Step 11:"Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood him, praying only for knowledge of his will for us and the power to carry that out.”
Spiritual Principal: Spiritual Awareness
Upcoming Events:

November 2020

Nov 3rd 6:30-7:30pm
Ocean and Bay Intergroup Meeting
Meeting ID: 83110951408 
Password: 247365

Nov 8th 3-4:30pm
OA Virtual Region Workshop
"Abstinence and Keeping it: The Difference Between Abstinence & POE"

Nov 17th 8am-12am
International Day of Experiencing Abstinence
All Day Phone Marathons
Sponsored by Virtual OA
Call: (712) 532 5200
Enter Pin 4285115#

Nov 21st 10:40a-12:30p (EST)
IDEA Day: "Step Into Recovery"
Hosted by SW Florida Intergroup

Nov 22nd 2:00-4:00pm (EST)
Virtual Workshop: Steps 10,11 &12
"Holding On To Recovery"
Hosted by CT Intergroup Via Zoom
Meeting ID: 882 4543 7259
Passcode: 823721
Dial in +1 929 205 6099


Nov 26th (Thanksgiving)

Attitude of Gratitude Meeting: 9:00am
Hosted by Stratford Via Zoom
Zoom Meeting ID: 834 2968 4993
Passcode: 096097

Mass Bay Intergroup Thank-A-Thon:
7 a.m.-1 p.m. Meetings every hour on the hour, last one starts at noon.
Meeting ID: 879 0006 6451 Password: 369375, or call 1-929-205-6099, same ID & password

Phone Marathon Meetings: 8am-12am
Sponsored by Virtual OA
Call: (712) 532 5200
Enter Pin 4285115#

December 2020:


Dec 1st 6:30 -7:30pm
Ocean & Bay Intergroup Meeting
Meeting ID: 83110951408 
Password: 247365

Dec 10th: Hanukkah 8am-12 am
All Day Phone Meetings
Sponsored by Virtual OA
Call: (712) 532 5200
Enter Pin 4285115#

Dec 12th:
Twelfth Step Within Day
All Day Phone Meetings 8am-12am
Sponsored by Virtual OA
Call: (712) 532 5200
Enter Pin 4285115#

Dec 13th 3:00-4:30
OA Virtual Region Workshop:
Young Persons In OA
Meeting ID: 891 6554 0024
Password: 120912

Dec 25th: Christmas 8am-12am
All Day Phone Meetings
Sponsored by Virtual OA
Call: (712) 532 5200
Enter Pin 4285115#

Jan 2021:
Wednesdays 1/6-2/3 6:30-8:30pm
Space is limited to 6 people

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Seventh Tradition
"Every OA group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions."

We appreciate your contributions which help support spreading the message of recovery.

Please mail donations to:
Ocean and Bay Intergroup
Attn: Treasurer
P.O. Box 41273
Providence, RI 02940
OR
Donate via Paypal
OR
Donate to our Venmo account: @OceanandBayIntergroup
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Intergroup Board
CONTACT US  


Vice Chair: John C.

Treasurer: Sandy C.

Recording Sec.: Lisa K.

World Service Delegate:  Kara M.

Region 6 Delegate:  Kara M. 

Newsletter Editor: Samantha J. newsletter.oceanandbay@gmail.com

Public Information/ Professional Outreach: 

Literature:
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Overheard at Meetings:
Tips for cultivating and maintaining an "Attitude of Gratitude"
  • "I tried keeping a gratitude journal but it collected dust, so I found a free gratitude app for my phone that I always have with me!"

  • "I have to maintain consistent conscious contact with my HP through daily prayer or I lose my
way"

  • "Doing service, either in OA or in the community always gets me out of my head and reminds me how lucky I am"

  • "Doing outreach calls and texts to other OA members makes me grateful to have such a wonderful support network of people who "get it".



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11th Step Prayer
Lord, make me a channel of thy peace –
that where there is hatred,
I may bring love –
that where there is wrong,
I may bring the spirit of forgiveness –
that were there is discord,
I may bring harmony –
that where there is error,
I may bring truth –
that where there is doubt,
I may bring faith –
that where there is despair,
I may bring hope –
that where there are shadows,
I may bring light –
that where there is sadness,
I may bring joy.
Lord grant that I may seek rather to comfort than to be comforted –
to understand, than to be understood–
to love, than to be loved.
For it is by self-forgetting that one finds. It is by forgiving that one is forgiven.
It is by dying that one awakens to
Eternal Life.
Amen.
AA Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, page 99

Mission & Vision Ocean & Bay Intergroup is dedicated to supporting individuals in need of recovery from compulsive eating (e.g.: overeating, bulimia, anorexia) through carrying the OA message and empowering all meetings within the Intergroup. 
 
Strategic Goals 
1. Help members strengthen their personal recovery 
2. Increase the number of sponsors 
3. Increase the number of newcomers 
4. Increase the retention of newcomers 
5. Help those in relapse 
6. Inspire people to give more service 
7. Increase outreach activities, including outreach to members and healthcare professionals 

Please note that every effort has been made to adhere to OA's policy for newsletter publications. Opinions and experiences expressed within are those of the individual writer and not OA as a whole. 

REMINDER: This is your newsletter, so please feel free to submit your writing contributions to: oceanandbayig@gmail.com

You are also invited to be one of the members who provides answers for a Q&A. Again, just send us a note to: oceanandbayig@gmail.com