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Originally Posted by bpd2
You wrote: I still don't know why I got hardly any replies.
I feel bad.
Guess no one can relate.
I feel like deleting this post. But I can't and even if I could, I wouldn't. New behavior; I can't keep deleting posts just cause I think ppl don't like them or can't relate.
Nope, don't delete the post. It takes me awhile sometimes, but I'm around, reading in our forum when I can, empathizing all the while. 
I, too, get angry when others take up a huge amount of group time. What did your leader say when you talked with her? |
Thanks. She said that this person deserved more time to share cause he was "20 years sober".
I said, great; that's really great; I was genuinely pleased. And I told her, too, "Some of us are only 20 days and need to share. Some of us are 20 years and don't get to share." My point was: just because someone has "more time" or "less time" in program or recovery does not mean they deserve to share more or less.
I also pointed out that this was a "discussion meeting" not a speaker meeting; he was not supposed to share a long share. I had just presented someone with a token last week and they only took up a few minutes to share how they did it.
I suggested a "timer", too so that ppl could be mindful of time; maybe they weren't; this meeting was also just getting started again.
I told her, hey don't worry; these are just suggestions.
thanks again,
Carol