wuig_webmaster on February 15th, 2012

OA Westchester NY ( WUIG ) Celebrates:

Unity Day Marathon: Mindful Abstinence

When:  Saturday, February 25, 2012  2:15pm – 5:00pm

Where:  The Scarsdale Quaker Meeting House  133 Popham Road Scarsdale, NY

Unity Day affirms the unity of OA worldwide. In this mara-thon we will discuss the con-cept of OA Abstinence and how it differs from a Plan of Eating. Text from the Abstinence Book and the Big Book will be read and discussed. 

We will end with a meditation and discussion of how the 11th Step helps us remain Abstinent.

Call Megan 914-672-6679 with any questions

Click Here for the Flyer -

http://oawestchesterny.org/wp-content/pdf/events/OA%20Westchester%20NY%20Unityday%20Event%202-25-2012.pdf

What is Westchester United Intergroup (WUIG)?

When several OA groups formed in our area, we soon realized that we can better perform certain together rather than separately. So the groups formed an intergroup that is directly responsible to the groups it serves. The Westchester United Intergroup arose from a need to provide service for a number of local groups and better information about OA in our community.

What is Overeaters Anonymous of Westchester and Putnam Counties of New York?

Overeaters Anonymous of Westchester and Putnam Counties of New York offers a program of recovery from compulsive eating using the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of OA. County wide meetings and other tools provide a fellowship of experience, strength and hope where members respect one another’s anonymity. OA charges no dues or fees; it is self-supporting through member contributions.

wuig_webmaster on February 14th, 2012

Some of you may have experienced problems accessing our local meeting list on this website. OA World Service has made some changes to their site recently which has changed how our website interfaces with their site.

The meeting list links on this site will take you to a search box for meetings – just plug in your zipcode and then select the distance you are willing to travel and you will get a list of available meetings.

If for any reason. you have problems with this link – please click here top view our printed list.

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wuig_webmaster on January 31st, 2012

Surrender

by David P. (originally published in WUIG Newsletter June/July 2007)

“Pray for the willingness to surrender.” “Surrender your ego.”

These are some of the suggestions that I heard as commands in my early days in the rooms, when I was confused and proud and stubborn. My understanding of surrender was: “Never! I will go down with this sinking ship; and I won’t put my hands up and surrender. There will be no white flag above my life….” (I was brought up in a family headed by a Ship’s Captain and came from a long line of career military.)

“My understanding of surrender was: “Never! I will go down with this sinking ship….”

Surrender.

The word means to give in, doesn’t it? I looked it up in the dictionary; I do that kind of thing now.It means “to yield something to the possession or power of another; to give oneself up, or to relinquish to some influence or emotion.” When I first started attending meetings, I was certain I was in charge. But was I? Was I really in charge of anything? My life was unmanageable. I was overweight, in significant medical duress. My life, my body, my health were totally out of control in many different ways. Surrender? Never. There will be no white flags here. I will die before I give up. Wait, wait! Is that what I meant? It must have been, because that was exactly what was going to happen. If I continued down the path I was on, I would die. I would have a heart attack, and die, from this horrid disease that unites us all. I was right on one count.

Surrender does mean to give in, to relinquish to some other influence, to give in to and accept that some other influence or authority has a better way of being, a better way of existing. Surrendering, relinquishing my way, has created a whole new world for me.

I would like to tell all about what has happened since I made a conscious decision to surrender but there isn’t enough space on the page. I have turned my will over to the care of a Higher Power who has a lot more sense and knowledge than I do. On mornings when I surrender and acknowledge that I am a Compulsive Overeater, when I acknowledge that I can only survive if I can admit I am not in control, for some strange reason, the day is easier, softer, gentler, and more serene.

My ultimate reliance is on a Higher Power and that means someone much more qualified to run my life is now in charge. And I can tell you on the days when I wake up stubborn, on days when I wake up with my own ego going full steam ahead, the day simply does not work.

Period. Amen.

What is Overeaters Anonymous of Westchester and Putnam Counties of New York?

Overeaters Anonymous of Westchester and Putnam Counties of New York offers a program of recovery from compulsive eating using the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of OA. County wide meetings and other tools provide a fellowship of experience, strength and hope where members respect one another’s anonymity. OA charges no dues or fees; it is self-supporting through member contributions.

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wuig_webmaster on January 24th, 2012

Westchester United Intergroup meets on the first Thursday of each month from 7:00 – 8:00pm. The meetings are held in Pleasantville, NY in the Emmanuel Lutheran Church.  The church is located at 197 Manville Road. For more info and directions, click here

Two major items to be discussed this month:

1. Agenda items for the upcoming World Service Business Conference.

2. We’ll continue last month’s discussion on potential WUIG programs that might help members in their personal recovery.

If you are an intergroup rep and cannot attend, pleasure ensure that an alternate attends from your meeting.

Guests are always welcome. 

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What is Westchester United Intergroup (WUIG)?

When several OA groups formed in our area, we soon realized that we can better perform certain together rather than separately. So the groups formed an intergroup that is directly responsible to the groups it serves. The Westchester United Intergroup arose from a need to provide service for a number of local groups and better information about OA in our community.

What is Overeaters Anonymous of Westchester and Putnam Counties of New York?

Overeaters Anonymous of Westchester and Putnam Counties of New York offers a program of recovery from compulsive eating using the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of OA. County wide meetings and other tools provide a fellowship of experience, strength and hope where members respect one another’s anonymity. OA charges no dues or fees; it is self-supporting through member contributions.

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wuig_webmaster on January 19th, 2012

Welcome to Overeaters Anonymous of Westchester and Putnam counties of New York. This series of questions may help you determine if you are a compulsive eater.

  1. Do you eat when you’re not hungry?
  2. Do you go on eating binges for no apparent reason?
  3. Do you have feelings of guilt and remorse after overeating?
  4. Do you give too much time and thought to food?
  5. Do you look forward with pleasure and anticipation to the time when you can eat alone?
  6. Do you plan these secret binges ahead of time?
  7. Do you eat sensibly before others and make up for it alone?
  8. Is your weight affecting the way you live your life?
  9. Have you tried to diet for a week (or longer), only to fall short of your goal?
  10. Do you resent others telling you to “use a little willpower” to stop overeating?
  11. Despite evidence to the contrary, have you continued to assert that you can diet “on your own” whenever you wish?
  12. Do you crave to eat at a definite time, day or night, other than mealtime?
  13. Do you eat to escape from worries or trouble?
  14. Have you ever been treated for obesity or a food-related condition?
  15. Does your eating behavior make you or others unhappy?

Have you answered yes to three or more of these questions? If so, it is probable that you have or are well on your way to having a compulsive eating problem. We have found that the way to arrest this progressive disease is to practice the Twelve-Step recovery program of Overeaters Anonymous in Westchester and Putnam counties in New York.

Overeaters Anonymous (www.oahelps.org) is a fellowship of individuals who, through shared experience, strength and hope, are recovering from compulsive overeating. We welcome everyone who wants to stop eating compulsively. There are no dues or fees for members; we are self-supporting through our own contributions, neither soliciting nor accepting outside donations. OA is not affiliated with any public or private organization, political movement, ideology or religious doctrine; we take no position on outside issues. Our primary purpose is to abstain from compulsive overeating and to carry this message of recovery to those who still suffer.

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wuig_webmaster on January 14th, 2012

Click the link below for the flyer requesting keynote speakers for the 2012 R6 Convention:

http://oawestchesterny.org/wp-content/pdf/events/keynote%20speaker%202012.pdf

 

The Delta Ottawa City Centre Hotel is now accepting reservations for the 2012 convention, the web link is available on the convention website: http://oaregion6.org/2012/

 

 

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wuig_webmaster on December 2nd, 2011

Saturdays 8:30-9:30 am beginning 12/24.

Contact Lisa M. with questions- text/call 917-716-2488 email   lisafaf@aol.com

Please spread the word and help bring OA’s message to Northern Westchester/Lower Putnam. Visitors from other groups are welcomed- please share your experience, strength and hope with our new group.

SPEAKERS NEEDED! Let Lisa know when you’re available.

Closed meeting. Format is Literature Study, Speaker/Discussion, Writing.

Graymoor’s located at 1350 Route 9 in Garrison, NY 10524.
Meeting will be held in the 4th floor conference room

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wuig_webmaster on November 29th, 2011

On December 10th Saturday, City Island meeting is moving from the Grace Episcopal Church to the Trinity Methodist Church . That’s also on City Island at City Island Avenue and Bay Street . It’s closer to the bridge on the right hand side diagonally across the street from the library. meeting time the same.

PLEASE NOTE: The meeting will return to its permanent location at the Grace Episcopal Church on Dec 17th.

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wuig_webmaster on November 29th, 2011

Sat 10 am to 11:30 am meeting  location is still Presbyterian Church on Barker and Broadway. The meeting room has changed – meeting was at red door # 2 now is at left to alley way to red door down to choir room same location different room.

This meeting needs support – spread the word.

GregW

 

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wuig_webmaster on November 27th, 2011

Next Intergroup meeting is this Thursday, December 1, 2011  7:00-8:30pm.

ALL ARE WELCOME. PLEASE JOIN AND PARTICIPATE. GREAT SERVICE OPPORTUNITY.

Westchester United Intergroup meets on the first Thursday of each month from 7:00 – 8:30pm. The meetings are held in Pleasantville, NY in the Emmanuel Lutheran Church.  The church is located at 197 Manville Road.

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