As we enter the Spring season, with trees and flowers bursting into bloom, OA Silicon Valley Intergroup is happy to announce we have begun to offer workshops again. To check out any of our previous workshops, please click here!

NEW WORKSHOP SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 2026 – BE SURE TO REGISTER!

The first of our upcoming workshops is titled, Sponsorship: Find One, Be One, Change One, being offered for FREE on Saturday, March 21, 2026, from 2:00 to 4:00 PDT. This two-hour online workshop will feature up to four speakers who will share their experience, strength, and hope on finding, being, and changing sponsors, including the 12 Day Newcomer Sponsor program.

In addition to a Q&A session after the panel, participants will have 10 minutes to reflect on the session in whatever way suits them best, be it meditation, prayer, journaling, or some combination or other method.

If time allows, there may be some sharing of the reflections. 

Please be sure to bring your book titled, The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Overeaters Anonymous, Second Edition as well as a pen or pencil and paper!

To register, please visit EventBrite. Don’t forget to share this workshop information with your OA fellows and any newcomers. Click here to download a flyer for this workshop to share at meetings!

ATTENTION NEWCOMERS – READ OUR LATEST BLOGS ON “SPONSORSHIP”

If you are a newcomer – someone entirely new to Overeaters Anonymous – and you are interested in working with a Sponsor, but aren’t sure about the program or who to ask to sponsor you through the Twelve Steps, then check out this new blog, titled, Sponsorship – One of the 9 Tools of OA Recovery. This blogs can help you learn a bit about how sponsorship can work for you by taking advantage of a Temporary Sponsor who can take you through the First Twelve Days of OA.

Another new blog that may be helpful is titled, Having and Being an OA Sponsor – The Gift Beyond Measure. Written by an OA member with nearly 9 years of abstinence, this blog explores the gifts of sponsorship and how having and being a sponsor is a two-way street of mutual support, understanding, and guidance navigating through the Twelve Steps.

NEW OA LITERATURE FOCUSED ON SPONSORSHIP

A significant step in every OA members journey is the point at which they make the decision – with the aid of their Sponsor and their Higher Power – to become a sponsor. Sponsorship is a vital and important service, and yet many of us worry that we may not be ready, or that we don’t have all the necessary recovery skills.

Well, the great news is that OA is now offering a new booklet, entitled, Sponsorship in OA. Designed to help expand our understanding of sponsorship, this 32-page booklet covers a number of key topics, contains real testimonials from OA sponsors. and the Appendices include 30 questions to ask the newcomer along with a complete guide to sponsoring through each of the Twelve Steps of OA.

WHAT IS ABSTINENCE IN OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS?

To aid those who may need further understanding of what OA means by “abstinence”, please check out the following presentation: click here! It contains helpful information and great questions to ask yourself and to review with your sponsor.

LOOKING FOR A TEMPORARY SPONSOR OR WILLING TO BE ONE?

If you are new to OA, or returning after a relapse, and you want to get started in the OA Twelve Steps of recovery, then please send an email to our Temporary Sponsor Coordinator at getsponsor@oasv.org. Our OASV Temporary Sponsor Coordinator will respond to you with someone who can serve as your temporary sponsor. In some cases, a temporary sponsor, if willing and available, can become your regular food and/or step sponsor.

If you are interested and willing to serve as a temporary sponsor, then please email the OASV Temporary Sponsor Coordinator your contact information so she may begin referring anyone seeking a sponsor to you. Serving as a temporary sponsor is a great way to not only be of service, but to begin sponsoring another OA member. Service lies at the heart of Step Twelve and sponsorship is one of the 9 tools of Recovery.

HAVE A STORY OF OA RECOVERY TO SHARE OR OTHER TYPE OF NEWSLETTER CONTRIBUTION?

If you have a story of OA recovery to share, please send an email to blog@oasv.org. We are always looking for recovery stories that can be included in our OASV Newsletter. Don’t worry if you are not a great writer or struggle with grammar or spelling. We are happy to work with you to get your content published on the OASV website.

Do you have something else you’d like to share on the OASV website? We accept recovery poetry, jokes, artwork, photos, catchy new slogans, recipes from a plan of eating, or any terrific things overhead at meetings or shared by a sponsor or fellow. Please send anything that may be of interest to blog@oasv.org for consideration. We are always happy to hear from our OA fellowship regarding what you would like to see or what you would be willing to contribute.

MAY YOU ENJOY A BEAUTIFUL AND ABSTINENT SPRING!