I was the speaker at my home groups Saterday night live last night. Being sober only over a year I just feel that I did not have very much sobriety to speak of. 30 yrs. of drinking and one of sobriety lead to a lot of drinking stories. I tried to point out where I went wrong in my first attempt to get sober, and what I did different this time, but I still feel I presented a drunkalog. I prayed before it that I hope to help someone. So if some thing I said did that I guess It was all worth it.
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Hi there: Im sure you did just fine! No matter how insignificant we may think what were saying is, theres always someone who learns a little from all of us. I sometimes feel that way when I share in a meeting...Like, why did I say that! On occassion someone will come up to me after a meeting and comment that it helped them. Nothing is insignificant!!!! Speak from your heart and all will be well! Lani
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"We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have. "
Hey you showed up and did the best that you could. Anyone that had less than a year was very interested I'm sure, that you were able to get a year. It alluded me for 2 years. Drunk-o-logs qualify the speaker. If you've got newbies in the audience they need hear the "before" stuff so that they can "identify in". I don't think that I've spoke (outside of at my own anni's) since I had 5 years. That one was disasster to me. The first speaker only went 10 minutes and I had to speak for 50 min. It was a good thing that I had a long drunkolog because I really didn't have too much good stuff to talk about then. I was going thru guardianship crap with my father (on top of being his caregiver for 3 years) and going to court in 2 different states (lots of fun) and didn't feel very serene lol.
My VERY first AA meeting was a speaker meeting..... If the speaker had not shared his 'drunk-a-log' I would not have identified and probably wouldn't have gone back! I thank that guy every time I see him at a meeting, now.
I KNOW you helped someone......
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I'm sure you were fine, I wouldn't be able to identify if I didn't think they were a real Alcoholic. When I've had the privilege to share a meeting I try to keep my story to the 3 parts. What it was like. Qualifying, the Drunkalog. What happened. How I reached my bottom and got into recovery. What it's like now. How my journey through recovery has gone. You can never go wrong if you share your ES&H Bob.
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Work like you don't need the money
Love like you've never been hurt, and
dance like no one is watching.
I'm sure that you did just fine. You did your best and that's all you could do.
At my first meeting the woman speaker concentrated on her drinking days and where it had taken her. As I sat and listened I knew that I was in the right place. Perhaps if she had talked about her recovery more I might not have gone back.
No matter what we say it is always helpful to another recovering alcoholic. Be happy that you were able to help somebody.
Take care,
Carol
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Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. ~Dr. Seuss
thanks for the support. I went to a meeting today, and I was even quoted. So I figure maybe I am being a little hard on my self. Think of it a perfectionistic alcoholic. lol
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I went to a meeting last night and the girl doing the chair was visibly to upset to say very much. We could all feel her pain, frustration and I guess her hope. She spoke only very briefly, but said more than she knows because she touched the emotions of everyone in the room. I don't think I've ever heard a chair where I didn't get something from it. And it always beats sitting on a barstool, listing to drunken bullshit.
