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Old Dec 19, 2016, 11:41 AM
leejosepho leejosepho is offline
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Originally Posted by Moogieotter View Post
Are you saying there's more of a discussion feel in the meetings in your area? I am unclear. Thanks,

moogs
Not where I am now and there are even more reasons why I do not attend locally, but that is how meetings were where I first got started and then elsewhere, and that is also how others and I do things in our long-standing (previously face-to-face) group that is now online. Meetings for me, both then and now, were/are about this:

"If you are an alcoholic who wants to get over it, you may already be asking - 'What do I have to do?'
"It is the purpose of this book (and these meetings) to answer such questions specifically. We shall tell you what we have done." (page 20)

I was shocked (dumbfounded, actually) the first time a chairperson in a place that was new to me cut me off and said "No cross-talk here!" After someone who was obviously "sufferingly sober" had shared a bit and had even asked some specific questions, the next few people who "shared" had said almost nothing beyond a mere "Keep coming back!" I had never before heard so many people trying to believe they were being helpful by saying virtually nothing to a sufferer, and it would have been impossible for me to keep silent...and not because I think I have so much to say, but because I used to be that sufferer sitting in meetings while seeking some tangible answers.

You might or might not find something at our site either insightful or helpful: http://www.nonameyet.org/aa-or-a-a/
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