WHAT I LEARNED: If I need to make amends to someone that is no longer around, instead of writing a letter, I can write an amends poem!
Category: Meetings
MTG – Winter Park – “Winter Park Morning AFG”
WHAT I LEARNED: This phrase holds me hostage: “If you love me, you would…” This phrase sets me free: “If I love myself, I would…”
MTG – Oviedo – “Listen & Learn AFG”
WHAT I LEARNED: If I ever get Alzheimer’s, I hope the memory of my very first meeting is one of the last things to go. …I want to hold onto that moment for as long as I can.
MTG – Orlando – “Easy Does It”
WHAT I LEARNED: “Today” is a word I need to use more often in order to gain perspective. If I’m not having a great day, I’m only having it …“today.” It’s not going to be for the whole week/month/year. It reminds me tomorrow can always be different.
MTG – Orlando – “College Park 12 Step”
WHAT I LEARNED: Today I learned the 9 best words in the program! Contact me through the “comments” section if you’d like to know what they are. 🤫
MTG – Tavares – “Peace of Mind AFG”
WHAT I LEARNED: When church bells rang out a long song at the end of the meeting, it leant an ethereal quality to the closing being read. 🔔 Perhaps it’s all this reading I’ve been doing lately on Al-Anon’s history, but for a brief moment I felt connected not just to the people in the…
MTG – Maitland – “Saturday Serenity AFG”
WHAT I LEARNED: The clock in the room was stuck at 20 minutes ’til the top of the hour. I knew it was broken even before the meeting started, yet as the meeting continued, every time I glanced at it I thought the time was correct. Oh how I’ve done this with so many things in my life! Where…
MTG – Maitland – “Wednesday Morning Harmony AFG”
WHAT I LEARNED: If I was given the chance between changing either one thing in my past or one thing in my future, who’s to say it would really make any difference in my life? …Because I would still be exactly where I need to be.
MTG – Maitland – “Carrying the Message AFG”
WHAT I LEARNED: Sometimes in life it’s not just my phone that needs to be on “silent,” but my mouth as well. Or maybe some days, just for fun, it should be on vibrate! Ha ha!
MTG – Winter Park – “Winter Park Morning AFG”
WHAT I LEARNED: I am not in charge… I am not in charge… I am not in charge…
MTG – Orlando – “Today’s Hope AFG”
WHAT I LEARNED: Sometimes the “gifts” I get from this program are actual physical possessions that I can carry around with me. Thank you for the one I got at this meeting tonight because I know I will treasure it for a long time to come!
MTG – Maitland – “Carrying the Message AFG”
WHAT I LEARNED: I’m humbled by the rawness of stories from newcomers. The sheer honesty is piercing. If I ever minimize my progress in this program, I’ll come back to this Newcomer’s Meeting for a wake up call.
MTG – Deland – “Deland AFG”
WHAT I LEARNED: Keeping it simple is not simple. …If it was, I would have done it already & been onto more complicated things (or should I say “complicating things”). Ha ha 😜
MTG – Mt. Dora – “A Better Way”
WHAT I LEARNED: Apparently my thoughts wander a lot during meetings, but having this blog is helping me practice mindfulness, focus & really listen.
MTG – Winter Park – “Friday Shepherd of Serenity AFG”
WHAT I LEARNED: To work my program & the 12 Steps, I need to be willing to accept risk in my life.
MTG – Maitland – “Wednesday Morning Harmony AFG”
WHAT I LEARNED: When I really sit down to think about it, it’s amazing how much time & effort I put into trying to make my life be what I think it should look like – rather than my HP’s will for it.
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