WHAT I LEARNED: 1. Anger is the wind that extinguishes the light of reason. 2. My current location is not my final destination.
Category: Meetings
MTG – Altamonte Springs – “Seminole AFG”
WHAT I LEARNED: Caregiving is loving. Caretaking is dysfunctional.
MTG – Oviedo – “Listen & Learn AFG”
WHAT I LEARNED: Sometimes in life I feel like a robot… but in meetings I become self-aware. I guess I was just running on artificial intelligence before I got a Higher Power.
MTG – Orlando – “Easy Does It”
WHAT I LEARNED: Wise words: “…what we resist persists.” (See page 18 from “Opening Our Hearts, Transforming Our Losses” (item # B-29).) Even wiser words: “Resistance is futile.” (See probably any sci-fi movie trailer.) I need to get back to Step One & wave the white flag of surrender.
MTG – Winter Park – “Friday Shepherd of Serenity AFG”
WHAT I LEARNED: If I ever need to be reminded of my progress in the program, all I have to do is go back & visit my family! 😑 Ha ha 😉
MTG – Oviedo – “Listen & Learn AFG”
WHAT I LEARNED: I heard a new acronym today – “Nuts” is: Not Using The Steps.
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This blog has been silent for the past 3 weeks because, as some of you are already aware, my boyfriend of 16 years died of a drug overdose on 11/18/13. No one was aware he was shooting up. He hid it well & didn’t reach out to anybody. And it saddens me to think that the…
MTG – Winter Springs – “Promises for Tomorrow”
WHAT I LEARNED: A meeting is like a gift I get to open when I get there.
MTG – Winter Park – “Friday Shepherd of Serenity AFG”
WHAT I LEARNED: To improve my conscious contact with my Higher Power, first I have to be conscious!
MTG – Maitland – “Survival to Recovery”
WHAT I LEARNED: A “slip” is: Serenity Losing Its Priority.
MTG – Maitland – “Carrying the Message AFG”
WHAT I LEARNED: For the moment, I may not be where I want to be, but at least I’m not where I used to be.
MTG – Tavares – “First Things First AFG”
WHAT I LEARNED: If I need to hear the Serenity Prayer differently, I can say it backwards! 🙃
MTG – Deland – “New Hope Al-Anon Adult Children AFG”
WHAT I LEARNED: I love going to a meeting & I’m given a suggestion for a new piece of literature that I can pass onto World Service. Every member has a voice!
MTG – Longwood – “Let it Begin with Me”
WHAT I LEARNED: True gratitude is an action, not just a thought. 🤔
MTG – Orlando – “Paths to Recovery”
WHAT I LEARNED: Sometimes it’s the smallest choices that turn out to have the biggest impact.
MTG – Orlando – “TLC AFG”
WHAT I LEARNED: Service work is what keeps my boat anchored while I ride out the rocky seas of change.
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