WHAT I LEARNED: I heard a new acronym today – “Talk” is: Thank God, Ask God, Let God, & Keep God.
Tag: Workshop
WORKSHOP – Orlando – Conflict Resolution Workshop
WHAT I LEARNED: 1. Conflict is normal. Believing we can do things to avoid it is an illusion. 2. We don’t have to change, but we can change!
WORKSHOP – Orlando – Summer Service Workshop
WHAT I LEARNED: If Al-Anon was not supported by its own members, think of everything that would go away… groups, CAL literature, phone hotlines, websites, Gratitude Dinners, Conventions, & even the World Service Office. The Seventh Tradition reminds me that no one is an island & it makes me grateful for everything that we do…
WORKSHOP – Orlando – Spring Service Workshop
WHAT I LEARNED: Before Al-Anon, I had an awaremess. Now I have awareness! 😜
WORKSHOP – Jacksonville – “Weeds to Seeds” Service Workshop
WHAT I LEARNED: 1. I have to keep my tools spiritually sharp. 2. How Al-Anon grew: a coffee pot & a resentment.
WORKSHOP – Melbourne – Day of Service Workshops
WHAT I LEARNED: 1. The main reason I went to this event was to attend a Forum Writing Workshop lead by our Area Alternate Delegate. I thought, “Well, I’ll go, but I don’t have anything to write about.” Then she mentioned the topic to write about was service work & how whatever I come up with…
CAL – Area Literature Coordinators (Item # G-6)
WHAT I LEARNED: Much like any of the guidelines that are job descriptions, I always learn that the position entails a lot more than I thought! Area Literature Coordinators interact not just with World Service Office & LDC’s (Literature Distribution Centers – like yours truly!), but also Website Coordinators, Information Service or Intergroups, Newsletter Editors,…
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 – Alcoholism, a Merry-Go-Round Named Denial (Item # P-3)
WHAT I LEARNED: 1. How great would it be to give a talk at an Al-Anon workshop & it goes over so well, they want to turn it into a pamphlet?! 😲 Well that’s what happened in 1968 to one non-member: the former director of the Charlotte Council on Alcoholism. This pamphlet was published a…
CAL – Alateen Talk Newsletter (Item # N/A)
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…
WORKSHOP – Ocala – Day of Service Workshops
WHAT I LEARNED: 1. Today I got my learnin’ on by attending several workshops given by North Florida Area officers. I now have a better idea of the service work they do for us & that they’re involved in a lot of conference calls! Ha ha 😆 2. Usually at Area Assemblies, I listen to…
CAL – Courage to Be Me – Living with Alcoholism (Item # B-23)
WHAT I LEARNED: 1. This is the first Alateen book I’ve ever read & I was not prepared! I should’ve had a box of tissues along with it – especially for the “Happy/Sad” section that begins on page 300. The simplicity & direct honesty felt like I was reading a bunch of diary entries from…
CAL – Al-Anon: Then and Now (Item # AR-2)
WHAT I LEARNED: 1. Regional Service Seminars (RSS’s) were established in 1979 but I have never heard of these. 2. Apparently between the US & Canada there are 9 regions total & 3 RSS’s per year. I’m on the hunt to find out more about these & when the next one will be. 🕵️♀️ If…
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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