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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, Cancelled or Changed OA Meetings:
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If you are Starting
a new meeting, please email the information
here.
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The Saturday 4pm
meeting at Kaiser Santa Clara is back. See listing for
directions.
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The Saturday am
Women's meeting has changed locations. Click this
link for map and
directions.
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New OA 90 meeting in
San Francisco on Sundays at 5pm. See Sunday meeting listings for
details.
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New Spanish Speaking
meeting. Tuesdays at 7:00 pm. See Tuesday meeting listings for
details.
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New OA 90 Spanish
Speaking meeting. Fridays a 7:00 pm. See Friday meeting listings
for details
New or Highlighted Events:
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Conventions:
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OA World Service
Convention will also celebrate OA's 50th birthday with a
theme of "Now Playing-50 Years of OA Recovery". It is on
August 26-29, 2010 in Los Angeles at the Hilton Los
Angeles Airport Hotel. Hotel reservations can be made now and
registrations for the convention will be available soon. Click
this link for more information.
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Retreats:
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The
"OA Men's Retreat" will be held on
Friday-Sunday, October 29-31, 2010 in Santa Cruz as the Villa Maria del
Mar. The spaces are limited, especially for single rooms, so register early.
See this
flyer
to register and for more details.
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2011 Serenity
retreat. April 29th-May 1st, 2011. click
here for
flyer.
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Days in OA/Workshops
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Other:
What's new?
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The June 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 July 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.
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WSO Business
Conference : Click this
link to
read the wrap-up report and this
link to read the
Forum Notes .
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.
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