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Originally Posted by tokiwartooth
I'd outright tell her what I felt about that. My meetings aren't nearly as strict as that, although I only attend evening meetings. If someone goes over, no one cares as long as it's not too much over. Being exactly on time like that seems a little an@l retentive. I mean, for noon meetings when you have an hour lunch timing is good, but getting so worked up about going three minutes over is a little ridiculous. Although I went to a meeting once where they didn't believe in giving out chips. I had gone that night to get my one month chip and they basically said, why should you be rewarded and recognized with a chip for being sober? It's your duty to be sober, you shouldn't be commended for it. So I never went back to that meeting. No wonder there were only 5 of us there. I like the evening meeting I go to at the church, there's always quite a number of people and no one cares if you go over, and they give out chips.
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Wow, not giving out chips because you shouldn't be commended for it??? Sounds like my family of origin, LOL. Don't commend anyone for anything, because you should always do the right thing naturally, of course. Sad but true. AA should be rewarding, it should be positive, it shouldn't be exclusionary, it shouldn't be a club where only certain people can join. These are all directly against the principles of AA. But then, I have lived elsewhere where AA was really AA. The club I currently go to is what I consider a bastardization of AA. So, along with looking for a new sponsor I am looking for a new home group.