outside issues. Our primary purpose is to abstain from compulsive overeating and to carry this message of recovery to those who still suffer."

Events

What is a Recognition Meeting?

It is a special meeting where recovery chips are handed out for terms of abstinence, beginning with 30 days.  Those receiving chips are invited to share briefly about their program. There is a main speaker with long-term recovery, often from outside Sonoma County, who shares their experience, strength and hope for 30 to 45 minutes. 

This is a bi-monthly, 2nd Saturday, event and is easy to miss, so mark your calendars with the following dates!

Saturdays, 7:00-8:00 PM
July 11th, 2009
September 12th, 2009
November 14th, 2009
January 9th, 2010

Memorial Hospital, 1165 Montgomery Dr, Santa Rosa, conference rooms next to cafeteria.

Chips
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Holiday & Recognition Meeting Schedule

Thanksgiving Day Meetings - TBA

Christmas Day Meeting - TBA

New Years Day Meetings - TBA

Email Tim for more information.

 
Petaluma Meeting Location
Elim Lutheran Church
504 Baker Street
Upstairs and in the youth room on left
   
Santa Rosa Meeting Location
Earl Baum Center
4539 Occidental Road
   
Sonoma Meeting Location
Sonoma Valley Community Church
Corner of 2nd St. East and Chase St
 

Day in OA Stepping into Recovery!

Saturday, September, 2009 - TBA
Step into the New Year with this workshop all about Recover in the OA Program. Three speakers will share their experience strength and hope. Join us at the Earle Baum Center at 4539 Occidental Road.

Sonoma County Intergroup of Overeaters Anonymous
Annual Spring Retreat

Our annual Spring retreat, "Spring into Recovery", takes place Friday, March 5 through Sunday, March 7, 2010, at the Angela Center in Santa Rosa, CA. Final deadline for registration is February 15th, 2010.

Please direct questions concerning the retreat to: retreat@sonomacountyoa.org.

Meetings

Schedule

Service is Carrying the Message!

There are many opportunities to do service in meetings, such as secretary, treasurer, literature person, speaker getter, or intergroup rep. Meetings close not just due to lack of attendance, but lack of those willing to volunteer to do these vital tasks. The next time a slot is announced, please consider raising your hand and making this small commitment.

Help Spread the Message!

Print our new 15 Questions flyer and post it where you feel you can do the most to help our fellow compulsive overeaters, anorexics, and bulimics who haven't heard our message of experience, strength, and hope. Once you print it, please cut along the vertical dotted lines to make it easy for people to tear of the tabs with our contact information. The flyer is in PDF (Adobe Acrobat) format. If you do not have the Acrobat Reader, it is available for free on the net.

Attention Meeting Secretaries and/or Reps:  Please read.

Volunteers needed for the following Public Information Committee (PIC) positions:

Outreach Coordinators
    Create and implement local outreach programs to targeted to youth and teens, Latino community, and other groups.
Distribution Volunteers
    Distribute literature to schools and healthcare professionals.

Note the following meeting updates:

  1. New Location! Step Study/Discussion Meeting, Satudays, 8:15-9:15 AM, Senior Center, corner of Commerce and Hunter Dr, 6800 Hunter Dr, Room C., Rohnert Park, has moved to Church of the Oaks, 175 Page St., Cotati. (8/6/2008)
  2. New Meeting! Literature Meeting, Thursdays, 6:00-7:00 PM, Upstairs at Russian River Counselors' office 19375 Highway 116 (across 116 from the Northwoods Golf Course, one mile northeast on 116 from Monte Rio).
  3. New Room! All meetings at the Community Church Pilgrim House, 1000 Gravenstein Hwy N., Sebastopol, have moved from the Pilgrim House to Classroom 4 (right off the southeast corner of the back church parking lot).
  4. Format Change! The Anorexia/Bulimia Meeting, Thursdays, 6:30-7:30 PM, at The Earle Baum Center of The Blind, 4539 Occidental Rd, Rm 3, in Santa Rosa, has changed to a Big Book Study.

 

Intergroup Meetings

Typically the 4th Monday of the month, here are the upcoming Intergroup Meetings:

Monday, 7:00-8:30 PM
August 5th, 2008
September 22nd, 2008


Memorial Hospital, 1165 Montgomery Dr, Santa Rosa, conference rooms next to cafeteria.

Links

Been Slippin' and Slidin'?

Go to the main OA website for some Program Inspiration. Be sure to check out the pdf file, "Been Slippin' and Slidin'?", for some focused OA reading and writing work for members who may be struggling with "slips", or members in relapse who want to re-commit to their program.. 

2008 OA Region 2 Convention

Revisit the magic of the 2008 OA Region 2 Convention – or listen for the first time if you were unable to get to San Jose the June 27-29th weekend by purchasing CDs or MP3s of the events.

OA PodcastsOA Podcast Logo

To subscribe to the OA podcasts, go to https://www.oa.org/podcast/.

OA Intergroups Outside Sonoma County
Humboldt/Del Norte Counties (Northcoast Intergroup)   707 441-9705
Napa/Solano
707 429-6440
Oakland/Berkeley http://oaeastbay.org/
510 923-9491
San Francisco http://www.oasf.org/
415 436-0651
Marin County
http://www.oamarin.org/
415 927-2245
Mid-Peninsula http://www.oamidpeninsula.org
650 375-0724
Vallejo

707 429-6440
Diablo Valley
http://www.diablovalleyoa.com/ 925 825-0448
Silicon Valley
http://www.oasv.org/
408 268-7243
Sacramento Valley
http://www.sacvalleyoa.org/
916 349-7144
Lake County- Mendocino County

707 459-2265
Ventura/Santa Barbara (Channel Islands Intergroup)
http://oa-ci.org/
 
Hayward-Fremont
http://www.southernalamedacountyoa.org/
510 733-1262

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