DBT Skills for Recovery | Resuming October 3, 2025
Fridays | 7AM PT/10AM ET/3PM UK | 55 minutes
This ongoing class will teach a new skill each Friday for managing emotions that lead to compulsive eating. All are welcome and there’s no need to sign up for the class or to come every week. Zoom room locks at 5 minutes after the hour, so show up on time! The link for the meeting can be found here:
https://secularovereaters.org/so-meetings/
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.
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) Class Recordings
Recordings and handouts from eight DBT classes offered in spring 2024 and led by trained therapist Susan P are available on our Managing Emotions (DBT) page. You can also find the recordings wherever you listen to podcasts; do a search for Secular Overeaters and Friends. In additions Susan P is currently offering a free DBT Skills for Recovery class on Fridays, 7a PT/10a ET/3p UK; check the meeting schedule for more information. (Note: these new classes are not being recorded.)
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
