While normal eaters plan what to eat on Thanksgiving Day, we compulsive eaters plan what not to eat. And we need a Higher Power to help us turn that plan into action. That can be a tough order if we go it alone, but we have two opportunities for support here in the Seacoast.

Seacoast OA’s annual Thanksgiving Day meeting

Join us for our annual face-to-face meeting in Portsmouth for a great start to an abstinent holiday!

9:00 AM to 10:00 AM
Thanksgiving day
North Church Parrish Hall (site of Thursday evening Portsmouth meeting)
355 Spinney Road, Portsmouth (corner of Spinney and Middle Road)
Enter through back door
Contact: Eric (207) 361-7032

OA Thanksgiving Day Phone Marathon

This all-day phone marathon features hourly meetings beginning at 8:00 AM East Coast time and lasting through 12:00 midnight. These are national phone meetings so you’ll be able to enjoy hearing from members in other areas. The marathon theme is Count Your Blessings.

8:00 AM to 12:00 AM
Thanksgiving day
Call-in number: (712) 432-5200
Conference ID number: 4285115 followed by # sign

Additional holiday phone marathons will be conducted on other holidays, including:

• Veteran’s Day (November 11th)
• IDEA Day (OA’s International Day of Experiencing Abstinence, November 15th)
• OA 12th Step Within Day (December 12th)
• Chanukah (December 17th)
• Christmas Eve Day (December 24th)
• Christmas Day (December 25th)
• Kwanza and Boxing Day (December 26th)
• New Years Eve Day (December 31st)

The call-in and conference ID numbers are the same for each. For more information, including the themes of these marathons, please click here for the 2014 Holiday Marathon Schedule. This schedule will also be posted on our front page and on the Meetings page of this site.