October 18, 2025 9 am – 2 pm

New Holstein, WI (between Milwaukee and Green Bay)

Explore life beyond just getting sober from food, following concepts written by Bill W as well as an OA member. 

Read, write, share with your fellows:

• Define what emotional sobriety means for you.
• Have you ever found serenity boring?
• What outside things (people, places, thoughts) might you be dependent on that may not be fulfilling?

Read, write, share on the practice of emotional abstinence to stop the cycle of emotional binging:

• Hear how HP comes to the rescue when members are faced with cravings
• Find simple truths waiting to be revealed behind the wide range of emotions
• Hear how taking a hard look at insanity paved the way to sanity for your fellows
• Explore the Top 10 Things that help one member maintain abstinence in difficult situations

LUNCH BUFFET

• Serve-yourself Salad Bar with grilled chicken
• Altona Supper Club, New Holstein

Please note: The purchase of the Lunch Buffet for $18 is optional. You are welcome to bring your own lunch or go out to lunch between 11:30 and 12:30 pm. If you bring your own lunch, you may not eat in the restaurant, as this is prohibited by law.

REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Three ways to Register:

1. Call 414-259-0640
2. Mail print the following form and mail to OA-MAI along with check payable to Milwaukee Area Intergroup REGISTRATION FORM: New Holstein
3. Online – pay by check or credit card (small surcharge will apply) https://www.eventbrite.com/e/emotional-sobriety-workshop-registration-1716816838379?aff=oddtdtcreator

Scholarships Available for OA-MAI residents – please call 414/259-0640

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE

8:30 am Registration Opens. Coffee and tea available all morning.

9:00 am Welcome and Intro to Emotional Sobriety. Follow concepts written by Bill W as well as an OA member. Time to listen, write and share.

11:30 am -12:30 pm Lunch Break

12:30 pm Consider the practice of Emotional Abstinence. Time to listen, write and share.

2:00 pm Closing

Hosted by the New Holstein & Plymouth OA meetings.
Sponsored by Overeaters Anonymous-Milwaukee Area Intergroup.

For a Printable Flyer, please click here: Printable Flyer: New Holstein Workshop