Overeaters Anonymous Gold Coast Intergroup

02/10/2026

Pick up the phone not the food

01/10/2026

Reflecting on the Steps and Traditions through writing can support your recovery in ways thinking alone cannot.
The 12 and 12 Workbook Bundle includes:
The Twelve Step Workbook — questions to guide your Step work.
The Twelve Traditions Workbook — explore how the Traditions and their Spiritual Principles help sustain your program.
This bundle is available through April 30 and includes a $5 savings. Use it as a Tool of writing resource to deepen your understanding and strengthen your connection to OA. (Link in comment section)

01/08/2026

What makes recovery last when diets and willpower don’t?
Jean C. shares Eight Practical Lessons I’ve Learned from Working OA’s Twelve Steps—insights shaped by decades in and out of the program.
From understanding the difference between addressing the allergy of the body and the obsession of the mind, to building simple daily practices like prayer, meetings, and nightly review, this story shows how real, lifelong change happens one step at a time. It also offers clear warning signs of relapse and how staying connected can make all the difference.
📘 Read the full story and be inspired by what’s possible in recovery.
✍️ If your journey could help someone else, consider submitting your story to Lifeline.oa.org.

12/26/2025

12/24/2025

OA begins the New Year with three virtual workshops designed to support members in strengthening their recovery practices and connecting with fellowship.
✨ Prayer & Meditation Speaker Workshop — January 1
Members share experience with prayer and meditation and how these practices can offer calm and guidance in daily recovery.
✨ “Framily Share” Workshop — January 8
A gathering that focuses on how joyful, creative pursuits can become part of one’s spiritual recovery and support a more balanced life in abstinence.
✨ Action Plan Workshop — January 10
A guided opportunity to create a daily action plan, set realistic goals, and explore accountability as part of living abstinently one day at a time.
Members can find full details about these and other opportunities in the new year on the OA Event Calendar.
Links to events in caption!

12/12/2025

10/20/2025

The Obsession with Food

🍽 Our lives were ruled by obsession with food, weight, and body size.
We couldn’t stop—even when we wanted to.

💜 OA showed us a way out.
Here, recovery is possible.

👉 Find OA. Find hope.

10/20/2025

“Do I have to believe in God to belong to OA?”
This is one of the most common questions newcomers ask. The answer is no. OA is a spiritual program, not a religious one. A Higher Power of our own definition helps us find freedom from compulsive eating. For some, that Higher Power is God; for others, it might be love, nature, the Fellowship, or simply the strength found in recovery itself. In OA, you sort it out for yourself. You are welcome here, exactly as you are. 💙

10/17/2025

10/17/2025

10/17/2025

October brings three can’t-miss virtual OA workshops:
💡 How to Build a Strong Meeting – Discover how to create vibrant, supportive meetings that bring recovery to life.
🙏 Two-Way Prayer Workshop – Join over 100 members in this moving spiritual workshop to connect with your Higher Power.
✍️ Fourth Step Workshop – Take a searching and fearless inventory of your past to uncover patterns, release old resentments, and make room for growth.
✨ What you gain: Connection, clarity, and practical tools to strengthen your recovery journey.

10/17/2025