How to Stay Awake in AA Meetings - A Public Service Announcement
Do you keep falling asleep in meetings? What about those long and boring drinkables? Here is a way to change all that...
1. Before (or during) your next meeting, prepare yourself by drawing a square. I find that a 5" x5" is a good size. Divide the card into columns-five across and five down. That will give you 25 one-inch blocks.
2. Write one of the following word/phrases in each block: Such as:
Issues Inner-child living Amends Meaningful Relationship Slip I'm Stuck On Step__ I Couldn't Find A MeetingMy Sponsor Has Been Out Of Town Can't Won't Yeah But But Don't You Think Misunderstood Never Rational Recovery Recovering Person Searching ( as in for answers) Waiting For God to Answer...... Huh Gonna (sometimes prefaced with: "I'm") Been thinking (sometimes prefaced with: "I've") She/He said Dysfunctional I heard Rage I don't know much about this, but... Ya know Overall Scheme Of Things
3. Check off the appropriate block when you hear one of those words or phrases.
4. When you get five blocks horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, stand up and shout "BULLSHIT!"
TESTIMONIALS FROM SATISFIED "AA BULLSHIT BINGO" PLAYERS:
---"I had been in the meeting for only five minutes when I won." Adam W., Atlanta
---"My attention span at meetings has improved dramatically." David T., Tampa
---"What a gas! Meetings will never be the same for me after my first win." Dan J., NYC
---"The atmosphere was tense in the last "Honesty" meeting as 14 of us waited for the fifth box. Ben G., Denver
---"The speaker was stunned as eight of us screamed "BULLSHIT" for the third time in 20 minutes."
Ha ha...I have to try this instead of attempting to burn a hole through the speaker with my eyes while mentally screaming "SHUT THE HELL UP!" at him/her :)
