Workshop: Exploring Alternative Step Study & Beyond
Sunday, January 25, 2026 | 9AM PT / Noon ET / 5PM UK
Has working the Twelve Steps got you bogged down? Is there more to working the Twelve Steps than meets the eye? How could you freshen your Step study? The number of ways to work the Steps is wonderfully varied and unlimited. In this workshop, we will feature panelists who describe how they work the steps in alternative ways. We will also have plenty of Q&A time and resources to help you get started on an exploration and/or to freshen up what you have been doing. Register here by Saturday, January 24: https://forms.gle/q5Rnz3VfPL5exaqu7
Secular OA members are working on an official OA secular daily reader, and they need your submissions!
Deadline: January 15, 2026.
OA link: https://oa.org/news/secular-oa-members-help-create-a-new-daily-reader-submit-by-january-15-2026/?news-category=0&page=0
PDF: https://media.oa.org/app/uploads/2025/10/13152240/secular-daily-reader-call-for-stories-flyer.pdf
If you were unable to attend our seventh Community Gathering in early November 2025, you can get caught up with these sound files from the event. To get the recordings as soon as they’re available, subscribe to The Secular Overeaters Podcast wherever you listen to your favorite shows.
Holiday Distress Relief Plan Exercise with Susan P, DBT Therapist | Secular Overeaters Community Gathering #7 | November 9, 2025 | 15 min
Susan leads us through a DBT RAIN exercise and encourages us to develop an action plan to handle holiday stress. Download the worksheet: https://bit.ly/SO-RAIN-SOCG7
Beth Aich, Author | Secular Overeaters Community Gathering #7 | November 9, 2025 | 50min
Author Beth Aich discusses recovery including childhood trauma, character defaults that began as childhood survival skills, the concept of neuroplasticity as a higher power, and her book, We Are Not All Egomaniacs.
Join us on the third Sunday of the month for an engaging discussion of eight sets of Steps (9am PT / Noon ET / 5pm UK). You don’t need to be working the Steps or the Step of the month to participate! Check Meetings for Zoom link and discussion guide information.
We need panelists, facilitators, and Zoom moderators for our Secular Overeaters events.
If you’re interested in being a panelist or creating your own workshop, fill out this form: https://bit.ly/SO-WorkshopSpeaker
If you’re interested in helping with Zoom or being a facilitator who reads parts in a script, fill out this form: https://bit.ly/SO-WorkshopHelper
Read about what we’ve accomplished in 2024: Secular Overeaters Annual Report 2024
The OA Secular Service Board has started a project to collect stories by secular OA members for possible inclusion in an OA-approved book. Check here for more details:
https://www.secularserviceboard
ofovereatersanonymous.org/stories
Secular Overeaters now offers no-cost 2-hour weekly Zoom Room time slots for secular members wanting to start a recovery circle.
Find out more about Recovery Circles
Apply for a Zoom Room
If you’re an official OA meeting, you’re supposed to use only OA “conference-approved” literature. Here’s a list of OA readings (mostly from books) that are deity-free.
Secular OA Lifeline Stories
Volunteers compiled this list of secular and god-lite OA Lifeline stories for use at secular meetings or by individuals, and they are conference-approved! Your meeting can also make a copy of the Google Sheet and add things like a column to track the stories you’ve used.is4
