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Palm Beach Connection Get Connected - Stay Connected A spiritual principle is associated with each of the Twelve Steps. The Principles in the Twelve Steps (as listed in Step Twelve of The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous) Step One: Honesty Step Two: Hope Step Three: Faith Step Four: Courage Step Five: Integrity Step Six: Willingness Step Seven: Humility Step Eight: Self-discipline Step Nine: Love for others Step Ten: Perseverance Step Eleven: Spiritual Awareness Step Twelve: Service Step Eleven: Spiritual Awareness “Those Who Are Prone To Stuff Themselves With Food That Makes Their Bodies Unsightly Are Refusing The Food That Satisfies And Soothes The Unhappy Soul Within.” Overeaters Anoymous, Second Edition p. 243 Voices of Recovery, page 44 Spiritual Principles in the Twelve Steps Palm Beach County Intergroup November 2012 Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out. “In OA we share a belief that we can each recover through a spiritual relationship with a power which is greater than ourselves alone.” The Tweleve Steps and Twelve Tradions of Overeaters Anonymous, p.91 The variety of religious, non-religious, and irreligious backgrounds in OA is truly impressive. We don’t have to agree to disagree. What we all agree on is a reliance on a power which can relieve us, one day at a time, of this horrible disease. Relief from the burdens of compulsive overeating is only the beginning. Step Eleven is both a practical necessity and a spiritual dream come true. Voices of Recovery page 230 Tradition of the Month Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio, films, television, and other public media of communication.
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Palm Beach ConnectionGet Connected - Stay Connected
A spiritual principle is associated with each of the Twelve Steps.
The Principles in the Twelve Steps (as listed in Step Twelve of The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous)
Step One: HonestyStep Two: HopeStep Three: FaithStep Four: CourageStep Five: IntegrityStep Six: WillingnessStep Seven: HumilityStep Eight: Self-disciplineStep Nine: Love for othersStep Ten: PerseveranceStep Eleven: Spiritual AwarenessStep Twelve: Service
Step Eleven:Spiritual Awareness“Those Who Are Prone To Stuff Themselves With Food That Makes Their Bodies Unsightly Are Refusing The Food That Satisfies And Soothes The Unhappy Soul Within.”Overeaters Anoymous, Second Edition p. 243Voices of Recovery, page 44
Spiritual Principles in the
Twelve Steps
OA Network Phone Numbers Call before you take that 1st bite!The telephone helps us avoid the isolation which is so common among us, an immediate outlet for those hard-to-handle highs & lows we all experience. Here are members willing to take calls at indicated times.
7:30 - 9 AM Karen 561-706-1743
7:30 - 9 AM Marcella 561-451-8758
6:00 - 8 PM Bonnie 561-477-4950
9 AM - 7 PM Adrienne 561-333-7764
9 AM - 9 PM Roberta 561-776-6371
9 AM - 9 PM Elaine 561-715-1535 Palm Beach County
Overeaters Anonymous IntergroupP.O. Box 31512
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33420(561) 820-9242 or (800) 273-1696
(I.G. #09233) www.OAPalmBeachFL.org
Your Trusted Servants...Chair: Roberta 776-6371 [email protected]: Barbara T 471-2825 [email protected]: Sue F 889-2733 [email protected]: Elaine R 715-1535 [email protected]
Palm Beach County Overeaters Anonymous IntergroupPO 31512, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33420 (561) 820-9242 or (800) 273-1696 www.OAPalmBeachFL.org
TOWN TIME FORMAT LOCATION GRP # CONTACT PHONE
SUNDAYBoynton 10:00 AM BB - L JCC/Ross - 8500 Jog Road, 2nd Flr. Boardroom, left of elev. 46092 Janice 740-0777Delray 10:15 AM BB - L Crossroads Club - 1700 Lake Ida Road 38884 Lois K. 499-0278NPB 11:00 AM VR 450 Northlake Blvd, Suite 8 34780 Kat 844-3165Delray 11:30 AM FT Crossroads Club - 1700 Lake Ida Road 35759 Elaine R. 715-1535Delray 6:00 PM S Crossroads Club - 1700 Lake Ida Rd. Meeting Room “E” 50840 Carol 908-400-2232
MONDAYPBG 7:30 AM A - L Metropolitan Community Church - 4857 Northlake Blvd 40008 Marc 687-3000Delray 10:00 AM OA - S Crossroads Club - 1700 Lake Ida Road 52298 Joyce 496-5718Boynton 7:00 PM BB-S-D Newport Place - 4733 NW 7th Court off Hypoluxo & I-95- Activites Rm 52342 Adrienne 333-7764 Boca 7:30 PM B - D Regents Park Nursing Home - 6363 Verde Trail @ Powerline 27229 Bobbie 477-7914
TUESDAYBoca 10:00 AM S Good Sheppard Lutheran Church - 6301 SW 18th Street 02797 Laura 954-415-2044 PBG 7:00 PM S - YF St. Marks School - 3395 Burns Road, Teacher Lounge Rm 315 16767 Sue 627-7286
WEDNESDAYPBG 7:30 AM BB Metropolitan Community Church - 4857 Northlake Blvd 47274 Roberta 776-6371Boca 10:00 AM B-SP-D Science of the Mind, 2 SW 12th Avenue 30002 Karen F. 706-1743
THURSDAYDelray 10:00 AM OA Crossroads Club - 1700 Lake Ida Road 12761 Sondra 865-9220Boca 6:15 PM MS - S Regents Park Nursing Home - 6363 Verde Trail @ Powerline 49620 Eric 292-3874Juno 7:00 PM BB Ocean View Methodist Church, Rm 56, downstairs 50685 Sari 389-6960Boca 7:30 PM DA Our Lady of Lourdes Church - 22094 Lyons Road, Room 118 OO903 Evelyn 361-4359
FRIDAYPBG 7:30 AM S Metropolitan Community Church - 4857 Northlake Blvd 45513 Georgeann 753-9126Delray 10:00 AM VR Crossroads Club - 1700 Lake Ida Road 48439 Sondra 865-9220Delray 11:15 AM S Crossroads Club - 1700 Lake Ida Road 50607 Elaine R. 715-1535
SATURDAYWPB 9:15 AM SAM -C St. Christophers - NW corner Haverhill & Belvedere - Cottage 22005 Leenie 205-427-5695Delray 9:30 AM B - SP Crossroads Club - 1700 Lake Ida Road 21364 Doris 499-9025Boca 9:30 AM B - SP Good Sheppard Lutheran Church - 6301 SW 18th Street 39822 Phyllis 994-8664WPB 10:30 AM B - SP St. Christophers - NW corner Haverhill & Belvedere - Cottage 17646 Isabelle 667-2871
A =OA Abstinence Book, B =Beginners, BB=Big Book, C = Open to those who wish to stop compulsively except on last Sat of the month open to everyoneD =Discussion/Topic, DA=Abstinence Discussion, OA=Overeaters Anonymous Book 2nd Edition
FT =For Today, L =Literature, MS =Men’s Support, S =Step, SAM =Support a Member, SP =Speaker, V =Varies, VR=Voices of Recovery, YF=Youth Friendly
Please email meeting changes and corrections to Bonnie S. at [email protected]
For Meeting in Broward County go to: goldcoast.oagroup.org • For Meetings in Miami-Dale County go to: oamiami.org
5 - 10 PM Lynn 561-509-6092
9 - 11 PM Susan Z 561-734-1575
10 - 11 PM Doris 561-499-9025
11PM - 2 AM Diane 561-739-8611
12 - 2 AM Mike 561-305-1462
Palm Beach County Intergroup
Excerpt from Tradition TenOA has excitement enough to offer, as we hopeless comp~~lsivovee reatersrecover through the miracle of the twelve steps. This couldnot happen if we allowed outside issues to turn our Fellowship into aplatform for debate. For this reason, the tenth tradition of having noopinion on outside issues is one of our most carefully guarded practicesin OA.The TweLve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Overeaters Anonynlous. p. 191
November 2012
Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood
Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.“In OA we share a belief that we can each recover through a spiritual relationship with a power which is greater than ourselves alone.”
The Tweleve Steps and Twelve Tradions of Overeaters Anonymous, p.91
The variety of religious, non-religious, and irreligious backgrounds in OA is truly impressive. We don’t have to agree to disagree. What we all agree on is a reliance on a power which can relieve us, one day at a time, of this horrible disease. Relief from the burdens of compulsive overeating is only the beginning. Step Eleven is both a practical necessity and a spiritual dream come true.
Voices of Recovery page 230
Tradition of the MonthOur public relations policy is based on attraction rather
than promotion; we need always maintain personalanonymity at the level of press, radio, films, television,
and other public media of communication.
Calendar of EventsNovember 17, 2012 Intergroup Meeting Saturday, 11:15 AM Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Boca Raton
November 17, 2012 Gratitude LuncheonSaturday, Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Boca Raton
Nov 30 - Dec 2, 2012OA’s 3rd Annual Spiritual Retreat
To get your events listed here email [email protected]
Editorial Policy: This is your newsletter. We are always interested in your contributions, comments & experience in the OA way of life. Publication of any contributions or editorial opinions does not imply endorsement by OA as a whole, but by the individuals who wrote them. Materials submitted cannot be returned. We reserve the right to edit & it is understood that other OA groups, may reprint all copy. Submissions not included in the newsletter may be used in a later issue. Please email submissions to [email protected]. DEADLINE FOR NEXT EDITION IN NOVEMBER 3rd 2012
I just completed one year of service as the Chair for our Intergroup and it’s been an incredible experience. I had the opportunity to travel to Medellin, Colombia last November and participate as a representative in their wonderful Region Assembly and Business Convention. Sharing my experience, strength, and hope with all the members there rekindled their faith and mine in our recovery program. Representing Palm Beach in Raleigh, S.C. and in Miami enabled me to meet other Intergroup Chairs and share ideas. It was exciting to bid on the Convention for next July and we are all busy with that!!
It was an honor to attend the Annual World Service Business Conference last May in New Mexico and give service on this level. It was wonderful meeting fellows from all over the world who share this disease, and see that we are living in the SOLUTION and are ABSTINENT. I’m on the Literature Committee and have the privilege of working on Overeaters Anonymous Edition 3.
Giving service has given me a chance to learn, grow, work with others, and strengthen my commitment to abstinence. Abstinence is such an important part of my life, and to give service reinforces how all the tools help my recovery. I encourage each and every one of you to come to our Intergroup meeting once a month to see how the traditions come alive and see the camaraderie, fellowship and FUN we have. Recovery is HARD WORK, but we can have an enjoyable time as we’re working our programs.
I pray that all of us have a happy, abstinent, and blessed Thanksgiving.
Thank you for letting me give service,
Roberta“My disease—the craving for excess food—has beaten me. But it is no match for the combined forces of my Higher Power, the OA Fellowship and my desire to stop.” For Today p. 102
Chair’s Share
Palm Beach County Intergroup #09233Treasurer Report September 20123I
Mailing address for contributions and correspondence: P.O. Box 31512 Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33420 (561) 820-9242 or (800) 273-1696 (I.G. #09233) www.OAPalmBeachFL.org
The OA PromiseI put my hand in yours,...and together we can do what we could never do alone! No longer is there a sense of hopelessness, no longer must we each depend upon our own unsteady willpower. We are all together now, reaching out our hands for power and strength greater than ours, and as we join hands, we find love and understanding beyond our wildest dreams.
“. . . some of us have supplemented our OA program with therapy from qualified professionals. . .” - The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous, p. 51
Becoming abstinent and working the Steps brought my deeper psychological problems to the surface, so my sponsor suggested that I seek outside help. I was blessed to find a therapist who was also a member of a Twelve-Step program. I learned that by using the principles of the program in tandem with therapy, the favorable results multiplied.
Before each session I would pray, “God, I am powerless overmy emotional and mental state. Please guide and direct this session. Give me the courage to speak my truth without censoring. Provide my therapist with the knowledge and insight that will best facilitate my recovery. Allow me to hear and accept these truths; guide me to the actions I need to take and provide me the willingness to take them. Thank You.”
In time I was able to reach into the darkest corners of my soul and reveal the truth of my life: I came to OA as a victim; through OA and therapy discovered I was a survivor; today I am a thriver who enjoys a life of sane and happy usefulness.
-Voice of Recovery, p. 231
Bank Balance Forward Previous Month 4,421.62$ Month
Of January Income/Revenue Location Group # September Thru August Year to Date BudgetThur 7:30pm Our Lady of Lourds 00903 65.00$ 477.50$ 542.50$ Sun 11:00am Northlake Blvd 34780 20.00$ 190.00$ 210.00$ Total Income/Revenue 85.00$ 85.00$ #REF! #REF!Expenses Notes September Thru August Year to Date
Registration 200.00$ 200.00$ Bank Service Charge 5.00$ (125.61)$ (120.61)$ Talent Show 2/18/12- Rent Dep pd in Dec $50 250.00$ 250.00$ Newsletter 67.31$ 475.00$ 542.31$ Rent-IG Pd Oct/Nov/Dec 45.00$ 90.00$ 135.00$ Telephone -$ 50.00$ 800 # 6.00$ 321.09$ 327.09$ 15.00$ Other # 42.00$ 42.00$ Printing - Miscellaneous 8.57$ 15.61$ 24.18$
Total Expenses 331.88$ (331.88)$ 1,068.09$ 1,399.97$ 60.00$ Ending Reconcilled Bank Balance 9/30/2012 4,174.74$ Above Prudent Reserve
10% Region 8 285.00$ Prudent Reserve 2012 (3,500.00)$ 30% World Service 300.00$
674.74$ Balance to Intergroup
PLEASE MAIL DONATION CHECKS TO: PBC OA P.O. Box 31512 Palm Beach Gardens, Fl 33420 PLEASE PUT YOUR GROUP NUMBER ON YOUR CHECKS
67.50$ 650.00$ 100.00$
72.00$ 180.00$ 625.00$
125.00$
13,497.50$
4,174.74$ 674.74$
SLOGANSMinding My BusinessMy favorite OA slogan is, If it doesn’t affect my breathing, it’s not my business.” This saying has helped me many times to mind my own busienss and let others including family and friends, do what they need to do without interference from me. I have enough to do to handle my own affairs and concerns without putting myself into the problem of others. Thanks OA for the peace and serentiy we gain from this program when we work it.Edited and reprinted from Love-line newsletter, Greater Detroit Integroup, March/April 2003 - Lifeline pg 11 May 2009
A GREAT DEALMy favorite slogan is, God could and would if he were sought” (Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th ed., pg 60). The slogan does not say, “God could and would only if he were found.”This inspires me to continue seeking God in my life. It reminds me that recovery is not something I find and put on a shelf, but rather is something I continue to work toward in the process of building a relationship with my Higher Power.The slogan “God could and would if he were sought” reminds me this is a dynamic program that requires daily commitment and ongoing work. There is no defined end product I must attain.It reminds me that perfection is not required. The slogan tells me God will do miracles in my life by virtue of my willingness to find God working in my life. This is a relief to me. All I have to do is seek God, and God will do for me what I have never been able to do on my own. I’m not under pressure to get it right, and I don’t have to fear failing. This slogan offers a great deal!Dana B., Denver, Colorado USALifeline pg 11 May 2009
Eleventh Step Prayer- from the AA Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions Book, page 99Lord, make me a channel of thy peacethat where there is hatred, I may bring lovethat where there is wrong, I may bring the spirit of forgivenessthat where there is discord, I may bring harmonythat where there is error, I may bring truththat where there is doubt, I may bring faiththat where there is despair, I may bring hopethat where there are shadows, I may bring lightthat where there is sadness, I may bring joy.Lord, grant that I may seekrather to comfort than to be comfortedto understand, than to be understoodto love, than to be loved.For it is by self-forgetting that one finds.It is by forgiving that one is forgiven.It is by dying that one awakens to Eternal Life. Amen.
Prayers from the Big Book (Alcoholics Anonymous)
11th Step Prayer . . . we ask God’s forgiveness and inquire what corrective measures should be taken.”
Annual Gratitude LuncheonOur annual gratitude luncheon will be held Saturday, November 17 at 12:30 pm. We share this celebration with our OA family
from Broward county, as in years past. We will meet at Our Lady of Lourdes in Boca Raton, as we have the past few years. Flyers should now be available at your meetings.
This year we will have a communal salad bar, instead of a full buffet. Please bring something you might put in your salad, enough to feed 6 to 8. The committee will assemble a beautiful salad bar for your enjoyment. Please also bring your own protein, dressing and anything else you eat at lunch.
After lunch, we will break into small groups for discussion, then join together to share. We will also draw the winning ticket for a free weekend at our Spiritual Retreat, being held Nov. 30 through Dec 2, 2012. Need not be present to win. Tickets are being sold now! There will be door prizes, baskets, and perhaps a 50/50. Please join us! It won’t be the same without you! Your trusted servant, Kat
WHERE THE ACTION IS . . . IS COMING BEFORE YOU KNOW IT!In order to have people come to “Where The Action Is” at our convention July 12 -14th next July we are going to need plenty of action from all of you. Please e-mail me at [email protected] or call me at (cell) 561 - 789 8611 or (home) 561-289 3450. In Recovery, Diane and Georgeann
Calendar of EventsNovember 17, 2012 Intergroup Meeting Saturday, 11:15 AM Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Boca Raton
November 17, 2012 Gratitude LuncheonSaturday, Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Boca Raton
Nov 30 - Dec 2, 2012OA’s 3rd Annual Spiritual Retreat
To get your events listed here email [email protected]
Editorial Policy: This is your newsletter. We are always interested in your contributions, comments & experience in the OA way of life. Publication of any contributions or editorial opinions does not imply endorsement by OA as a whole, but by the individuals who wrote them. Materials submitted cannot be returned. We reserve the right to edit & it is understood that other OA groups, may reprint all copy. Submissions not included in the newsletter may be used in a later issue. Please email submissions to [email protected]. DEADLINE FOR NEXT EDITION IN NOVEMBER 3rd 2012
I just completed one year of service as the Chair for our Intergroup and it’s been an incredible experience. I had the opportunity to travel to Medellin, Colombia last November and participate as a representative in their wonderful Region Assembly and Business Convention. Sharing my experience, strength, and hope with all the members there rekindled their faith and mine in our recovery program. Representing Palm Beach in Raleigh, S.C. and in Miami enabled me to meet other Intergroup Chairs and share ideas. It was exciting to bid on the Convention for next July and we are all busy with that!!
It was an honor to attend the Annual World Service Business Conference last May in New Mexico and give service on this level. It was wonderful meeting fellows from all over the world who share this disease, and see that we are living in the SOLUTION and are ABSTINENT. I’m on the Literature Committee and have the privilege of working on Overeaters Anonymous Edition 3.
Giving service has given me a chance to learn, grow, work with others, and strengthen my commitment to abstinence. Abstinence is such an important part of my life, and to give service reinforces how all the tools help my recovery. I encourage each and every one of you to come to our Intergroup meeting once a month to see how the traditions come alive and see the camaraderie, fellowship and FUN we have. Recovery is HARD WORK, but we can have an enjoyable time as we’re working our programs.
I pray that all of us have a happy, abstinent, and blessed Thanksgiving.
Thank you for letting me give service,
Roberta“My disease—the craving for excess food—has beaten me. But it is no match for the combined forces of my Higher Power, the OA Fellowship and my desire to stop.” For Today p. 102
Chair’s Share
Palm Beach County Intergroup #09233Treasurer Report September 20123I
Mailing address for contributions and correspondence: P.O. Box 31512 Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33420 (561) 820-9242 or (800) 273-1696 (I.G. #09233) www.OAPalmBeachFL.org
The OA PromiseI put my hand in yours,...and together we can do what we could never do alone! No longer is there a sense of hopelessness, no longer must we each depend upon our own unsteady willpower. We are all together now, reaching out our hands for power and strength greater than ours, and as we join hands, we find love and understanding beyond our wildest dreams.
“. . . some of us have supplemented our OA program with therapy from qualified professionals. . .” - The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous, p. 51
Becoming abstinent and working the Steps brought my deeper psychological problems to the surface, so my sponsor suggested that I seek outside help. I was blessed to find a therapist who was also a member of a Twelve-Step program. I learned that by using the principles of the program in tandem with therapy, the favorable results multiplied.
Before each session I would pray, “God, I am powerless overmy emotional and mental state. Please guide and direct this session. Give me the courage to speak my truth without censoring. Provide my therapist with the knowledge and insight that will best facilitate my recovery. Allow me to hear and accept these truths; guide me to the actions I need to take and provide me the willingness to take them. Thank You.”
In time I was able to reach into the darkest corners of my soul and reveal the truth of my life: I came to OA as a victim; through OA and therapy discovered I was a survivor; today I am a thriver who enjoys a life of sane and happy usefulness.
-Voice of Recovery, p. 231
Bank Balance Forward Previous Month 4,421.62$ Month
Of January Income/Revenue Location Group # September Thru August Year to Date BudgetThur 7:30pm Our Lady of Lourds 00903 65.00$ 477.50$ 542.50$ Sun 11:00am Northlake Blvd 34780 20.00$ 190.00$ 210.00$ Total Income/Revenue 85.00$ 85.00$ #REF! #REF!Expenses Notes September Thru August Year to Date
Registration 200.00$ 200.00$ Bank Service Charge 5.00$ (125.61)$ (120.61)$ Talent Show 2/18/12- Rent Dep pd in Dec $50 250.00$ 250.00$ Newsletter 67.31$ 475.00$ 542.31$ Rent-IG Pd Oct/Nov/Dec 45.00$ 90.00$ 135.00$ Telephone -$ 50.00$ 800 # 6.00$ 321.09$ 327.09$ 15.00$ Other # 42.00$ 42.00$ Printing - Miscellaneous 8.57$ 15.61$ 24.18$
Total Expenses 331.88$ (331.88)$ 1,068.09$ 1,399.97$ 60.00$ Ending Reconcilled Bank Balance 9/30/2012 4,174.74$ Above Prudent Reserve
10% Region 8 285.00$ Prudent Reserve 2012 (3,500.00)$ 30% World Service 300.00$
674.74$ Balance to Intergroup
PLEASE MAIL DONATION CHECKS TO: PBC OA P.O. Box 31512 Palm Beach Gardens, Fl 33420 PLEASE PUT YOUR GROUP NUMBER ON YOUR CHECKS
67.50$ 650.00$ 100.00$ 72.00$
180.00$ 625.00$
125.00$
13,497.50$
4,174.74$ 674.74$
SLOGANSMinding My BusinessMy favorite OA slogan is, If it doesn’t affect my breathing, it’s not my business.” This saying has helped me many times to mind my own busienss and let others including family and friends, do what they need to do without interference from me. I have enough to do to handle my own affairs and concerns without putting myself into the problem of others. Thanks OA for the peace and serentiy we gain from this program when we work it.Edited and reprinted from Love-line newsletter, Greater Detroit Integroup, March/April 2003 - Lifeline pg 11 May 2009
A GREAT DEALMy favorite slogan is, God could and would if he were sought” (Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th ed., pg 60). The slogan does not say, “God could and would only if he were found.”This inspires me to continue seeking God in my life. It reminds me that recovery is not something I find and put on a shelf, but rather is something I continue to work toward in the process of building a relationship with my Higher Power.The slogan “God could and would if he were sought” reminds me this is a dynamic program that requires daily commitment and ongoing work. There is no defined end product I must attain.It reminds me that perfection is not required. The slogan tells me God will do miracles in my life by virtue of my willingness to find God working in my life. This is a relief to me. All I have to do is seek God, and God will do for me what I have never been able to do on my own. I’m not under pressure to get it right, and I don’t have to fear failing. This slogan offers a great deal!Dana B., Denver, Colorado USALifeline pg 11 May 2009
Eleventh Step Prayer- from the AA Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions Book, page 99Lord, make me a channel of thy peacethat where there is hatred, I may bring lovethat where there is wrong, I may bring the spirit of forgivenessthat where there is discord, I may bring harmonythat where there is error, I may bring truththat where there is doubt, I may bring faiththat where there is despair, I may bring hopethat where there are shadows, I may bring lightthat where there is sadness, I may bring joy.Lord, grant that I may seekrather to comfort than to be comfortedto understand, than to be understoodto love, than to be loved.For it is by self-forgetting that one finds.It is by forgiving that one is forgiven.It is by dying that one awakens to Eternal Life. Amen.
Prayers from the Big Book (Alcoholics Anonymous)
11th Step Prayer . . . we ask God’s forgiveness and inquire what corrective measures should be taken.”
Annual Gratitude LuncheonOur annual gratitude luncheon will be held Saturday, November 17 at 12:30 pm. We share this celebration with our OA family
from Broward county, as in years past. We will meet at Our Lady of Lourdes in Boca Raton, as we have the past few years. Flyers should now be available at your meetings.
This year we will have a communal salad bar, instead of a full buffet. Please bring something you might put in your salad, enough to feed 6 to 8. The committee will assemble a beautiful salad bar for your enjoyment. Please also bring your own protein, dressing and anything else you eat at lunch.
After lunch, we will break into small groups for discussion, then join together to share. We will also draw the winning ticket for a free weekend at our Spiritual Retreat, being held Nov. 30 through Dec 2, 2012. Need not be present to win. Tickets are being sold now! There will be door prizes, baskets, and perhaps a 50/50. Please join us! It won’t be the same without you! Your trusted servant, Kat
WHERE THE ACTION IS . . . IS COMING BEFORE YOU KNOW IT!In order to have people come to “Where The Action Is” at our convention July 12 -14th next July we are going to need plenty of action from all of you. Please e-mail me at [email protected] or call me at (cell) 561 - 789 8611 or (home) 561-289 3450. In Recovery, Diane and Georgeann
Palm Beach ConnectionGet Connected - Stay Connected
A spiritual principle is associated with each of the Twelve Steps.
The Principles in the Twelve Steps (as listed in Step Twelve of The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous)
Step One: HonestyStep Two: HopeStep Three: FaithStep Four: CourageStep Five: IntegrityStep Six: WillingnessStep Seven: HumilityStep Eight: Self-disciplineStep Nine: Love for othersStep Ten: PerseveranceStep Eleven: Spiritual AwarenessStep Twelve: Service
Step Eleven:Spiritual Awareness“Those Who Are Prone To Stuff Themselves With Food That Makes Their Bodies Unsightly Are Refusing The Food That Satisfies And Soothes The Unhappy Soul Within.”Overeaters Anoymous, Second Edition p. 243Voices of Recovery, page 44
Spiritual Principles in the
Twelve Steps
OA Network Phone Numbers Call before you take that 1st bite!The telephone helps us avoid the isolation which is so common among us, an immediate outlet for those hard-to-handle highs & lows we all experience. Here are members willing to take calls at indicated times.
7:30 - 9 AM Karen 561-706-1743
7:30 - 9 AM Marcella 561-451-8758
6:00 - 8 PM Bonnie 561-477-4950
9 AM - 7 PM Adrienne 561-333-7764
9 AM - 9 PM Roberta 561-776-6371
9 AM - 9 PM Elaine 561-715-1535 Palm Beach County
Overeaters Anonymous IntergroupP.O. Box 31512
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33420(561) 820-9242 or (800) 273-1696
(I.G. #09233) www.OAPalmBeachFL.org
Your Trusted Servants...Chair: Roberta 776-6371 [email protected]: Barbara T 471-2825 [email protected]: Sue F 889-2733 [email protected]: Elaine R 715-1535 [email protected]
Palm Beach County Overeaters Anonymous IntergroupPO 31512, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33420 (561) 820-9242 or (800) 273-1696 www.OAPalmBeachFL.org
TOWN TIME FORMAT LOCATION GRP # CONTACT PHONE
SUNDAYBoynton 10:00 AM BB - L JCC/Ross - 8500 Jog Road, 2nd Flr. Boardroom, left of elev. 46092 Janice 740-0777Delray 10:15 AM BB - L Crossroads Club - 1700 Lake Ida Road 38884 Lois K. 499-0278NPB 11:00 AM VR 450 Northlake Blvd, Suite 8 34780 Kat 844-3165Delray 11:30 AM FT Crossroads Club - 1700 Lake Ida Road 35759 Elaine R. 715-1535Delray 6:00 PM S Crossroads Club - 1700 Lake Ida Rd. Meeting Room “E” 50840 Carol 908-400-2232
MONDAYPBG 7:30 AM A - L Metropolitan Community Church - 4857 Northlake Blvd 40008 Marc 687-3000Delray 10:00 AM OA - S Crossroads Club - 1700 Lake Ida Road 52298 Joyce 496-5718Boynton 7:00 PM BB-S-D Newport Place - 4733 NW 7th Court off Hypoluxo & I-95- Activites Rm 52342 Adrienne 333-7764 Boca 7:30 PM B - D Regents Park Nursing Home - 6363 Verde Trail @ Powerline 27229 Bobbie 477-7914
TUESDAYBoca 10:00 AM S Good Sheppard Lutheran Church - 6301 SW 18th Street 02797 Laura 954-415-2044 PBG 7:00 PM S - YF St. Marks School - 3395 Burns Road, Teacher Lounge Rm 315 16767 Sue 627-7286
WEDNESDAYPBG 7:30 AM BB Metropolitan Community Church - 4857 Northlake Blvd 47274 Roberta 776-6371Boca 10:00 AM B-SP-D Science of the Mind, 2 SW 12th Avenue 30002 Karen F. 706-1743
THURSDAYDelray 10:00 AM OA Crossroads Club - 1700 Lake Ida Road 12761 Sondra 865-9220Boca 6:15 PM MS - S Regents Park Nursing Home - 6363 Verde Trail @ Powerline 49620 Eric 292-3874Juno 7:00 PM BB Ocean View Methodist Church, Rm 56, downstairs 50685 Sari 389-6960Boca 7:30 PM DA Our Lady of Lourdes Church - 22094 Lyons Road, Room 118 OO903 Evelyn 361-4359
FRIDAYPBG 7:30 AM S Metropolitan Community Church - 4857 Northlake Blvd 45513 Georgeann 753-9126Delray 10:00 AM VR Crossroads Club - 1700 Lake Ida Road 48439 Sondra 865-9220Delray 11:15 AM S Crossroads Club - 1700 Lake Ida Road 50607 Elaine R. 715-1535
SATURDAYWPB 9:15 AM SAM -C St. Christophers - NW corner Haverhill & Belvedere - Cottage 22005 Leenie 205-427-5695Delray 9:30 AM B - SP Crossroads Club - 1700 Lake Ida Road 21364 Doris 499-9025Boca 9:30 AM B - SP Good Sheppard Lutheran Church - 6301 SW 18th Street 39822 Phyllis 994-8664WPB 10:30 AM B - SP St. Christophers - NW corner Haverhill & Belvedere - Cottage 17646 Isabelle 667-2871
A =OA Abstinence Book, B =Beginners, BB=Big Book, C = Open to those who wish to stop compulsively except on last Sat of the month open to everyoneD =Discussion/Topic, DA=Abstinence Discussion, OA=Overeaters Anonymous Book 2nd Edition
FT =For Today, L =Literature, MS =Men’s Support, S =Step, SAM =Support a Member, SP =Speaker, V =Varies, VR=Voices of Recovery, YF=Youth Friendly
Please email meeting changes and corrections to Bonnie S. at [email protected]
For Meeting in Broward County go to: goldcoast.oagroup.org • For Meetings in Miami-Dale County go to: oamiami.org
5 - 10 PM Lynn 561-509-6092
9 - 11 PM Susan Z 561-734-1575
10 - 11 PM Doris 561-499-9025
11PM - 2 AM Diane 561-739-8611
12 - 2 AM Mike 561-305-1462
Palm Beach County Intergroup
Excerpt from Tradition TenOA has excitement enough to offer, as we hopeless comp~~lsivovee reatersrecover through the miracle of the twelve steps. This couldnot happen if we allowed outside issues to turn our Fellowship into aplatform for debate. For this reason, the tenth tradition of having noopinion on outside issues is one of our most carefully guarded practicesin OA.The TweLve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Overeaters Anonynlous. p. 191
November 2012
Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood
Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.“In OA we share a belief that we can each recover through a spiritual relationship with a power which is greater than ourselves alone.”
The Tweleve Steps and Twelve Tradions of Overeaters Anonymous, p.91
The variety of religious, non-religious, and irreligious backgrounds in OA is truly impressive. We don’t have to agree to disagree. What we all agree on is a reliance on a power which can relieve us, one day at a time, of this horrible disease. Relief from the burdens of compulsive overeating is only the beginning. Step Eleven is both a practical necessity and a spiritual dream come true.
Voices of Recovery page 230
Tradition of the MonthOur public relations policy is based on attraction rather
than promotion; we need always maintain personalanonymity at the level of press, radio, films, television,
and other public media of communication.
