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I just want to point out that my only local Alanon meeting is guilty of just talking about the events of the day & sometimes even gossip. We have times when it seems like Alanon is not spoken there. Maybe we struggle so much because we are a small group & several newcomers. I just hope that we can get back to the program weekly. I hope my experiences can help others & that the time I have spent in the rooms will make a difference. I do not know it all obviously but I do know that the program works. I didn't post this totally from the reading. I only got what I could from memory of part of it. I thought I would share a little ESH.
Hi Kathleen I know that alanon meetings can falter at times. This is a fellowship of equals with no leaders, only trusted servants so tht I have found that if we draw on the experience of the Traditions and follow the outline of a healthy Business meeting we can easily get back on track.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts
Thank you ladies - I believe I am lucky that we have a decent size group and I don't 'see' or 'hear' this.....there's been a few moments that I felt uncomfortable with some discussion one says about another, but I just didn't participate and moved on. I am grateful that I am part of a larger group with some good, long time, hard-program-working women....
A business meeting with a reminder of how this program works might help ... I try hard to be an example and speak with my actions/reactions instead of my words. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't.
(((Hugs)))
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Practice the PAUSE...Pause before judging. Pause before assuming. Pause before accusing. Pause whenever you are about to react harshly and you will avoid doing and saying things you will later regret. ~~~~ Lori Deschene
