Meeting resentment
Good Morning all.... I have to share about this thismorning. I went to a meeting lastnight and I got irritated because people were whispering and carring on their own little hushed conversations in...
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hi hillbillycando that so true. i'm still laughing about it you sure can tell him ha ha darlene
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Rude I think they should go outside if they want to chit chat And I also think that it's rude to walk out when someone is speaking or giving some kind of presentation
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Focus on the ones who are listening and forget the rest. Read the 12 & 12 (I think it is in step 10) where it says: We need to realize that people who disturb us are emotionally ill and often...
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Oh, Colleen, did you touch a nerve with me!!! I was just speaking with my sponsor the other day about this. Around here, we ask that we limit sharing to 3 minutes so all can share, that there is no...
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I am responsable........for me!..The hardest job I will ever have, is keeping this animal in check!!!Every time you step out of line,I can spot it,almost right away,but,when I do something with just...
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HI FOLKS, For many years now I love to read As Bill Sees It and the 12x12(particularly about the 12 traditions). It has sure helped me to learn to laugh at myself and sometimes other folks...
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Thanks All, I know what you are saying is true.. what lesson do I need to learn from this? :-) I do know that I have to keep my ego in check, because when the chit chatting is going on, I am thinking...
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Given enough anger, both unity and purpose are lost. Given still more righteous indignation ,the group can disintergrate it can actually die. This is why we avoid controversy. This is why we prescribe...
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Just a thought.... Maybe if it's that bad you could bring it up at group concience and maybe an anounce ment can be in the form of "Please be considerate of others as they share"....Just a thought......
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There is a text AA has used from the beginning as to correct meeting behavior... it's called Robert's Rules of Order. Group consciences have referred to it for years. I really can't say much more...
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All this "Live and Let Live," and "Patience and Tolerance" sounds good, but like all our slogans can be used as a rationalization for doing nothing. I heard a speaker say that his sponsor told him the...
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Resentment is the "dubious luxury' of normal people. I am not normal, I am an alcholic and cannot afford the "dubious luxury". The Big Book tells me to ask myself a simple question when I have a...
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Hi all.... There is a lot of good stuff here in this thread! :-) Well, I think what I am going to do is sit at the front of the room from now on so I don't have to be right there where the chit...
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Hi Colleen, in my opinion, It's only common courtesy to be quiet while others' are speaking. They can always take their own little coversation outside.If your at a meeting, your all obviousley there...
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Is the group familiar with the 4th tradition and the purpose of the group conscience, and the home group members?? If not maybe the home group should be? Granted there are no rules or regulation in...
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At my home group, which my husband and I co-secretary, we address this in the secretaries comments at the start of the meeting.We were having a problem with this and came up with this idea in a group...
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Shannon, I am thankful to belong to a little more respectable group!!! Although we have a few know-it-alls but we simply listen and wait for them to finish or our leader kind of cuts them off...
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Hello this is Pat again!!! I am again so fortunate that we do not have any big problems at my home group!!! However dogs are allowed and several people also bring their children!!! Both the dog and...
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Hello Pat, Your group appears to be in tune with peace and serenity. This is by the grace of God, for only He maintains order when two or more drunks are together in the same room. You and the group...
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