Step One: We admitted we were powerless over food—that our lives had become unmanageable.
Spiritual Principal: Honesty
Upcoming Events:





Jan 2021:

Jan 5th: Ocean and Bay Intergroup Meeting
6:30-7:30 Pm
Meeting ID: 83110951408 
Password: 247365

Wednesdays 1/6-2/3 6:30-8:30pm
Space is limited to 6 people
Contact Eileen at eilrecovers@gmail.com
to register


Jan 10th: 3:00-4:30 PM Virtual Region Workshop: "And Practice These Principles in All Our Affairs~ the spiritual principles"
Hosted Via Zoom
Meeting ID: 891 6554 0024
Password: 12091
Registration coming soon!

Jan 23rd: 1:00-4:00PM
Zoom Marathon Hosted by Western Mass Intergroup
"Practicing the 12 Step Principles in all our Affairs"
Zoom Code 2517925996
Password: principles
Call in: 1-646-876-9923
Contact: WMI (413) 783-4198

Jan 30th: 9:30pm-11pm EST
OA 61st Birthday Party
Hosted Via Zoom By Sacramento Valley Intergroup



Feb 2021

Feb 14th: 3-4:30 PM Virtual Region Workshop
"Sought through prayer and meditation: Developing a relationship and an ongoing connection with my Higher Power"
Meeting ID: 891 6554 0024
Password: 120912

Feb 20- 21
2021 Virtual Region Convention
"There is a Solution"
Registration is now open!!

February 24th: 6:30-8:30 PM
Abstinence & Recovery Workshop: Steps 1,2 & 3
Hosted on Zoom by Southeastern CT Intergroup
More details to come

Feb 28th: 1:00-4:00 PM
Hosted Virtually on Zoom by Mass Bay Intergroup
Registration Required
To Register, email: OASCMI@gmail.com


March


March 6th: All Day
Young Person's Retreat
"Seeking Psychic Change"
This event is seeking volunteers!
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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 Delegates: Diane C Chair.oceanandbay@gmail.com
Nancy H

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

Public Information/ Professional Outreach: 

Literature:
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Two new pamphlets are available for sale!
Both were adopted at WSBC 2020 and both are available in print from the OA bookstore and as e-books from digital publishing platforms.
 
 
New! In OA, Recovery is Possible: About Compulsive Eating and the OA Program of Recovery
Now available, In OA, Recovery is Possible: About Compulsive Eating and the OA Program of Recovery (#135), takes the vital introductory information present in Questions and Answers, A Program of Recovery, and Compulsive Overeating: An Inside View—all now discontinued—and distills them into a single pamphlet that focuses more intently on defining compulsive eating and answering questions about the basics of our recovery program. Compulsive Overeating: An Inside View will remain included in the Professional Presentation Folder (#870). Conveniently, In OA, Recovery is Possible has now been released as both a print pamphlet in our OA bookstore and as an e-book on Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble Nook, and Apple Books platforms for US$2.00. 
  
New! A Lifetime of Abstinence: One Day at a Time 
A Lifetime of Abstinence: One Day at a Time (#155) dives more deeply into the details of what abstinence looks like on a daily basis, combining and replacing the discontinued pamphlets A Commitment to Abstinence, Before You Take That First Compulsive Bite, Remember …, and Maintaining a Healthy Body Weight. A Lifetime of Abstinence: One Day at a Time gives newcomers and members practical suggestions for how to build and develop a recovery program as well as compassionate advice on the multifaceted disease that is compulsive eating. This pamphlet is now available both in print on the OA bookstore and as an e-book on Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble, Nook, and Apple Books platforms for US$1.00
 

 
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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