WHAT I LEARNED: The three words surrounding the Al-Anon triangle are: Recovery, Unity, & Service, but it doesn’t matter what order they are in… as long as I have all three!
Tag: Speaker Meeting
MTG – Maitland – “Saturday Serenity AFG”
WHAT I LEARNED: “Love” stands for: Let Others Voluntarily Evolve.
MTG – Chuluota – “New Life AFG”
WHAT I LEARNED: “Fine” stands for: Frustrated, Insecure, Neurotic, & Emotional. (Actually I learned this sometime ago but I couldn’t remember the entire acronym. Now that I’m writing it in this blog, I can refer back to it if I ever forget again & start telling people I’m “fine!”)
WORKSHOP – Bradenton – Day of Speakers
WHAT I LEARNED: There are people in the program that I know. …All the rest are just friends I haven’t met yet. 🤝
CAL – Members Interested in Speaking (Item # G-1)
WHAT I LEARNED: When I was first asked to be a speaker in 2012, I ran to get this item & it wasn’t so much as a guideline as it was a goldmine! I even used it as a checklist to make sure I had certain points covered. Re-reading it now, I see the importance…
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…
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 – 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!
N. FL Spring Assembly 2013 – Day 2 of 3
The Concepts workshop was worth the price of admission. I feel so much smarter now! Also I want to “shout-out” a big THANK YOU to the person that gave me the one-on-one demonstration of the new changes to the North FL Area website: http://www.afgarea9.org. You know who you are & it was a highlight of my…
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