OA South Bay Intergroup

Local Meetings

The South Bay Intergroup of Overeaters Anonymous serves the entire South Bay area with meetings in Gardena, Inglewood, Lakewood, Long Beach, Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach, San Pedro, Seal Beach, and Torrance, California.

South Bay Intergroup is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.  All donations are tax deductible. 

According to OA's Seventh Tradition "...financial support of OA is our responsibility as members of the Fellowship.  We don't ask for or accept support from outside sources."* Therefore, please consider donating only if you are a member of the Overeaters Anonymous fellowship.
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  * ..Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous, p. 162

Overeaters Anonymous is a fellowship of individuals who, through shared experience, strength, and hope are recovering from compulsive overeating. We welcome everyone who wants to stop eating compulsively.

There are no dues or fees for members; we are self-supporting through our own contributions, neither soliciting nor accepting outside donations. OA is not affiliated with any public or private organization, political movement, ideology, or religious doctrine; we take no position on outside issues.
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Our primary purpose is to abstain from compulsive eating and compulsive food behaviors and to carry the message of recovery through the Twelve Steps of OA to those who still suffer.

To the Newcomer

Overeaters Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women from all walks of life who meet in order to help solve a common problem - compulsive overeating, which includes obesity, anorexia and bulimia. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop eating compulsively.

​Please read "Our Invitation to You", check out our website and attend a meeting. Whatever your problem with food, OA welcomes you.

OA Related Announcements

• URGENT:  SBI INTERGROUP MEETING RESCHEDULED TO APRIL 27
  Passover falls on April 20, which happens to be the date of our next scheduled Intergroup Meeting.  The JCC, where we hold our meeting, will be closed.  As a result, the April Intergroup Meeting will now be held​ on Saturday, April 27, in Room 27.  Executive Board 9:00 AM; General meeting 9:30 AM.
  
  
• CARRY THE MESSAGE OF RECOVERY
  Now you can sign up online to be listed on the new OA South Bay Intergroup speaker list.  The list is currently being compiled by our Vice-Chair, Ken S., and will be available to the meeting "speaker-seekers" in the near future.  It's easy, just go to this page and do it today.
  
  
• SAVE THE DATE
  Meditation Workshop, Sponsored by South Bay Intergroup
  Location:  The Gathering @ First Lutheran Church
   905 Atlantic Ave., Long Beach, CA 90813
  Date:  Saturday, May 18, 2019
  ​Time: 2:00 to 5:00 PM
  Contact:  Eileen C. D. 562-212-9265 or events.oasbig@gmail.com
  ​For more information

• HAVING A BIRTHDAY? Be recognized and inspire your fellow travelers...
  After your next birthday, send your first name, last initial, and number of years to editor.oasbig@gmail.com to be included in the next Free Flight newsletter. 

Meeting Spotlight

Literature Meeting, Mondays 7:00 to 8:00 PM
Christ Lutheran Church, 6500 E. Stearns St., Long Beach, CA
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This literature meeting assembles in a small, cozy room, which has a comfy sofa and a club chair as well as an actual padded church pew. The intimate setting is conducive to open, honest sharing and a genuine feeling of fellowship and camaraderie.

This year the meeting is focusing on Voices of Recovery, one of OA’s daily readers. The format calls for the leader to read the page of the day, which is then used as the topic for discussion. Typically, there are approximately 10 to 12 members present, and generally all who attend have the opportunity to share. Pitches are timed at three minutes with one minute remaining to wrap up.

It's a great way to start off the week in recovery. Join us!

For $30, subscribers to OA's Lifeline Magazine get one year of access to new Lifeline stories published ten times per year, plus the complete archive of hundreds of stories published since January 2016. To subscribe, fill out the registration form here.

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