Just got back from my Wednesday night meeting which is my home group. It was nice as usual.
We had our group's business meeting afterward at the diner. Business meetings are where the home group member's focus on how best that particular group can 'carry the message'.
We also started planning our group's 29th anniversary. It will be a 'marathon' meeting on October 31st. That particular date was my idea since we wanted to have it on a Saturday and Halloween falls on a Saturday. The logic in this is that there will be a shitload of parties that may be bad situations for addicts in recovery. If we hold a 6 to 8 hour meeting on that day it will give folks a place to go if they find themselves in a bad spot with all the parties that will be happening.
I was diggin' the business meeting due to the fact that the three others that were their all had significant time in the program and I didn't have to be on my guard as much. I'm always wary of people in the rooms trying to take advantage and it pisses me off. People trying to get money (that I don't have), folks trying to treat me like their personal taxi service or a vending machine for their cigarette habits. People with significant time are less inclined to pull this kind of shit.
Overall, I feel pretty damn good tonight and I'm diggin' it.
We had our group's business meeting afterward at the diner. Business meetings are where the home group member's focus on how best that particular group can 'carry the message'.
We also started planning our group's 29th anniversary. It will be a 'marathon' meeting on October 31st. That particular date was my idea since we wanted to have it on a Saturday and Halloween falls on a Saturday. The logic in this is that there will be a shitload of parties that may be bad situations for addicts in recovery. If we hold a 6 to 8 hour meeting on that day it will give folks a place to go if they find themselves in a bad spot with all the parties that will be happening.
I was diggin' the business meeting due to the fact that the three others that were their all had significant time in the program and I didn't have to be on my guard as much. I'm always wary of people in the rooms trying to take advantage and it pisses me off. People trying to get money (that I don't have), folks trying to treat me like their personal taxi service or a vending machine for their cigarette habits. People with significant time are less inclined to pull this kind of shit.
Overall, I feel pretty damn good tonight and I'm diggin' it.
