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I know, I haven't been here in a while. I been busy. I'm back to work now, been back since the first of June. I was enjoying my 3 month paid vacation, but as we all know, be it pleasant or painful, this too shall pass. And, it did. I also came to terms with the online meetings. I didn't like the app but really it was all we had to work with so I put on my big boy pants and dealt with it. We did have our own online group on fbook and that suited us just fine. Last week we had our first in three months face to face meeting. There were only 5 of us there. We didn't hug or hold hands during the prayer but the human contact was priceless. And, we are a literature based group, so we pass the book around. At the online meeting, everyone has to have an actual book or they cannot participate. And participation is after all the key to harmony. So last week we were able to pass the book around and everyone was able to be part of what was going on. And I was able to bake cookies and cheesecake and see a few delighted smiles before the meeting got under way. I just thought I'd pop in here, say hello, hope you are all ok especially the new people I haven't met yet. And don't worry This too shall pass.
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Not all my days are priceless, but none of them are worthless, anymore.
Good to see you Wolfie! Glad you've got some 'normal' back. I did meet today with a small group of gals with the intent of having a meeting. We met outside, and had masks and sat apart in our own chairs. We ended up not doing a meeting and just chatting, laughing and catching up - it was lovely! Sometimes, I don't know what I'm missing until I'm nudged to action!
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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
No one can resist my maraschino cherry white chocolate chip cookies or my cherry cheesecake. And next week will be a chocolate caramel cheesecake. Some of them come to the meeting just to see what I made. I noticed that some of the Macdonalds and Burger Kings are open and the lineups outside the liquor stores are long enough. Most of the meetings in town are still online but we're an oddball group I think.
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Not all my days are priceless, but none of them are worthless, anymore.
Oh...my...goodness - your goodies sound lovely! I would probably not be resisting if I were attending! Sounds absolutely yummy Wolfie!
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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
I was grateful to have the in-person meeting. As handy as the online meetings were I couldn't find a slot on my laptop to slide the cookies through. At least face to face we managed to share a few crumbs and it's wonderful to see people talking and laughing even if they won't take a cookie because they're trying to cut down. It's still conversation. I made some cookies today but I'm at work and its a different setup here. There are still people in recovery living here, working here, and periodically visiting here. Little impromptu meetings pop up here and there. Gets boring over a twelve hour shift and I need people to talk to so I come here.
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Not all my days are priceless, but none of them are worthless, anymore.
Whatever works Wolfie - come here, go there - I've gotten really creative on communication during the pandemic. I'm texting, calling, emailing, zooming, and very little human direct interaction. I do golf every day which isn't super social but something to do! Hoping it improves my game! Ha.ha.ha.ha.....time will tell!
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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
