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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.
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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
March 27, 2010 (note different date)
May 8, 2010
July 10, 2010
Memorial Hospital, 1165 Montgomery Dr, Santa Rosa, conference rooms next to cafeteria.
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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 March 1, 2010. Get details and registration form by dowloading the flier (pdf).
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:
- 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.
- 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).
- 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).
- Format Change! This is now a Book Study Meeting, Thursdays, 6:30-7:30 PM, at The Earle Baum Center of The Blind, 4539 Occidental Rd, Rm 3, in Santa Rosa.
Intergroup Meetings
Typically the 4th Monday of the month, here are the upcoming Intergroup Meetings:
Mondays, 7:00-8:30 PM
February 22, 2010
March 22, 2010
April 26, 2010
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..
OA Podcasts
To subscribe to the OA podcasts, go to https://www.oa.org/podcast/.
Contacts
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