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Welcome to Overeaters Anonymous
(OA) in Silicon Valley, CA.
This is the website of the Silicon Valley Intergroup
of Overeaters Anonymous. Our intergroup represents the OA meetings
in San Jose and most of Santa Clara County, CA.
What is Overeaters Anonymous?
Overeaters Anonymous (OA) offers a program of recovery from compulsive
overeating using the Twelve Steps and
Twelve Traditions of OA. Worldwide
meetings and other tools provide a fellowship of experience, strength
and hope where members respect one another's anonymity. OA charges no
dues or fees; it is self-supporting through member contributions.
Unlike other
organizations, OA is not just about weight loss, obesity or diets; it
addresses physical, emotional and spiritual well-being. It is not a
religious organization and does not promote any particular diet. To
address weight loss, OA encourages members to develop a food plan with a
health care professional and a sponsor. If you want to stop your
compulsive eating, welcome to Overeaters Anonymous. If you are
new to Overeaters Anonymous, check out the information on our "Is
OA for You?" pages.
For Spanish language
information about OA see the Mexico City Intergroup
website
and other contact information
here.
New or Changed OA Meeting:
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Effective immediately, the Tuesday 3:30PM HOW OA Meeting in
Saratoga and the Tuesday Noon OA Meeting in Morgan
Hill have been cancelled.
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The OA Meeting
on Saturday evenings at
6PM will move from San Jose to Santa Clara starting on July
4th. The new location is at the Kaiser Permanente Santa
Clara Medical Center, 710 Lawrence Expressway at Homestead. Park
in Member Parking Lot B; Enter the Homestead West Lobby – 1st Floor
Conference Center 196, Rooms B1 & B2 (on 7/11 & 7/18 the room will
be C1 & C2). A printable
flier for this meeting location change is
here.
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The
Friday 7PM 90-day OA Meeting at
the YMCA in
Saratoga will NOT meet on
July 3rd since the Y will be closing early for the holidays on
that day only.
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Possible Cancellation of Babysitting at the Saturday OA Meeting
- The Saturday 10AM OA Meeting in San Jose at the Holy Redeemer
Church, which currently offers babysitting, is considering
discontinuing the babysitting at the end of July. The problem is
that for a while now, on most Saturday's, no children have been left
with the babysitter. If you feel strongly that we should continue
this service, please come to the steering committee meeting on June
27 at 11:30 AM. At that meeting the final decision will be made
about whether or not to end the babysitting service at the end of
July.
New or Highlighted Events:
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Upcoming
Conventions:
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June 26-28, 2009
- the 2009 OA R2 Convention in Ontario, CA. For
more information and to register by mail see the flyer
here.
For even more information and to register online click on
this link.
You or your meeting can help raise money for R2 to carry the message
by donating items for the Silent Auction for this convention
- see this
flyer for more details.
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Upcoming Days in OA:
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Strengthening Our Recovery
Using Collage in San Francisco on Saturday,
July 18 from 1:00 - 4:00 PM at the Noe Valley Ministry,
1021 Sanchez St. at 23rd St., San Francisco
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12-Step
Marathon in Oakland on Saturday, September 12
from 10AM to 5PM at the First Unitarian Church of Oakland at
685 14th Street.
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Upcoming Retreats:
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"Santa Cruz Summer
Retreat" that is held on Aug 14-16, 2009 in Santa Cruz
at the Villa Maria del Mar. This retreat is sponsored by the
Southern Alameda County Intergroup. $220 shared or $250 private.
The registration flyer is
here or contact Patsy 510-793-0985, Barbara
510-490-7348 or oceanmama45@comcast.net, or Pam 510-888-9456 or
gatitavivian@earthlink.net.
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24th Annual Tahoe Retreat: "Serenity in the Sierras" that is held on
Aug 14-16, 2009 in Tahoe and is sponsored by the Sacramento
Intergroup.
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"OA Men's Retreat" that is held on Nov
6-8, 2009
in Santa Cruz as the Villa Maria del Mar. The
spaces are limited so register early. See this
flyer to
register and for more details.
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6th Annual
Marin County Intergroup of Overeaters Anonymous Retreat | FALL INTO
SERENITY on October
9-11, 2009 in Napa, CA. This
retreat is open only to women who are members of Overeaters
Anonymous and is a full weekend event [download
event flyer ].
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Registration is now
open for next years
"OA Serenity
Retreat" - that will be held on Friday, Apr 30 through
Sunday, May 2, 2010 in Santa Cruz at the Villa Maria del
Mar. The topic is "Stepping through the Arch to Freedom - A friendly walk
through steps four and five" - The registration flyer is
available here.
Very limited single rooms and rooms with an ocean view are
available, so register early if you want one of those rooms - they
are filled on a first come first served basis as determined by the
registration postmark date. This retreat is sponsored by our OA SV
Intergroup.
What's new?
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The report from our
delegates on the 2009 OA World Service Business Conference is
available
here.
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Volunteers needed:
Want a fun and easy way to work on your 12th Step? Share the
promise of physical, emotional, and spiritual recovery to other
compulsive overeaters
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Where: Festival in
the Park
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When: June 20,
2009 - 11 am to 4 pm
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What: Do 2-3 hours
of booth duty
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Where: Hellyer Park
in San Jose
See this
flyer
for more details.
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Three documents that
were used by the leaders at the March 2009 Serenity Retreat
on "Living the Traditions" are available for download
and printing. These documents are:
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A report from the
recent R2 Assembly meeting is available
here.
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The May IG
Meeting Minutes are available
here.
If your meeting does not have an intergroup representative or if the
intergroup representative missed the intergroup meeting, please read
these minutes to find out what is happening at the intergroup
meeting.
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The June Courage Lines
newsletter is available here.
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If you need a temporary
sponsor, check out the information about the Temporary
Sponsorship Program here
or send an email to the
Temporary Sponsor Chairperson.
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There are many audio
files of OA speakers available for download (for free) from the
Sacramento Valley OA Intergroup at this location:
link. See this
link for even more
Downloadable OA Speakers.
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Our intergroup
maintains a speakers list, so if your meeting needs a speaker,
you can use this list to find one. If you are willing to
listed as an available speaker on the list, click this
link_to_volunteer and fill in the email form. To ask the
speaker list chairperson for a copy of the speakers list, click this
link_to_get_the_list.
About
this site:
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To download simpler
quick loading
pages of the meeting schedule to your cell phone or
pda, click this
link or enter the address "oasv.org/mobile" into your mobile browser.
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Check out
Downloadable OA Speakers where many audio files of OA speakers are
available for free over the internet from the
OA LA Intergroup,
Sacramento Valley
Intergroup and from other OA Intergroups and Regions.
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See the
Site-map for more information about
this website.
Contact
Us:
The Silicon Valley Intergroup's address and phone number is:
Silicon Valley Intergroup
P.O. Box 5603
San Jose, CA 95150
(408) 268-7243
You may also send email to the
chairperson of the intergroup. Finally, the
intergroup meets on the 1st Tuesday of each month at 7:15 PM. See the
business meetings events page for the
dates and address of this monthly intergroup meeting - all are welcome. |
