Just curious to what your favorite type of meeting is, newcomers? Book study? Mine is the one Im heading to now, its a open topic candlelight meeting. I really like the atmosphere and theres always something I needed to hear in it..
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God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference.
an "As bill sees it" meeting. where the chair picks a topic (such as fear) and all of the pages referenced in the index are read, followed by a discussion. This produces a very focused discussion.
I like a mix. Only about 25% of my meetings are speaker or "lead" meetings, but I kind of like the fact that I can just focus on the message. In participation meetings I find myself trying to figure out what I'm going to say, instead of focusing on listening .
If you ever have a chance go to:
Newburgh group in Cleveland on Sunday night, a very old group, big on gratitude and humility.
King School Weds in Akron Oh, the first ever AA group still going strong.
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Rob
"There ain't no Coupe DeVille hiding in the bottom of a Cracker Jack Box."
I think my favorite type of meeting is a meeting I can walk out of having learned something. I haven't been to one yet where this hasn't happened. My sponsor told me, "There are no bad meetings...Just bad attitudes."
You just reminded me of a situation a long time ago with my sponsor ... Thought you and others might get a kick out of it ...
Early in the progarm, I decided to stay home one night and watch TV and forget about the AA meeting ... I thought I needed a break ... My sponsor called me the next day and asked, where were you last night? ... I said I stayed home and watched TV and I enjoyed it so much, I might do it again tonight ... He said, WELL, you missed it! ... I said what did I miss, wasn't you there? ... He said, YEAH, but I only heard what I was supposed to hear ... WE'LL NEVER KNOW WHAT IT WAS YOU WAS SUPPOSED TO HEAR!!! ... and I thought, .... My God, you got to go every night or you'll MISS IT!!! ...
I will remember that for the rest of my days .... If ya don't go to the meeting, you'll MISS IT!
Take Care and God Bless, Pappy
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