2023 Phone In Marathons
2023 Marathons Sponsored by Virtual Intergroup of Overeaters Anonymous 712-432-5200 Conference ID 4285115#
Meetings every hour from 5:00 AM to 9 PM PST with regular scheduled meetings To moderate a meeting go to https://signupschedule.com/oamarathons
Date | Event | Spiritual Principle and/or Topic |
Sat. Dec. 31, | New Year’s Eve | Taking a Personal Inventory: What Can I Learn |
Sun. Jan. 1 | New Year’s Day | Every Day is a Fresh Start – Step 10 |
Fri. Jan. 6 | Epiphany | Three Gifts of Spiritual Renewal: Hope, Faith, and Love |
Sun. Jan. 15 | OA’s 63rd Birthday | What Are the Gifts I Have Received From Working My OA Program? |
Mon. Jan. 16 | Martin Luther King Jr Day | Maximum Usefulness to Others Leads to Hope – Step 12 |
Sun. Jan. 22 | Chinese New Year | How Do I Identify Recovery in Challenging Times? |
Sun. Feb. 12 | Superbowl | We Are All Winners in OA – Tradition 1 |
Tues. Feb. 14 | Valentine’s Day | Learning to Love Myself – Step 1 |
Mon. Feb. 20 | President’s Day | What Does My Faith Look Like? – Step 3 |
Tue. Feb. 21 | Mardi Gras | Trust – Taking The Masks Off And Reveal Our True Selves |
Sun. Feb. 26 | OA Unity Day | Reflecting On Our Recovery And The Gifts |
Fri. Mar. 17 | St. Patrick’s Day | Celebrating the 12 Steps and 9 Tools Today |
Wed. Mar. 22 | Ramadan Begins | Gratitude for The Past, Hope for The Future – How’s My Program Today? |
Wed., Apr. 5 | Passover | How Has the OA Program Liberated Me? |
Sun. Apr. 9 | Easter | Remembering Where We Came From – Step 5 |
Sun. Apr. 16 | Orthodox Easter | Renewing My Daily Focus on My Spiritual Life – Step 3 |
Fri. Apr. 21 | EID al-Fitr Ramadan Ends | Staying in the Now – Just For Today |
Fri. May 5 | Cinco de Mayo | In Offering Myself To My HP, What Victories Do I Have to Celebrate? |
Sun. May 14 | Mother’s Day | Living Life On Life’s Terms. How Do I Practice This? |
Mon. May 29 | Memorial Day | Valuing My Own Voice and Others’ – Live And Let Live. |
Thurs, June 1 | Gay Pride Celebration | Believe in Yourself – How Am I Letting My True Light Shine? |
Sun. Jun. 18 | Father’s Day | 9th Step Promises: We Will Suddenly Realize That God Is Doing For Us What We Could Not Do Alone. |
Mon. Jun. 19 | Juneteenth | How Do You Know You Are Making Imperfect Progress? |
Wed. Jun. 21 | Summer Solstice | Why is it important to me to work with a sponsor? |
Tues. Jul. 4 | Independence Day | Honesty Is The Fireworks For A New Way Of Life – Step 4 |
Sat. Aug. 19 | Sponsorship Day | How Do You Carry The Message To Those Who Still Suffer? |
Mon. Sept. 4 | Labor Day | Faith Without Works Is Dead – Doing the Footwork Of Recovery Everyday |
Fri. Sept. 15 | Rosh Hashanah | Celebrate Love By Making Amends – Step 9 |
Sun. Sept. 24 | Yom Kippur Begins | Freedom Is Going To Any Lengths For Abstinence. How Do I Practice This? |
Mon. Oct. 9 | National Indigenous Peoples Day / Canadian Thanksgiving Day | Forgiving Ourselves and Others, Live In The Freedom Of Recovery |
Tues. Oct. 31 | Halloween | Nothing Changes If Nothing Changes – How Have I Surrendered In My Recovery? |
Sat. Nov. 11 | Veterans Day / Armistice Day | 9th Step Promises – Are They Extravagant Promises or Not? |
Sun. Nov. 12 | Diwali | How does Self Discipline Lead to Recovery? |
Sun. Nov.19 | International Day Experiencing Abstinence (IDEA) | How Do I Define My Purpose As A Member of OA? |
Thurs. Nov. 23 | Thanksgiving Day | Face Your Stuff Or Stuff Your Face – How Do I Keep My Recovery Strong? |
Thurs. Dec. 7 | Hanukkah | What is the Condition of Your Spiritual Recovery? |
Tues. Dec. 12 | Twelfth Step Within Day | What Are The Gifts of the Program For Me? |
Tues. Dec. 19 | Winter Solstice | Finding a Higher Power That I Can Believe In |
Sun. Dec. 24 | Christmas Eve | What Does Easy Does It Mean To You? |
Mon. Dec. 25 | Christmas Day | Miracles of Recovery. How Has My Life Changed In OA? |
Tues. Dec. 26 | Boxing Day and Kwanzaa | Fail to plan, plan to fail. How Am I Protecting My Recovery? |
Sun. Dec. 31 | New Year’s Eve | Have An Attitude Of Gratitude – Setting The Pace For The New Year |