A MONTHLY PUBLICATION OF THE LOUISVILLE METRO INTERGROUP OF OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS
Twelve Stepper
November 17, 2015
www.oa.org
Newcomer Information: 502-566-3110
Check out the new website! louisvillemetrooa.org
Upcoming OA Events
IDEA Day: THIS SATURDAY, Nov. 21, 2-4 pm at the YMCA, 33 State Street, New Albany, IN 47150.
The workshop will be held in the first floor community room of the YMCA in New Albany, Indiana,
which is just across the I-64-West bridge from Louisville into Indiana.
Strategies to End Relapse and Stay Abstinent!
November 21 is the OA “International Day of Experiencing Abstinence (known as IDEA Day),” a day “that encourages
members worldwide to begin or reaffirm their abstinence from compulsive eating.” Whether you’ve been abstinent for
years, months, days, or not at all, this workshop is an opportunity to share your strength, experience, and hope ABOUT
THE FOOD. The workshop will review OA resources and strategies that support abstinence and then people will share
about what they have done to maintain abstinence that has helped them the most.
Louisville Metro OA Thanksgiving meeting:
Thursday, Nov. 26, 7:00-9:00 a.m. at St. Andrews Episcopal
Church, 2233 Woodbourne Ave., Louisville, 40205. Plan to join with OA friends for our annual Thanksgiving morning
gratitude meeting. We will meet in the second floor room of the education building at St. Andrews. This is a wonderful
come-as-you-are and when-you-can meeting whose sole topic is gratitude! Planners will be sure that the door to the
handicapped access is open as well as the door to the stairwell.
12 / 12 / 2015 is Twelfth Step Within Day !!!
Our OA Preamble reminds us that “Our primary purpose is to
abstain from compulsive eating and to carry the message of recovery through the Twelve Steps of OA to those who still
suffer.” For many years, OA members interpreted “carrying the message” in the Preamble and in Step 12 to mean
carrying the message to outsiders who have never heard of OA. OA World Service began the Twelfth Step Within
program when members realized that many people INSIDE THE ROOMS are still suffering and need the best help that OA
can give them. In Louisville Metro Intergroup, we are having not only a Twelfth Step within DAY, we are having a
Twelfth Step within YEAR, as you can tell by this 12-Stepper! Because the January 2015 surveys revealed that
maintaining abstinence and recovering from relapse are problems for many in our fellowship, Intergroup adopted these
priorities for the coming year: 1) Help members strengthen their personal recovery, 2) Increase the number of sponsors,
3) Increase the number and retention of newcomers, 4) Help those in relapse. One way you can help with Twelfth Step
Within work is to observe December 12 as a day to reach out to those who need connection and support. A simple
phone call to say “We’ve been missing you at meetings” might be the message someone needs to hear. Please mark
December 12 on your calendar as a day to make OA calls. Even better, mark the 12th of any month as a day to make
OA calls!
Unity Day: Feb. 27, 2-4 p.m. Workshop on Sponsorship at Audubon Park United Methodist
Church: The workshop will cover OA resources available for becoming sponsors and for becoming “initial” or
“temporary” sponsors who take newcomers through Steps 1-3. A panel of sponsors (with various lengths of time
sponsoring) will share the experience, strength and hope they’ve gained from working with sponsees. The gathering
will pray the Unity Day prayer, “I put my hand in yours…”, as we remember, that hand often belongs to a sponsor!
LOUISVILLE METRO OA MEETING DIRECTORY
If you have any meeting changes, please send these to Janet at [email protected]
LOUISVILLE METRO AREA MEETINGS (Indiana meetings in bold)
Contact Person
Monday
7:00 AM
St Andrews Episcopal Church 2233 Woodbourne Ave
Mary Jane 502 649-7697
**See note: → → → **LAST meeting: 11/30/15** No meetings after 11/30
← ← ← ←
5:30 PM
St Matthews Baptist Church
3515 Grandview Ave
Marcia B
502 475-4882
3rd Monday 7:00 PM
Intergroup Meeting,
3701 Old Brownsboro Rd Jenny L
502 645-9726
only
Second Presbyterian Church
Tuesday
7:00 PM
Middletown Christian Church 500 N. Watterson Trail
Ernie
502 593-9562
Rm 104
“
7:30 PM
St Andrews Episcopal Church 2233 Woodbourne Ave
Irene
502 499-7683
Rm 201
Wednesday 5:30 PM
St Matthews Baptist Church
3515 Grandview Ave
Jennifer W 502 649-2960
“
6:15 PM
St Judes Women’s Center
431 E. St Catherine St
Sarah W
502 876-6211
“
7:30 PM
Baptist East Hospital
Education Wing, Rm 2H
Mark F
502 435-3863
Thursday
5:30 PM
Lifesprings Community Ctr
Jeffersonville, IN
“
Friday
Saturday
6:30 PM
6:30 PM
9:30 AM
“
“
Sunday
“
10:00 AM
4:00 PM
2:00 PM
3:30 PM
*See note:
→ → →
Advent Episcopal Church
Highland Pres. Church
St Andrews Episcopal Church
Rm 105
YMCA, 33 State St
Audubon Park U. Methodist
*Baptist East Hospital
*Baptist East Hospital
*Starting 1/3/16, both
Sunday meetings will move
to Second Presbyterian
OTHER KENTUCKY MEETINGS
Tuesday
10:00 AM Serenity Club
Weds
5:30 PM
TELEPHONE MEETING
Sunday
5-6 PM,
ET
6-6:30 PM
Lourdes Hosp, Nemer Bldg,
2nd FL, Rosenthal Rm
Codes
BB
See note*
RF, HA
Event
planning
D,LC,HA
Writing,
12 & 12
C
12 & 12
Men’s
Focus
RF
Spring St between Court
& Maple, across from
415, the Come Back Inn
901 Baxter Ave
1011 Cherokee Rd
2233 Woodbourne Ave
Judy W
812-258-0723
RoseMarie
Jennifer E
Bobbie
502 896-1122
502 693-0990
502 241-1738
NF
New Albany, IN
3200 Poplar Level Rd
Education Wing, Rm 2G
Education Wing, Rm 2G
Church (3701 Old
Brownsboro Road).
Enter door #3 (handicap)
under carport, or door
Cutia
Jadene R
Janet D
Patricia VH
#2 up steps
under
carport).
502 640-6137
502 298-3883
215 499-9537
502 387-5853
D
RF
← ← ← ←
See note*
206 S. Main
Elizabethtown, KY
1530 Lone Oak Rd
Paducah, KY
Ruth
270-737-1676
Lauren S
270-556-8873
712 432-5200
Access code 998025#
Lauren S
270 556-8873
Beginners’ BB, Steps 1 - 3
Followed by (don’t hang up) optional ½ hour discussion style Parking Lot
RF
LC/12 Steps
BBSS
BB, NF,
S/T
D
*Newcomers: Please call the contact person before heading to a meeting in case a meeting change has occurred. You are also
invited to call Newcomer Advocate Laura M at 502-494-4844.
**MEETING INFORMATION CODES: BB=Big Book focus, C=closed to observers, D=discussion, HA=handicapped accessible,
LC=leader’s choice, NF=newcomer focus, RF=rotating focus (reading/discussion/speaker), S/T= steps and/or traditions focus,
12&12=focus on the twelve steps and twelve traditions, BBSS=Big Book Step Study focus
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Please make sure meeting changes are also updated on the OA website: www.oa.org
Last updated 11/16/2015