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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, Moved or Cancelled Meetings:
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The Thursday Noon OA Meeting
in Palo Alto at the Unitarian Church has been
cancelled.
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There is a NEW
Thursday 10AM
Meeting in Santa Clara at the Community Church, 3536 Monroe St.,
near Lawrence Expressway in Santa Clara. Park at the back
of the church and enter through the back door, go down the hall to
the left to the meeting room. See the printable
flier here for a map and more details.
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The
Saturday 1:30PM
Meeting in San Jose - The 12th Step Within Meeting -
is now meeting twice a month and the location has changed effective
April 5th. On the 1st Saturday of the month it
will be Speaker/Sharing meeting and on the 3rd Saturday it
will be a Literature/ Writing/ Meditation & Sharing meeting.
The new location is: First Congregational Church, 1980 Hamilton
Ave at Leigh Ave., In the courtyard - room 14. See printable
flier here.
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The
Tuesday 10AM
Meeting in Sunnyvale has MOVED to a new
location. It is now at Community Church, 3536 Monroe St.,
near Lawrence Expressway in Santa Clara. Park at the back
of the church and enter through the back door, go down the hall to
the left to the meeting room. See the printable
flier here for a map and more details.
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There is a new
meeting on Tuesdays at Noon
in Morgan Hill at Advent Lutheran Church,
16870 Murphy Ave, Room 9. Focus is literature and gratitude.
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There is a new
meeting on Tuesdays at 4:15 PM
in San Jose at the First Congregational Church, 1980 Hamilton
Ave at Leigh Ave. in the courtyard, room 14. Readings from "Voices
of Recovery" and sharing.
New or Highlighted Events:
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There is a Day in OA
on "Body Image/Relationships/Sexuality" on Saturday
May 17 from 10AM to 4PM in San Mateo at Saint
Andrews Lutheran Church, 1501 S. El Camino Real (at 15th Ave). This
event is sponsored by the OA Mid-Peninsula Intergroup. See the
flyer for more
information.
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Register for the "2008 OA Region 2 Convention"
held June 27 - June 29, 2008
in San Jose, at the DoubleTree Hotel - "Recovery - Together We
Can". SAVE $5 if you register before APRIL 30th!
You can register for this convention on the web (the online
registration form is
here) or by
mail (the printable "paper" registration form is
here).
The official website for the convention is
here.
Please check out
the program for the convention
here. A printable
flyer is
here
and also see
the flyers for the
OA Cafe
and the
Boutique/Silent Auction.
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A special Men's OA
Meeting will be held on Saturday, May 10th, from 12:30 to
2:30 at Dave H.'s house in Alameda. Call Dave at (510)
919-7904 for the address and directions. Bring your bag
lunch at 12:30, the meeting starts at 1 PM. See the
flyer which also
contains information about the "Men's in Recovery Retreat"
on
Oct 24-26, 2008 in Santa Cruz.
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Register for the OA "Men's in Recovery Retreat"
on
the weekend of Oct 24-26, 2008 at the Villa Maria del Mar in Santa Cruz. See the
flyer for more
information and for the registration form.
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You can now register
for the "OA Serenity Retreat" that is held on Apr 25–26,
2009 (Friday-Sunday) in Santa Cruz at the Villa Maria del
Mar - "Living the Traditions…Walking the Talk" - There are
only very limited single rooms available - register early if you
want one of those rooms. This retreat is sponsored by our OA SV
Intergroup. The registration flyer is available
here.
What's new?
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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_list.
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The April 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 April Courage Lines
newsletter is available here:
front
page, back page
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 the
Virtual
Speakers Bureau where many audio files of OA speakers are
available for free over the internet from the
OA LA Intergroup.
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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. |
