Author Archives: OA Dallas

We Need Your help! Please!

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Our Dallas Metroplex Intergroup has an urgent appeal for the following service positions:

Public information committee chair: 90 day abstinence requirement

Letters of Hope committee chair: 90 day abstinence requirement

Board Advisor: 1 year abstinence requirement

Institutions: 90 day abstinence requirement

Alternate Delegate: 1 year abstinence and service above group level

Also In November: new Delegate will be needed, 1 year abstinence and service above group level requirement

Also in July: New webmaster will be needed, 90 day abstinence requirement

Please consider doing service if you have the abstinence requirements listed.  You can nominate yourself when you attend the next meeting: Sunday, October 21, 1pm – 2pm at the Dallas Metroplex Intergroup Office, 331 Melrose, Suite 120 Richardson, TX 75080 

If you have any questions contact Dianne at spiritualoalady@gmail.com or Penni at penni.phelps@verizon.net.

What’s a strong meeting?

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Are you interested in creating a strong meeting?  Our World Service delegates answered a questionnaire regarding what makes a Strong meeting.  Click here for that summary. 
You can ask your own membership to answer these these questions and talk about making changes during your next group conscious meeting.
Question #1:  Think about an OA meeting you attend regularly that strengthens your recovery, shares helpful experience and gives you renewed hope. Consider the possible characteristics of a meeting listed below and indicate if your meeting includes them. Mark “HAS” if it does, “Does NOT Have” if it is not a feature of your meeting, or Not Sure
  1. Growing (more members)
  2. Abstinent members
  3. Evidence of physical recovery
  4. Available sponsors
  5. Focus on OA recovery using the 12 Steps
  6. Regular group conscience meetings (business meetings)
  7. Fellowship before/after the meeting
  8. Represented at Intergroup
  9. Service positions are filled
  10. Traditions are followed

Question #2:  Now pick just 3 of these traits you think contribute the most to making this meeting a strong meeting.

Want to strengthen unity in your group?

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We have a new brochure available to help your group grow strong!

Click here for the full brochure

Here’s OA’s Unity with Diversity Policy:

THE FELLOWSHIP encourages and promotes acceptance and inclusivity. All are welcome to join OA and are not excluded because of race, creed, nationality, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other trait. We welcome all who share our compulsion.

THE FELLOWSHIP of Overeaters Anonymous recognizes the existence of individual approaches and different structured concepts to working our Twelve- Step program of recovery; that the Fellowship is united by our disease and our common purpose; and that individual differences in approach to recovery within our Fellowship need not divide us

THE FELLOWSHIP respects the rights of individuals, groups, and service bodies to follow a particular concept of recovery within Overeaters Anonymous and encourages each member, group, and service body to also respect those rights as they extend the embracing hand of Fellowship to those who still suffer.

THE FELLOWSHIP encourages each duly registered group and service body
to affirm and maintain the Twelve Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous
by allowing any member to share his or her experience, strength, and hope in meetings regardless of the individual approach or specific concept that member may follow. Duly registered is defined as being in full compliance with Bylaws, Subpart B, Article V.

(Business Conference Policy 1992a, amended 2013)

Click here for the full brochure

Acceptance is the Key

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The 2018 Fall Region III Convention & Assembly of Overeaters Anonymous, in conjunction with Colorado State OA Convention invites you to join them for this weekend of workshops focused on YOUR recovery.  

Click here for the flyer

Friday, October 12 thru- Sunday, October 14, 2018

Register NOW at  oasoutherncolorado.org

Early bird saving ONLY apply until September 12th