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The Sacramento Valley Intergroup of Overeaters Anonymous (SVIOA) serves the greater Sacramento Valley and Sierra Foothills, including Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Solano, Sutter, Stanislaus, Yolo, and Yuba counties. 

​Overeaters Anonymous 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 eating and compulsive food behaviors and to carry the message of recovery through the Twelve Steps of OA to those who still suffer.

Other OA Resources

OA World Service Organization (WSO)
OA Region 2
OA WSO Bookstore
​Overeaters Anonymous Facebook Page

To the Newcomer

New to OA? Attend our meeting specifically for newcomers on Sundays, 3:30 pm. How do I start? Please read "Our Invitation to You," browse our website and attend a Local Meeting. What ever your problem with food, OA welcomes you. If you would like to learn more about OA and other meetings, visit OA's World Service Website - How Do I Start.

UPCOMING EVENTS​​​

• Oct. 12, Tuesday, 7 pm Pacific - Sacramento Valley Intergroup Meeting. All members of OA are welcome.
• Oct. 30, Saturday - Sacramento Valley Intergroup presents "Abstinence Through the Holidays”.
• Nov. 9, Tuesday, 7 pm Pacific - Sacramento Valley Intergroup Meeting. All members of OA are welcome.​

​​​More Events

​​IMPORTANT INFORMATION​

• Recordings of speakers from the Sept. 25 workshop “The 12 Steps are the Stairway to Freedom” now are available on our podcast page.
• Sacramento Valley Intergroup has created a special web page to provide a central repository of helpful information for SVIOA meetings considering changing their meeting formats from Zoom to face-to-face and/or hybrid here.
• OA national has released a new pamphlet called A New Plan of Eating (#144). It combines the structured food plans of Dignity of Choice #140 with the inspiration and compassion found in A Plan of Eating (#145). The new pamphlet explores member’s eating patterns, motivations, and behaviors from explaining what ‘trigger’ or binge’ foods are to accepting the many imperfections that come with active recovery. It helps compulsive eaters define, structure, and review a new eating plan and includes tips for long days, irregular hours, and special occasions, including twelve-hour shifts and food-centered social engagements. A New Plan of Eating is available in the OA bookstore for $2.
• Would you like to help OA in Sacramento and strengthen your recovery? Check out FIG (Friends of Intergroup). The Sacramento Valley Intergroup needs your help!
• ​​​​Are you a new sponsor? Are you new to OA and want to know more about what a sponsor does? Nervous about getting started? The new SVIOA Sponsorship Resources pamphlet will show you where to find some great tools to help you. And don’t forget to check out our “Sponsorship: A Getting Started Guide” for more tips.
• ​​Want to start a new Zoom meeting? For further information or help setting it up, contact our Zoom Liaison through our contact form.
• ​​How to make a Meeting Update​

PLEASE REMEMBER OUR 7TH TRADITION
OA is self-supporting through our own contributions. While telephone and virtual meetings may have few if any direct expenses, our 7th Tradition reminds us of the importance of supporting our Fellowship as a whole. Intergroup, Region 2, and the World Service Office needs our support to help carry the message to other compulsive overeaters. For further information about meetings and the 7th Tradition or to make a contribution, go here.