OA Mid Peninsula
To foster unity among local meetings and members, OA Mid Peninsula hosts a monthly Intergroup Meeting. This gathering serves as a platform to exchange ideas, support the needs of local OA groups, and extend the OA message to those still struggling with compulsive eating. All OA members are welcome to attend, and those in service roles are especially encouraged to participate regularly. We encourage each OA group to elect an Intergroup Representative—a trusted member who attends the monthly meeting and shares important updates and information with their home group.
Sample text. Click to select the Text EleIn Overeaters Anonymous (OA), groups in a local area can come together to form what's known as an Intergroup. An Intergroup exists to support the smooth operation of OA meetings and to strengthen communication between local groups, regional service bodies, and the World Service Organization (WSO). By working together through an Intergroup, OA members can share resources, coordinate outreach efforts, and ensure their meetings stay strong and connected. Intergroups serve specific geographic areas—whether that's a city, county, or region—and are directly accountable to the OA groups and members they support. Monthly Intergroup meetings help foster unity and collaboration, so our fellowship can continue to thrive—together. Monthly Intergroup Meeting Details Our Mid Peninsula Intergroup meets on the first Saturday morning of each month at 8:00 AM, Pacific Time on Zoom. All are welcome!ment.
Meeting Documents 12 Steps 12 Traditions 12 Concepts OA Promise OA Preamble OA Tools of Recovery Additional OA Resources OA/HOW Resources HOW Tools HOW Concept HOW Questions 6-12 HOW Maintenance Questions OA Prayers Serenity Prayer Attributed to Reinhold Niebuhr God grant me the serenity to Accept the things I cannot change; Courage to change the things I can; And the Wisdom to know the difference. 11th Step Prayer (from the AA Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions Book, page 99) Attributed to St. Francis of Assisi Lord, make me a channel of thy peace; that where there is hatred, I may bring love that where there is wrong, I may bring the spirit of forgiveness that where there is discord, I may bring harmony that where there is error, I may bring truth that where there is doubt, I may bring faith that where there is despair, I may bring hope that where there are shadows, I may bring light that where there is sadness, I may bring joy. Lord, grant that I may seek rather to comfort than to be comforted to understand, than to be understood to 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.
Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred let me sow love where there is injury, pardon where there is doubt, faith where there is despair, hope where there is darkness, light where, there is sadness, joy. O Divine Master grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled, as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Prayers from the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous 3rd Step Prayer—page 63 God, I offer myself to thee-to build with me and to do with me as Thou wilt. Relieve me of the bondage of self, that I may better do Thy will. Take away my difficulties, that victory over them may bear witness to those I would help of Thy Power, Thy Love, and Thy Way of life. May I do Thy will always. 4th Step Prayer (Resentments)—page 67 God, help me to show tolerance, pity and patience. This is a sick man. How can I be helpful to him? God save me from being angry. Thy will be done. Fear Prayer—page 68 God, I ask that you remove my fear and direct my attention to what you would have me be. Sex Prayer—page 69 God, I ask that you would mold my ideals, and help me to live up to them. Where I have done harm, God show me what I should do about each specific matter. Forgiveness—page 70 God, I am sorry for what I have done, and have an honest desire to let You take me to better things. Sanity and Strength Prayer—page 70 God, I earnestly pray for the right ideal, for guidance in each questionable situation, for sanity, and for the strength to do the right thing. 5th Step Prayer—page 75 God, I thank You from the bottom of my heart that I may know you better. 6th Step Prayer—page 76 God, I still cling to some things that I have admitted are objectionable. Help me to be willing to let them go. 7th Step Prayer—page 76 My Creator, I am now willing that You should have all of Me, good and bad. I pray that you now remove from me every single defect of character which stands in the way of my usefulness to You and my fellows. Grant me strength, as I go out from here, to do Your bidding. 8th Step Prayer—page 76 God, I ask for the willingness to make amends for the damage I have done in the past. 9th Step Prayer—page 79 I pray that I may be given strength and direction to do the right thing, no matter what the personal consequences may be. Change Prayer—page 81 I am sorry for what I have done. God willing, it shall not be repeated. Morning Prayer—page 83 My creator, show me the way of patience, tolerance, kindness and love. 10th Step Prayer—page 84 I pray, God, that You remove my selfishness, dishonesty, resentment and fear. Daily Prayer—page 85 How can I best serve Thee—Thy will (not mine) be done. 11th Step Prayer—page 86 God, I pray for forgiveness for the wrongs I have done today. I ask that I be shown what corrective measures should be taken. Decision Prayer—page 86 God, I am faced with indecision and I am unable to determine which course to take. I ask You for inspiration, an intuitive thought, or a decision. God, I pray to be shown what my next step should be. Give me whatever I need to take care of my problems. Especially free me from self-will so that I may be of help to others. What can I do today to help others? During the Day Prayer—page 87 I am agitated (doubtful) God. Please give me the right thought or action. I am no longer running the show. Thy will be done. Morning Prayer—pages 86 and 164 God, please direct my thinking; especially, that it be divorced from self-pity, dishonesty or self-seeking motives. What can I do for the man that is still sick? A Blessing—page 164 May God bless You and keep You. Acceptance Prayer—page 417 And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today. When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing, or situation—some fact of my life—unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing, or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment. Nothing, absolutely nothing happens in God’s world by mistake. Until I could accept my compulsive overeating, I could not stay abstinent; unless I accept life completely on life’s terms, I cannot be happy. I need to concentrate not so much on what needs to be changed in the world as on what needs to be changed in me and in my attitude.
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