WHAT I LEARNED: 1. This is the eleventh & last item in the Alateen Newcomer Packet (item # K-18) & is a full issue of a newsletter – not an excerpt. The particular one in this packet is 8 pages total, has feedback on a writing workshop & an Alateen Conference, various sharings from members around…
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MTG – Apopka – “Apopka AFG”
WHAT I LEARNED: I may not have the “-ism”, but I definitely have the “-ependency”!
MTG – Orlando – “Today’s Hope AFG”
WHAT I LEARNED: 1. I was a speaker again tonight & now I know the term I was looking for the other day that describes the feeling at the end of my story – when people come up to me with tears in their eyes – & the person I thought I was not reaching,…
MTG – Deland – “Deland AFG”
WHAT I LEARNED: To me, there is almost no better feeling in this program than when I’m a speaker at a group & after the meeting is over, someone comes up to me & says “You told my story!” I can’t even think of a word to properly describe how amazing that feeling is, but I…
DISTRICT MTG – July 2013
WHAT I LEARNED: With so many first-time attendees at today’s District Meeting, I didn’t get to say a proper hello to you because it was so hectic, so consider this your IOU for 1 hug!
MTG – Ocoee – “Monday Miracles”
WHAT I LEARNED: Nowhere in Tradition 7 is the word “money” or “financial.” Another way to look at it is I, & the groups I attend, can be “self-supporting” emotionally, spiritually & through participating in service work.
MTG – Maitland – “Saturday Serenity AFG”
WHAT I LEARNED: If I want work harder at acknowledging my mistakes, would that make me an imperfectionist? 😜
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!
CAL – This is Al-Anon (Item # P-32)
At a recent Gratitude Dinner, the emcee quickly came up to me & asked for something that she could have at the podium that included the Serenity Prayer, Steps, Traditions, Concepts, Warranties & Al-Anon Declaration. I said I had just the perfect thing! Rather than give her a book, I gave her this pamphlet. And…
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…
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