WHAT I LEARNED: If I want work harder at acknowledging my mistakes, would that make me an imperfectionist? 😜
Tag: District 6
MTG – Winter Park – “Winter Park Winners AFG”
WHAT I LEARNED: Sometimes I have an illness of not listening. If I listened as intently to people outside the rooms, as I do inside them, I wonder how much better off I’d be…
MTG – Altamonte Springs – “Seminole AFG”
WHAT I LEARNED: Change is what I make of it.
MTG – Casselberry – “Recovery Through the Steps AFG”
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!
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.
CAL – The Forum Order Form (Item # S-41)
Ok, ok, you’re probably wondering why I’m reading an order form of all things. It’s because I wanted to read the entire general Al-Anon Newcomer Packet (item # K-10) & this is the eighth item in it. WHAT I LEARNED: 1. This form mentions that The Forum magazine is the voice of the fellowship today. …So…
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…
CAL – Purpose & Suggestions (Item # P-13)
WHAT I LEARNED: 1. Lois W. & Anne B. wrote this as Al-Anon’s very first pamphlet in 1951. Interestingly, its title used to be “Purposes & Suggestions.” According to “The Al-Anon Family Groups (Classic Edition)” (item # B-5), the title was changed in 1976 affirming only one purpose (see Tradition 5). …Makes me curious what…
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 😜
DISTRICT MTG – May 2013
WHAT I LEARNED: The second debut of my Al-Anon poem went better than I thought it would. (If anyone from World Service Office is reading this blog, check your email inbox & I hope you enjoy it as well!) …Keeping my fingers crossed that it will make it into our literature & possibly trigger other…
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