Staying connected in the recovery community is vital to maintaining eating disorder abstinence. Today we are looking at the various resources our clients can reach out to upon returning home. In this post we are focusing on the meetings and services available in Seattle, Washington.
When preparing our clients to transition from our step down facility, Patrice House back to their homes we help them carve out a recovery maintenance plan. One of the resources we suggest our clients reach out to is Overeaters Anonymous (OA.) OA is a fantastic, long standing, reputable support group for various eating disorders (including anorexia, bulimia and compulsive over eating.) Meetings in OA vary from area to area, but the advantage of a support group in Overeaters Anonymous is the focus the groups have on the physical, mental and spiritual restoration of its members. As well as the flexibility to create a group that best serves the needs of it’s members. For instance, if a group comes together and would like to make a 2 hour meeting a 1 hour meeting to better serve it’s population it can do that. As well, if a meeting has a predominant amount of Anorexics and Bulimics it can also change the meeting to best serve that population. Of course all changes to meeting formats must be abiding by the the 12 traditions of OA.
Currently, we have quite a few clients who are from the Seattle area and will soon be retuning home. If you live in the Seattle, WA area there is a variety of meeting available to you:
Overeaters Anonymous Meetings
Sunday/ OA H.O.W / 5:30 PM / St Paul’s United Church Of Christ
Sunday / BIG BOOK / 7:00 PM / Seaview Methodist Church
Sunday / TRADITIONAL MEETING/ 7:00 PM / Samaritan Center Of Puget Sound
Monday / OA Steps Traditions Study 10:00 AM / St John United Lutheran Church /
Monday / NEWCOMER / 7:00 PM / Columbia City Church of Hope
Monday / LITERATURE STUDY / 7:00 PM/ University Christian Church
Tuesday / TRADITIONAL MEETING/ 7:00 PM / North Seattle Alliance Church
Tuesday / TRADITIONAL MEETING/ 7:00 PM / Seaview Methodist Church
Tuesday / MEDITATION/ 12:00 PM / University Christian Church
Wedn. / AA 12 + 12 / 09:00 AM / St Paul’s United Church Of Christ
Wedn. / GAY LESBIAN TRANS./ 6:00 PM / Capitol Hill Alano Club
Wedn./ LITERATURE STUDY / 7:00 PM / University Christian Church
Thursday / BIG BOOK / 10:00 AM / St. Paul United Church of Christ
Thursday / TRADITIONAL/ 7:00 PM / Olympic View Community
Thursday / TRADITIONAL/ 12:15 PM / Downtown YMCA
Thursday/ MEDITATION / 07:00 PM / Peace Lutheran Church
Friday / TRADITONAL / 7:00 AM / Recovery Cafe
Friday/ TRADITIONAL / 12:15 PM / University Christian Church
Friday / MEDITATION / 07:00 PM / St Therese Parish House
Friday / TRADITIONAL / 7:00 PM / Denny Park
Saturday / TRADITIONAL / 10:00 AM / West Seattle Seaview Methodist
Saturday / TRADITIONAL / 10:00 AM / St Pauls United Church Of Christ
Sunday/ TRADITIONAL / 9:00 AM / Capital Hill Group Health Hospital
Saturday / TRADITIONAL / 10:00 AM / University Christian Church
In addition, Seattle has a book store dedicated to 12 Step recovery. Unity on Union Book Store offers books, recovery gifts, guest speakers and 12 step meetings. The meeting schedule is below:
Unity on Union Bookstore
2420 East Union Street
Seattle, WA 98122
(206) 687-7873
Sunday / CLOSED / Available to host meetings.
Monday / CLOSED / Available to host meetings.
Tuesday / ALANON / 7 PM– 8 PM / Contact : Nicole (206) 718-1598
Wednesday / H.O.W.- AA / 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM / Contact: Steve (206) 380-2318
Thursday / SPIRITUAL FITNESS – WOMENS AA / Contact: Houston (206) 280-5645
Friday / RECOVERY IN PROGRESS – AA / Contact: Jeff (206) 605-5256
Saturday / BIG BOOK STUDY – AA/ Contact: Bruce (214) 336-2339