I too felt the same way. Like I was with a group of people I knew, from somewhere, at some point in time. I kept scanning the room to see if one of them would recognize me. Many acknowledged me, smiled, nodded their heads...
Then one day I heard a man's story, then another, and another, and then a woman's, and another... and I realized... I do recognize them... they are or were me. They were telling my story!
John
PS. I hope you'll read my reply to pappy about what the video "Since the beginning of time" meant to me when I heard it.
The first week I went to meetings I was struck by the many people I met who looked and/or acted very similar to people I already knew. Not 1 or 2....more like 6 or 8. It was strange. I thought I was imagining things. A little unsettling. It came up in conversation after the meeting tonight and I continued to think about it after coming home. Now I sort of wonder if it was God's way of saying "See...you already know and like these people. Give it a chance." That's the theory that makes me happy!
This is great Chris, ... ... ... I think you're finally seeing this as 'Home' ... make yourself comfortable ... have a cup of coffee ... sit 'n talk ... My AA group here is closer to me than my earthly family ever was ... I can bare my inner self so much more easily here than with my real family ... HERE, I am understood ... HERE, I am loved despite all my faults ... Truly wonderful, isn't it??? ....
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'Those who leave everything in God's hand will eventually see God's hand in everything.'
when i was finally able to hear the thinkin thing, i was amazed that i would be at meetings with people i had never met( even today, after all the meetings i have been to and all the people i have met, i only know 3 i actually drank with) but yet our thinking was the same. yup, i found my home and my family. we may not have it all together, but together we have it all!!
Oh sigh........Thank you!!! One definition I heard of "Salvation"...is "Coming Home"! Welcome Home....We've been WAITIN' for YA...and at last....ya found us!!!
