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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.
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Holiday & Recognition Meeting Schedule |
Thanksgiving Day Meetings - TBA |
Christmas Day Meeting - TBA |
New Years Day Meetings - TBA |
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Email Tim for more information.
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| Petaluma Meeting Location |
| Elim Lutheran Church |
| 504 Baker Street |
| Upstairs and in the youth room on left |
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| Santa Rosa Meeting Location |
| Earl Baum Center |
| 4539 Occidental Road |
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| Sonoma Meeting Location |
| Sonoma Valley Community Church |
| Corner of 2nd St. East and Chase St |
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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.
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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 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:
- 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)
- 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! 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 Podcasts
To subscribe to the OA podcasts, go to https://www.oa.org/podcast/.
Contacts
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