Step Service Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps, we tried to carry this message to compulsive overeaters and to practice these principles in all our affairs. Tradition Spirituality Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all these Traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities. Concept Guidelines (a) Selflessness (b) Realism (c) Representation (d) Dialogue (e) Compassion (f) Respect The spiritual foundation for OA service ensures that: (a) No OA committee or service body shall ever become the seat of perilous wealth or power; (b) Sufficient operating funds, plus an ample reserve, shall be OA’s prudent financial principle; (c) No OA member shall ever be placed in a position of unqualified authority; (d) All important decisions shall be reached by discussion, vote and, whenever possible, by substantial unanimity; (e) No service action shall ever be personally punitive or an incitement to public controversy; and (f) No OA service committee or service board shall ever perform any acts of government, and each shall always remain democratic in thought and action. Palm Beach County Overeaters Anonymous Intergroup PO Box 8331, Delray Beach, FL 33482 (561)820-9242 or (800)273-1696 I.G. #09233 www.OAPalmBeachFL.org For meetings in Broward County go to: goldcoast.oagroups.org For Meetings in Miami-Dade go to: oamiami.org Palm Beach County Overeaters Anonymous Intergroup Call before you take that 1st bite! OA Network Phone Numbers The telephone helps us avoid the isolation 7:30-9:00 a Karen 561-706-1743 5:00-10:00 p Lynn 561-509-6092 which is so common among us, an immediate 9:00 a-7:00 p Adrienne 561-333-7764 9:00-11:00 p Suzan Z 561-734-1575 outlet for those hard-to-handle highs & lows we 9:00 a-9:00 p Elaine 561-715-1535 6:00-10:00 p Lois 561-702-3232 all experience. Here are members willing to take Anytime Marcia 917-693-4729 6:00-11:00 p Phyllis F 561-742-9879 calls at indicated times. Anytime Eva 772-263-2109 Palm Beach Connection www.oapalmbeachfl.org Get Connected - Stay Connected December 2017 B=Beginners, BB=Big Book, C=Open to those who wish to stop eating compulsively except on last Sat of the month open to everyone, D=Discussion/Topic, FT=For Today, OA=Overeaters Anonymous Book, L=Literature, M=Meditation/Spiritual, R=Relapse, S=Step, SP=Speaker, TSW=Twelfth Step Within, V=Varies, VR=Voices of Recovery, YP=Young People, * Gold Coast Meeting PO Box 8331 Delray Beach, FL 33482 www.OAPalmBeachFL.org (561) 820-9242 (800) 273-1696 Town Time Format Location Group # Contact Phone Sunday Boynton 10:00 a BB-L JCC/Ross 8500 Jog Rd, Across from elev Floor 2 46092 Janice 561-740-0777 Delray 10:15 a BB-L Crossroads Club - 1700 Lake Ida Road 38884 Lois K 561-499-0278 Lake Park 11:00 a VR 1408 Killian Dr Rm 105 34780 Helene F 916-217-3226 Delray 11:30 a FT Crossroads Club - 1700 Lake Ida Road 35759 Elaine R 561-715-1535 Delray 3-4:30 p V Delray Med Ctr - 5352 Linton Blvd Pinecrest Conf Rm CD159 54968 Bonnie 561-733-9302 Delray 6:00 p S Crossroads Club - 1700 Lake Ida Road Conference Room 50840 Carol 908-400-2232 Monday Delray 10:00 a OA-S Crossroads Club - 1700 Lake Ida Road 52298 Joyce 561-496-7679 Pompano 1:00 p L-S-T St Nicholas Church - 1111 Sample Road 56038 Kitty 203-246-5709 Boynton 7:00 p BB-S-D Brookdale-4733 NW 7th Ct - Activities Room 52342 Bonnie 561-733-9302 Boca 7:00 p B-D Regents Park Nursing Home-Conf Room-6363 Verde Trail 27229 Bobbie 561-477-7914 Tuesday Boca 10:00 a OA-AA-S * Good Shepherd Lutheran Chrch-6301 SW 18th St 02797 Robin 561-445-9636 Delray 11:00 a B PPC Community Center-4800 Linton Blvd, Ste F111 53865 Patty 561-927-0542 Stuart 6:00 p BB St Mary’s Church-623 SE Ocean Blvd, next to Thrift Store 46924 Eva 772-263-2109 PBG 7:00 p S-YP St Marks-3395 Burns Rd New Location East side of church 16767 Brenda 561-445-8273 Delray 7:00 p D-YP-SP Crossroads Club - 1700 Lake Ida Road 54776 Lorraine 561-699-6052 Delray 6:00 p S The Senior Center-7091 W Atlantic Ave 53289 Sheila O 954-296-9329 Wednesday Boca 10:00 a B-SP-D Center for Spiritual Living, 2 SW 12th Ave 30002 Karen F 561-706-1743 Thursday PBG 9:30 a BB Metropolitan Community Church, 4857 Northlake Blvd 54821 Sue 561-627-7286 Boca 1:00 p BB Patch Reef Park Cmnty Ctr, 2000 W Yamata Rd 53679 Marcelle 561-271-0870 Boynton 7:00 p M Brookdale-4733 NW 7th Ct, Art & Craft Room 54079 Bonnie 561-733-9302 Juno 7:00 p BB Ocean View Methodist Church, upstairs small room 50685 Enid 561-746-3842 Boca 7:00 p L Our Lady of Lourdes Church-22094 Lyons Rd, Rm 207 ‘00903 Ron 561-483-0500 Friday Delray 10:00 a VR Crossroads Club - 1700 Lake Ida Road 48439 Lois 561-702-3232 Boca 10:00 a D Center for Spiritual Living, 2 SW 12th Ave 56091 Wendy 561-927-1818 Delray 11:15 a S Crossroads Club - 1700 Lake Ida Road 50607 Lois W 561-702-3232 Saturday WPB 9:15 a L Holy Name of Jesus - 345 S Military Trl annex@back 22005 Nancy 561-793-3149 Delray 9:30 a B-SP Crossroads Club - 1700 Lake Ida Road 21364 Barbara Tu 561-302-0270 Boca 9:30 a B-SP * Good Shepherd Lutheran Chrch-6301 SW 18th St 39822 Phyllis 561-994-8664 WPB 10:30 a L Holy Name of Jesus-345 S Military Trl annex@back 17646 Paulette 561-512-3715 Stuart 11:00 a VR Parkway Rehab Ctr - 800 Central Parkway 49707 Hazel 772-284-9323 Your Trusted Servants November 2017 Chair: Mark 917-687-3060 [email protected] Vice-Chair: Marcia L 917-693-4729 [email protected] Treasurer: Patty G 716-523-5442 [email protected] Secretary: Lois W 561-702-3232 [email protected] Newsletter: Eva W 772-263-2109 [email protected] Well by the time you read this Hurricane Season will be over... However as For Compulsive Overeaters, it has only just begun!! For me, Hurricane Season begins in October with Halloween and runs through April, encompassing all of the Holidays! Although I do not need a Holiday to compulsively overeat, they certainly don’t help! I can say with conviction, that I have not returned to my critical level compulsive overeating behaviors in the many, many years that I have been a part of this amazing fellowship. The need to pick up and eat foods that make me feel bloated, loathsome and lethargic are no longer in my repertoire. I am not sure what has sustained me all of these years. Other than my Higher Power, and the fear of returning to the size and attitude that I once possessed. There was something in the early days of my recovery that kept me coming back. It was the overall acceptance and understanding of other likeminded individuals that reinforced my ability to remain abstinent. It was the Tools, and in those years there were only seven. The holidays are no longer a reason for me to over eat. I can remember so many preprogram days of being so full and stuffed after a Holiday Meal that I would lay on my bed like a beached Whale. Those days are over One Day at A Time. The need to overeat compulsively is not within me. I now enjoy the many Holiday Celebrations without the excess food, and especially without all of the Recreational sugar and carbs that I once ingested on a daily basis. I love celebrating the Holidays, and often host parties and gatherings. Yes I still buy, serve and prepare more than I should, but many of the foods I do offer are not mine. I provide it for others, the “civilians”, and do not give it a second thought. I have spent many many Holidays within the fellowship abstaining from compulsive overeating, and not picking up foods that are not within my food plan. It is so easy to get lost in the Holiday Spirit, but I must remember that after the Holiday ends, I have to look in the Mirror. I know that I could not face myself honestly, if I returned to my preprogram days. I am so thankful that my fear is so strong, that I am always vigilant as to what I can have and what I cannot have to eat. There is no Holiday Food that is made and served, that I have never eaten. It doesn’t change. Traditions are Traditions, and the foods are the same. My Life today without the excess food is far -better today, than it was before attaining my abstinence. I can now concentrate on the friendships and family relationships that I now have, because I am not in a food fog. One Day at a Time, I have a program... I may not follow it exactly, but I have one. That’s the greatest Gift That I could ever receive. I wish each and very one of you a Happy, Healthy, and Abstinent Hurricane (Holiday) Season! Remember: Nothing Tastes as Good as Abstinence Feels! Mark J.Chair, PBCIG Hurricane Season