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.  All donations are tax deductible. Maximum individual contribution: $2000/yr.

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." 
   ..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's 59th Birthday Party Celebration

"Building an Arch to Freedom"
JANUARY 18-20, 2019 -- LAX Hilton
​Event is sponsored by the Los Angeles Intergroup of OA.  

OA Related Announcements

• Save the Date:  Saturday, March 2, 2019  ​
  ​South Bay Intergroup will be sponsoring a special meeting by candlelight focusing on the "Promises."  The meeting will be held on Saturday, March 2, 2019, from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM at the Christ Lutheran Church, 6500 E. Stearns St., Long Beach, CA. The format of the meeting will include brief pitches from each of 12 members of the fellowship sharing on how one of the promises has come true in his/her life as a result of working the steps.
  
  
• Intergroup Meeting Date Change for January
  ​The date for the January intergroup meeting has been changed from January 19 to
  January 26, 2019, to avoid conflict with the OA Birthday Party,
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• NEW! 32-page pamphlet from World Service entitled "Where Do I Start?" (Everything a Newcomer Needs to Know) replaces the previous Newcomer Packet.  It's only $1.00.  Check it out here.
  
  
• Service Opportunity:  South Bay Intergroup needs a Special Events Chairperson.
  ​For more information, contact Andrea F. (intergroup chairperson) at  chair.oasbig@gmail.com;  for position requirements, contact Myrrh H. (intergroup parliamentarian) at parliamentarian.oasbig@gmail.com. Or, simply show up at our next Intergroup meeting and volunteer. 

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Are You Between 18 and 30?

• Join us on the new OA Young Persons' focus phone meeting.  Connect with other OAers across the world like yourself! Download Flyer for more details and instructions on how to connect to the meeting.​
  
  
• Attend the Face-to-Face Young Person's meeting in the South Bay on Tuesdays at 7:00 PM at the United Methodist Church, 540 Main St., El Segundo, CA (enter off Mariposa St.)  Map ​
  
  
• Listen to a reading of OA's pamphlet "To The Teen."

• Listen to an interview with 21-year-old Kaitlin who talks about her relationship with food and her recovery in Overeaters Anonymous from bulimia, anorexia, and compulsive eating. ​

• ​​Link up to find out more about the Young Persons of OA by visiting their Facebook page here.