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The 12 Steps Within Group starting in person November 5th

The 12 Steps Within group in East Greenwich has switched back to an in person meeting. It will be held every Saturday from 10:00am – 11:00am starting November 5, 2022. The meeting is held at St Lukes Church 99 peirce street, East Greenwich, RI 02818.

For directions, click here

New in-person OA Brown Book meeting

This meeting is open to all and any who desire to stop eating compulsively. The primary text is Overeaters Anonymous, the beloved Brown Book: stories of physical, emotional, and spiritual recovery reflecting the practice of the twelve steps.

Mondays, 10-11 am.

Angel Hall, Enders Island Retreat Center, 

Voices of Recovery

Voices of Recovery, Second Edition Arrives in Print and Digital Formats

Great news! The long-awaited second edition of OA’s beloved daily reader Voices of Recovery is finally available, both in our OA bookstore and online digital platforms. The second edition has been attentively reviewed and edited to bring its daily meditations—sourced directly from the testimonials of OA members—into alignment with OA’s currently available literature and policies. Physical copies can be obtained in our bookstore at bookstore.oa.org, inventory number #986-2, and digital downloads are available for purchase on the following platforms:

Amazon Kindle: Click Here

Barnes and Noble Nook: Click Here

Apple Books: coming soon

Here is the direct link to the OA bookstore page: Click Here

12 Steps to a Better Holiday Season

1. We admitted the holiday season has a deeper meaning than devouring food.
2. We came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could help us see and celebrate the true meaning of the season.
3. We came to believe our Higher Power could help us appreciate the joyfulness of the season as we understand it.
4. We made a searching and thorough examination of our relationship with food during the holidays and other things we enjoy about the season.
5. We admitted to our Higher Power the exact nature of our food habits during holiday seasons past.
6. We became entirely ready to allow our Higher Power to remove our attachment to food as a necessity of the holidays.
7. We humbly asked Him to remove our desire to partake of holiday treats.
8. We made a list of all persons whose presence makes the holiday season joyful for us and with whom we would like to share our joy.
9. We made plans to spend time with those people whenever possible, except when to do so would remove us from our primary purpose of abstinence.
10. We continued to enjoy the company of friends and family and other nonfood aspects of the season.
11. We sought through prayer and meditation to improve our appreciation of the season, praying for knowledge of its meaning and the joy we feel at this time.
12. Having realized that sharing the joy of this season with others far outlasts the fleeting pleasure of food, we gave ourselves the gift of abstinence throughout the holidays and gave others the gift of our full attention and appreciation.

Lifeline, November 2007

Thank You Cherry Hill NJ OA Big Book Study

If you want a nice shot in the arm to boost your program try listening to the Cherry Hill NJ OA Big Book Study. The live zoom is Sunday mornings at 10am and they tape the speaker each week, so just CLICK HERE and sit back and enjoy.

Now Rhode Island, Southeastern Massachusetts and Southeastern Connecticut OA fits into your pocket

We have a new website! It takes a lot of time to do this, thank you to all involved for your service and look forward to sharing the new look further down the road. The meetings are much easier to access from a cell phone as well.

Give it a try: https://oceanandbay.org/

Ocean and Bay Intergroup Mtg

January 3 6:30-7:30 pm

ALL ARE WELCOME

Zoom Meeting Link

Meeting ID: 831 1095 1408

Passcode: 247365

SPECIAL FOCUS MEETINGS

You are welcome at any OA meeting, and we hope you’ll try many of the meetings on our Connecticut Intergroup and oa.org meeting lists! Some of our members find they also benefit from OA meetings with members who share similar experiences, so we are sharing this list of some of the special focus resources that are available in OA.

100 Pounders: Click Here

American Sign Language & Closed Caption – This meeting offers ASL interpretation Tuesdays at 8:00 pm Eastern: ASL Tues 8pm

Anorexics and Bulimics in OA – special focus meetings: Anorexics/Bulimics in OA

Asian-Pacific Islander OA Click Here

Atheist, Agnostics, Secular - special focus meetings: Click Here

Bariatric Surgery - Click Here

BIPOC (Black, Indigenous & People of Color) – special focus meetings: BIPOC Intergroup

Health Issues - Click Here

LGBTQ special focus meetings for OA: bit.ly/ckslist and Click Here

OAMen.org is dedicated to distributing information about meetings, resources, and support for men in OA: Men in OA

Young People in OA – resources for those under 30 who suffer from compulsive eating include Meetings for young persons and https://oa.org/young-people/

For more special focus meetings, you can go to OA.org:

• go to Find a Meeting 
• select a type of meeting (face-to-face, online, telephone, or non-real-time)
• click on "additional search options" and select the desired special focus