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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Preamble 12 Steps 12 Traditions Links Service Meetings Contacts Web Site FAQOA welcomes anyone suffering from eating disorders - including compulsive overeaters, bulimics, and anorexics. Many of us have found recovery here.
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! Saturday, 7:00-8:00 PM |
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Sonoma County
Intergroup of Overeaters Anonymous
Annual Spring Retreat
Our annual Spring retreat, whose new theme was "Spring into Recovery", took place Friday, March 7 through Sunday, March 9, 2008, at the Angela Center in Santa Rosa, CA. Visit again for news on our 2009 retreat. Details to follow here. Informational fliers will be distributed at meetings in late October/early November. Download the old flier (pdf).
Please direct questions concerning the retreat to: retreat@sonomacountyoa.org.
Non-Sonoma County Intergroup Retreats
Listed in the spirit of cooperation:None currently listed.
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.
John S
webmaster@sonomacountyoa.org
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:
- New Location! Women’s
Focus Meeting, Satudays, 10:30-Noon, Fulton Campus Memorial Hospital,
Santa Rosa, has moved to Christ Church United Methodist, 1717 Yulupa
Ave, Rm 8.
- New Location! Speaker, Topic Discussion Meeting, Fridays, 6:30-7:30 PM, Memorial Hospital, Fulton Campus, in Santa Rosa, has moved to The Earle Baum Center of The Blind, 4539 Occidental Rd, Rm 3, in Santa Rosa, 3/4 miles West of Occidental and Fulton Rds.
- New Location! Anorexia/Bulimia Meeting, Thursdays, 6:30-7:30 PM, Memorial Hospital, Fulton Campus, in Santa Rosa, has moved to The Earle Baum Center of The Blind, 4539 Occidental Rd, Rm 3, in Santa Rosa, 3/4 miles West of Occidental and Fulton Rds.
Intergroup Meetings
Typically the 4th Monday of the month, here are the upcoming Intergroup Meetings:
Monday, 7:00-8:30 PM
April 28th, 2008
May 24th, 2008
Memorial Hospital, 1165 Montgomery Dr, Santa Rosa, conference
rooms next to cafeteria.
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."
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..
- www.oa.org - OA's Main Web Site
- www.oar2.org - OA Region 2 (California, Hawaii, Mexico, Northern Nevada)
- Email to Region 2 Young People
| OA Intergroups Outside
Sonoma County |
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| Humboldt/Del Norte Counties (Northcoast Intergroup) | http://oanorthcoast.org/ | 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.dvig.org |
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 |
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| Ventura/Santa Barbara (Channel Islands
Intergroup) |
http://oa-ci.org/ |
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| Hayward-Fremont |
http://www.southernalamedacountyoa.org/ |
510 733-1262 |
- Sonoma Serenity Newsletter Editor - email: serenityedit@sonomacountyoa.org
- Submissions for next newsletter due on the 15th of the month
- Public Information Committee - email: pic@sonomacountyoa.org
- Intergroup Committee - email: ig@sonomacountyoa.org
- Retreat questions - email: retreat@sonomacountyoa.org