About Oregon Intergroup

Oregon Intergroup (OIG) serves as a dedicated service body that coordinates resources, organizes events, and maintains essential communication channels between local meetings, Region 1, and OA World Service.

About Oregon Intergroup

Oregon Intergroup (OIG) serves as a dedicated service body that coordinates resources, organizes events, and maintains essential communication channels between local meetings, Region 1, and OA World Service.
What is Oregon Intergroup?

OREGON INTERGROUP (OIG) is an OA service body, serving OA groups from Longview to Salem and from the Coast to Mt. Hood. Providing liability insurance across our body, OIG also maintains meeting directories, has newcomer and speaker meetings, hosts special events, maintains a phone line, website, Google mail group, sells literature, and has a CD library, .

We meet the second Wednesday of each month from 6:45 pm – 8:30 pm, on Zoom.  Click Find a Meeting  for additional details.

Each OA meeting may send two elected representatives who may vote; and all OA members are welcome and encouraged to take part.

Our mailing address is: PO Box 2429, Portland OR 97208. Click here for Contact Information for the board, committee chairs, and other service positions.

OIG holds elections for board positions every year in July; half the board is elected in even years and half in odd years, and terms are two (2) years in length. In 2025, we will elect the co-chair, secretary, member-at-large and events coordinator. If you are interested in running for one of these positions, take a look at the PositionDdescriptions, and you can contact a Board member for more information.

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Oregon Recovery Supported

Oregon Intergroup brings together representatives from local meetings to share ideas, address challenges, and utilize our collective ability to carry the message of recovery, by

  • organizing transformative workshops and retreats
  • maintaining current meeting lists and a comprehensive events calendar
  • providing essential resources that help meetings thrive
  • supporting both newcomers beginning their recovery journey and longtime members
  • coordinating speaker meetings
  • serving as a central point of contact to help individuals connect with local meetings, find sponsors, access the tools of recovery

Through dedication, we strengthen the recovery community through service and connection.  Our intergroup welcomes everyone seeking relief from compulsive eating, ensuring that the hand of OA remains readily available throughout our region.

Oregon Intergroup brings together representatives from local meetings to share ideas, address challenges, and utilize our collective ability to carry the message of recovery.
Intergroup Resources
12 Steps, 12 Traditions, 12 Concepts
Newcomer Meeting
Our Invitation to You
Zoom Info & Resources
Where Do I Start?
Find a Meeeting
Tools of Recovery
Overeaters Anonymous has several “Tools” that support members achieve and maintain abstinence from compulsive eating. These tools may include:
A Plan of Eating
A Plan of Eating is a personalized guide that helps members manage their food choices and eating behaviors. While Overeaters Anonymous does not endorse any specific diet or nutritional regimen, this tool often involves consulting with healthcare professionals, nutritionists, or sponsors.
Sponsorship
Sponsorship is a vital source of one-on-one support within OA. A sponsor is an experienced member who has found a measure of recovery and is willing to share their experience, strength, and hope. Sponsors guide newcomers through the Twelve Steps, offer feedback, and provide accountability.
Meetings
Meetings provide a safe space for sharing, listening, and learning from others who understand the challenges of compulsive eating. They come in various formats—face-to-face, online, and telephone—and often center around specific topics or readings from OA literature. 
Writing
Writing is a powerful method of self-reflection and expression. It can involve journaling about daily struggles, recording feelings or food intake, or working through the Twelve Steps. Through writing, members gain clarity on underlying emotional triggers and patterns of behavior.
Literature
OA-approved literature and certain AA texts are valuable resources for understanding and applying the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions. Reading daily meditations, personal stories, and program guides can inspire hope and remind members they are not alone.
Action Plan
An Action Plan is a practical strategy for addressing the physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects of compulsive eating. This tool helps members outline specific tasks or goals—such as attending a set number of meetings, scheduling time for self-care, or engaging in service.
Anonymity
Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our Traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities (Tradition Twelve). Anonymity assures us that only we, as individual OA members, have the right to make our membership known to others. Anonymity at the level of press, radio, films, television, and other public media of communication means that we never allow our faces or last names to be used once we identify ourselves as OA members (Tradition Eleven). Within the Fellowship, anonymity means that whatever we share with another OA member will be respected and kept confidential. What we hear at meetings should remain there.
Service
Service is any act—big or small—that helps carry the OA message and support the fellowship. This can include volunteering at meetings, organizing events, or simply greeting newcomers.
"We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives had become unmanageable. We came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves would restore us to sanity."
Bill W.
F.A.Q
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Overeaters Anonymous a religious organization?
No. OA is not affiliated with any religious or political group. The program is spiritual in nature, allowing each member to define their own concept of a Higher Power.
How do I get started?
Simply attend a meeting. You do not need to sign up or make any commitment beforehand. Most newcomers find it helpful to introduce themselves as new to OA and ask questions after the meeting.
What is “abstinence” in OA?
Abstinence is the action of refraining from compulsive eating and compulsive food behaviors while working toward or maintaining a healthy body weight. The specifics vary from member to member based on individual needs.
Are there any rules or diets I have to follow?
OA does not mandate any specific diet or food plan. Instead, members develop their own plan of eating in consultation with sponsors, healthcare professionals, or nutritionists.
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