Podcasts

Experience, strength, and hope…just a click away, day or night!

Scroll down for podcasts from CIIG, World Service, A Vision for You, and other OA groups—including Los Angeles Intergroup LAIG and Virtual Region Podcasts.

New! Channel Island Intergroup Podcast Channel

Channel Islands Intergroup now has our own podcast channel, which can be heard on the following listening platforms under the name OA Channel Islands:
Anchor; Spotify; Breaker; Pocket Casts; and RadioPublic.

Choose any platform above to listen to CIIG Hosted Workshops:

Twelve Step Series

Step 1 Presentation and Q&A – June 14, 2020
Step 2 Workshop from 8-16-20
Step 3 Workshop from 10-4-20
Step 4 Workshop from January 31, 2021
Steps 5-7 Workshop from 3-28-21
Steps 8-9 Workshop from 7-18-21
Step 10 Workshop from 1/23/22
Step 11 Workshop from 4-10-22

OA Channel Islands Big Book Retreat – November 6-7, 2020

All CIIG content from this “Podcasts” page has been uploaded to the new channel, and we will be adding new content from local speaker meetings and future workshops and retreats as it becomes available.

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Podcasts from Channel Islands Intergroup

Please scroll to the end of this page for individual links to recordings of workshops hosted by CIIG, including: Big Book Retreat; Sober Eating; Recovery in OA; Step Workshop on Body Image; Sponsoring Chronic Slippers; Recovery from Relapse; Sponsoring Chronic Slippers; and Spiritual Life is Not a Theory: Recovery Principles.

Podcasts from OA World Service, Region 2, and Intergroups

OA World Service, Region 2, and Intergroups have many podcasts that you can listen to online or download to listen to anytime. Visit these websites and click the links to subscribe to the podcast feed, or click to play the audio online.

• OA World Service Podcasts  – scroll down for sections to get started
• Region 2 Convention Speaker Podcasts
• A Vision for You – Daily Podcasts
• Los Angeles Intergroup Virtual Speakers Bureau – The LAIG site offers hundreds of podcasts from speakers, retreats, workshops, and bootcamps! Not sure where to start? Try the “Classic Speakers” link. A virtual 7th tradition is encouraged.
• Virtual Region Podcasts – workshop recordings on Step work, Body Image, Tools, Recovery Through ___ series, Men in OA, Twelfth Step Within, and more.
• Sacramento Valley Intergroup Podcasts

Selections from OA World Service—Choose from 50+ podcasts at OA.org

• Principles of the Twelve Steps – Fellow member shares about practicing the 12 Steps of Overeaters Anonymous and using each of the 12 principles daily (Honesty, Hope, Faith, Courage, Integrity, Willingness, Humility, Self-discipline, Love, Perseverance, Spiritual Awareness and Service). Principles of the Twelve Steps

• Abstinence – Region Chair explains how she came to discover her plan of eating and behaviors that undermined her recovery. She discusses the statement…”We are either abstinent or we are not!” and explores the idea that a plan of eating is more than what you eat.

• OA3 Appendices: Disease of the Mind, Body, and Spirit – Members share how the vital Appendices in Overeaters Anonymous, Second and Third Editions explain how our disease needs to be treated on all three levels and share how they built on this knowledge and recovered using the Twelve Steps of OA.

• World Service Business Conference Keynote Speaker Matt S. – Fellow member Matt S. shares about 8 years of abstinence, a 160 lb. weight loss, and how being willing and teachable—and choosing to work the program—saved his life.

• The Importance of Working All 12 Steps – Virtual workshops from our World Service Office: Step Zero (The Doctor’s Opinion), Step One, Step Two, Step Three, Step Four, Step Five, Step Six, Step Seven, Step Eight, Step Nine, Step Ten, Step Eleven, Step Twelve

Podcasts for Purchase – OA Birthday Party

• Over 60 hours of recovery recordings from OA Birthday Party workshops, marathon meetings, panels, and speakers.
• Purchase from OA’s authorized recording specialists: All-Star Media
• A portion of the profits from the sale of these recordings goes to the Los Angeles Intergroup of O.A. to help carry the message to overeaters in the Los Angeles area, as well as around the world via the Los Angeles “Virtual Speakers Bureau” podcasts

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Workshop Podcasts for Events Hosted  by Channel Islands Intergroup 

Big Book Retreat

• • Big Book Retreat, April 6-8, 2018: Part 1 of 12 (1:01:38, 56MB)
    Part 1 of the “Big Book Retreat” 
  • Big Book Retreat, April 6-8, 2018: Part 2 of 12 (51:51, 47MB)
    Part 2 of the “Big Book Retreat” 
  • Big Book Retreat, April 6-8, 2018: Part 3 of 12 (55:32, 51MB)
    Part 3 of the “Big Book Retreat” 
  • Big Book Retreat, April 6-8, 2018: Part 4 of 12 (54:49, 50MB)
    Part 4 of the “Big Book Retreat” 
  • Big Book Retreat, April 6-8, 2018: Part 5 of 12 (1:18:05, 71MB)
    Part 5 of the “Big Book Retreat” 
  • Big Book Retreat, April 6-8, 2018: Part 6 of 12 (1:00:54, 56MB)
    Part 6 of the “Big Book Retreat” 
  • Big Book Retreat, April 6-8, 2018: Part 7 of 12 (44:38, 41MB)
    Part 7 of the “Big Book Retreat” 
  • Big Book Retreat, April 6-8, 2018: Part 8 of 12 (42:29, 39MB)
    Part 8 of the “Big Book Retreat” 
  • Big Book Retreat, April 6-8, 2018: Part 9 of 12 (42:27, 39MB)
    Part 9 of the “Big Book Retreat” 
  • Big Book Retreat, April 6-8, 2018: Part 10 of 12 (1:00:48, 56MB)
    Part 10 of the “Big Book Retreat” 
  • Big Book Retreat, April 6-8, 2018: Part 11 of 12 (1:13:32, 67MB)
    Part 11 of the “Big Book Retreat” 
  • Big Book Retreat, April 6-8, 2018: Part 12 of 12 (1:15:14, 69MB)
    Part 12 of the “Big Book Retreat” 

  Sober Eating

  • Sober Eating Workshop on Oct. 22, 2017: Part 1 of 2 (1:10:18, 65.91MB)
    Part 1 of the “Sober Eating Workshop” 
  • Sober Eating Workshop on Oct. 22, 2017: Part 2 of 2 (0:41:50, 39.24MB)
    Part 2 of the “Sober Eating Workshop” 

  Recovery in OA (Harlan G.)

  • Recovery in OA Workshop with Harlan G: Part 1, Sat. Feb. 11, 2017 (81.8 MB) Part 1 of 5 
  • Recovery in OA Workshop with Harlan G: Part 2, Sat. Feb. 11, 2017 (72.4 MB) Part 2 of 5 
  • Recovery in OA Workshop with Harlan G: Part 3, Sat. Feb. 11, 2017 (43.7 MB) Part 3 of 5 
  • Recovery in OA Workshop with Harlan G: Part 4, Sat. Feb. 11, 2017 (43.7 MB) Part 4 of 5 
  • Recovery in OA Workshop with Harlan G: Part 5, Sat. Feb. 11, 2017 (91.9 MB) Part 5 of 5 

  Body Image | Step Workshop

  • Carpinteria Step Workshop on Body Image: Part 1, Sat. Nov. 12, 2016 (38.3 MB) Part 1 of the workshop 
  • Carpinteria Step Workshop on Body Image: Part 2, Sat. Nov. 12, 2016 (39.2 MB) Part 2 of the workshop 

  Recovery from Relapse (John)

  • John – Ventura One-Day Workshop, Sat. June 4, 2016 (1:00:24, 82.95MB)
    Part 1 of John’s workshop, “Recovery from Relapse” 
  • John – Ventura One-Day Workshop, Sat. June 4, 2016 (1:07:23, 92.55MB)
    Part 2 of John’s workshop, “Recovery from Relapse”
  • John – Ventura One-Day Workshop, Sat. June 4, 2016 (1:03:28, 87.17)
    Part 3 of John’s workshop, “Recovery from Relapse” 
  • John – Ventura One-Day Workshop, Sat. June 4, 2016 (54:02, 74.21MB)
    Part 4 of John’s workshop, “Recovery from Relapse”

  Sponsoring Chronic Slippers (Sheila J.)

  • Sheila J. – Santa Barbara One-Day Workshop, Sat. June 30, 2012 (1:29:08, 10.5MB) – Part 1 of Sheila’s workshop on “Sponsoring Chronic Slippers”
  • Sheila J. – Santa Barbara One-Day Workshop, Sat. June 30, 2012 (1:04:54, 7.7MB) – Part 2 of Sheila’s workshop on “Sponsoring Chronic Slippers”

  Long-term Recovery, 200-lber (Daniel S.)

  • Daniel S. – Chatawa Retreat Sat. Morning (1:02:20, 7.3MB) – OA member since 1983, has lost 200 lbs., speaking at the OA Retreat in Chatawa, MS on Nov. 5, 2011. This is session 1 of 4.
  • Daniel S. – Chatawa Retreat, Sat. Mid-day Session (1:01:58, 7.2MB) – OA member since 1983, has lost 200 lbs., speaking at the OA Retreat in Chatawa, MS on Nov. 5, 2011. This is session 2 of 4.
  • Daniel S. – Chatawa Retreat, Sat. Evening Session (42:31 4.9MB) – OA member since 1983, has lost 200 lbs., speaking at the OA Retreat in Chatawa, MS on Nov. 5, 2011. This is session 3 of 4.
  • Daniel S. – Chatawa Retreat, Sunday Morning Session (52:22 6.1MB) – OA member since 1983, has lost 200 lbs., speaking at the OA Retreat in Chatawa, MS on Nov. 6, 2011. This is session 4 of 4.

  Serenity Sunday | Life on Life’s Terms (Daniel S.)

  • Daniel S. – Life on Life’s Terms (22:19 10.2 MB) – OA member since 1983, has lost 200 lbs., speaking at Serenity Sunday, Los Angeles, CA on Aug. 28, 2011.
    “The things I have problems with today are the things I have control over. The stuff that I have no control over, I have no problems with. So that means that I need to Surrender.”
    

  The Spiritual Life is Not a Theory – Recovery Principles (Daniel S.)

  •  Daniel S. – Recovery Principles (55 min 12.6 MB) – speaking at The Spiritual Life is Not a Theory – Practicing the Principles Workshop, Carpinteria, CA on Feb. 20, 2010.