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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
adddress 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 8:30am Saturday meeting at El Camino Hospital is moved from Conference Room B to Room C.
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The 4pm meeting on
Saturdays at Kaiser hospital is no longer meeting.
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The Friday evening meeting at Kaiser Santa Clara has been moved a half-hour earlier, now from 7:30pm to 8:30pm. See Friday's meeting list for further details.
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The 10 am meeting on
Thursdays at Community Church is now closed.
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The Sunday 6:00 Step Study at Holy Redeemer Church could use some attendance support.
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The Thursday 9:30 am meeting with focus on Anorexia and Bulimia could use some attendance support. See details on location here.
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The 6:00 Step Study at Holy Redeemer Church could use some attendance support.
New Women's-Only meeting with sexuality focus, Sundays 7-8 pm at Unitarian Church, 505 E. Charleston Rd, Room 6, Palo Alto, Call 650-948-1610 for more information.
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New 90 day Spanish
speaking meeting. Wednesdays 7:15 - 8:15 beginning 4-20-11. See
Wednesday's meeting listing for
more info.
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The Wednesday 7:30
pm Meeting at Holy Redeemer Church is now closed .
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The Saturday 8:30 am
in Mountain View is moving from the YMCA to El Camino Hospital.
See the Saturday meeting listings for details.
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The Thursday night 7
pm meeting in Hollister is now closed.
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The Thursday night
7:30 pm big book study at San Jose Christian Reformed Church needs
support. See flyer
here.
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The Thursday 7 am
meeting in Redwood City is cancelled.
- The Thursday 2 pm meeting in Palo Alto is cancelled.
New or Highlighted Events:
What's new?
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The new Intergroup
bylaws and charter are now posted in the "OASV Docs" section.
See the bylaws here and
charter here.
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The January 2012 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 January 2012 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.
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