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Experience, Strength & Hope Newsletter

Experience, Strength & Hope Newsletter

Sponsored by OA Foot Steps Virtual Intergroup #09670

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    • 12 Traditions
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    • 12 Concepts
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Daylight Savings Time / Summer Time Changes Begin March 8

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Foot Steps Forward : Board Shorts

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Limited Series on WSBC

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Spotlight on the Digital Committee

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Foot Steps Forward : Board Shorts

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Foot Steps Forward : Board Shorts

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Celebrating Six Years of OA Foot Steps – A Message from our Chair

Hi everyone! I’m Renee, and I have the absolute joy and honor of serving as the Chair of OA Foot…

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Foot Steps Forward: Board Shorts

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Spotlight on ESH Meeting

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Interview with Renee – Chair of OA Foot Steps

Renee is the Chair of OA Foot Steps, World Service delegate of the Unity with Diversity Committee, and is on…

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Interview with Monica S – Let’s talk about Diversity.

Monica is the Chair of the PIPO committee of OA Foot Steps, the Co-Chair of Unity with Diversity at World…

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OA Foot Steps Heart Storm

At the last Virtual Intergroup Meeting (VIG), we went into breakout rooms and played with a team building exercise. We…

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Happy Birthday OA Foot Steps!

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An Interview: One of OA Foot Steps Founders

Q: What is your story with Compulsive Eating? A: I have always been a compulsive eater. When I was 1½…

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Spotlight on the Twelve Steps Within (TSW)

TSW is the Twelfth Steps Within committee. The goals of the committee are to provide services to members that will help…

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Upcoming Elections

I would like to talk on behalf of Traditions One and Two. Beginning in April of 1946, in the  Grapevine,…

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