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Program for the 2012 Birthday Party

Friday, Jan. 20

5:00 pm Registration Opens
5:00 pm - 7:30 pm Reception/Fellowship
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Meditation
7:30 pm Kickoff: Opening Ceremony, Speaker (many years in program) and "Recovery Idol" (Music, Recovery, and Laughs)
10:00 pm - Midnight Marathon Meetings (* see below)

Saturday, Jan. 21
7:00 - 8:15 am Yoga (towels provided, all fitness levels welcome!)
7:30 – 8:30 am Meditation
7:30 – 9:00 am "Grab-and-Go" Breakfast (additional cost for meal)
8:30 am – 7:00 pm Registration/Hospitality Suite/Ancillary & Literature Sales, Prize Drawing, Silent Auction, and Garage Sale Open
9:00 - 10:30 am Workshop: “Food Plans: Defining a livable way of eating”
9:00 am – 12:15 pm Big Book Workshop: Steps One through Three
9:00 am – Midnight Marathon Meetings (* see below)
9:30 – 11:30 am Longtimer Panel: “For This I am Responsible... Actions of Service”
10:30 am – Noon Sponsor "Meet-and-Greet" - Session I
11:00 am - Noon Workshop: “Defining your HP: Choosing the qualities and attributes I want”
12:30 to 2:00 pm Lunch Buffet & Speaker (meal purchase NOT required to hear speaker)
1:30 – 3:00 pm Workshop: “Relapse and Recovery: The pursuit of abstinence”
2:00 – 3:15 pm Panel: “The Only Relief... Actions of Abstinence”
2:00 – 5:00 pm Big Book Workshop: Steps Four through Nine
3:00 – 4:30 pm Sponsor "Meet-and-Greet" - Session II
3:30 – 4:45 pm Panel: “Happy Joyous and Free... Actions of a Healthy Body Weight”
3:30 – 5:00 pm Workshop: “Sex & Intimacy: Letting go of limitations”
5:30 – 6:30 pm Meditation
7:00 – 9:00 pm Dinner and Speaker (dinner purchase NOT required to hear speaker)
9:00 pm Dance/Karaoke (dinner or separate dance ticket IS required)

Sunday, Jan 22
7:00 - 8:15 am Yoga (towels provided, all fitness levels welcome!)
7:30 – 8:30 am Meditation
7:30 – 9:00 am Breakfast Buffet & Speaker (meal purchase NOT required to hear speaker)
8:30 – 11:00 am Registration/Hospitality Suite/Ancillary & Literature Sales, Prize Drawing, Silent Auction, and Garage Sale Open
9:00 – 10:30 am Workshop: “Sponsorship: Give freely of what you find”
9:00 – 11:00 am Marathon Meetings (* see below)
9:00 – 11:00 am Big Book Workshop: Steps Ten through Twelve
9:00 – 11:00 am Longtimer Panel: “No Matter What... Actions of Longtimers”
11:30 am Closing Ceremony, Drawings and Speaker


* Marathon Meeting Schedule

Friday, Jan. 20
10:00 pm
ADMITTED we were powerless over food - that our lives had become unmanageable
11:00 pm Literature/Writing meeting

Saturday, Jan. 21
9:00 am A PLAN OF ACTION, A PLAN FOR HOPE
10:00 am IT'S JUST A DECISION to turn our will and our lives over, the rest is up to God
11:00 am KEEP COMING BACK... the most loving action we can do for our recovery
12:00 pm IT WORKS IF YOU WORK IT... "hard and complicated" is not a requirement
1:00 pm Literature/Writing meeting
2:00 pm I'm not God? CAME TO BELIEVE in a power greater than myself
3:00 pm FINDING A SOLUTION -- Using a food plan, not the food
4:00 pm HEALING OUR BROKENNESS: physical, emotional and spiritual
5:00 pm WERE ENTIRELY READY to have our defects of character removed. Really?
6:00 pm I PUT MY HAND IN YOURS... being a part of the OA chain
7:00 pm CREATING A FOOD PLAN that works for me, not against me
8:00 pm Literature Meeting
9:00 pm CLEANING HOUSE: Finding freedom in a thorough inventory
10:00 pm WE ASK GOD: Incorporating prayer and meditation into our daily program
11:00 pm BREAKING THE INSANITY: Finding freedom by changing our behavior

Sunday, Jan. 22
9:00 am ACCEPTANCE IS THE KEY: Relinquishing control of life and others
10:00 am BEING OF SERVICE... we give it away in order to keep it