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, 

Reach Out:

Support Within

Every December 12, OA groups and service boards around the world are encouraged to plan events for Twelfth Step Within Day, a day to support the still-suffering compulsive eater within our Fellowship.

Source: oalifeline.org

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Great news!

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

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/

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: https://oa.org/find-a-meeting/?type=1&special_focus=13&sort=ASC&timezone=EST&limit=20&paged=1&submit=true

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 https://oa.org/find-a-meeting/?meeting_id=57371

Atheist, Agnostics, Secular - special focus meetings: https://oa.org/find-a-meeting/?type=1&special_focus=28&sort=ASC&timezone=EST&limit=20&paged=1&submit=true

Bariatric Surgery - https://oa.org/find-a-meeting/?type=1&special_focus=25&sort=ASC&timezone=EST&limit=20&paged=1&submit=true

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

Health Issues - https://oa.org/find-a-meeting/?type=1&special_focus=24&sort=ASC&timezone=EST&limit=20&paged=1&submit=true

LGBTQ special focus meetings for OA: bit.ly/ckslist and https://oa.org/find-a-meeting/?type=1&special_focus=27&sort=ASC&timezone=EST&limit=20&paged=1&submit=true

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