I just went to a meeting close to my house. Not my normal meeting but I missed my Tues. night BB study because I've been sick and sleeping all day. C went out of town again on short notice and all of a sudden I decided I need a meeting. There's a place close to my house that had meetings ALL the time. Very convenient. So I looked it up in my directory, perfect 8pm BB meeting. When I get there it turns out it's not a BB meeting but a Sponsorship meeting. Bummer but no problem, of course I could use this topic as many of you know.
Here's the annoying part. I've seen the girl leading the meeting lots of times over the last 5 to 7 years on my sporadic meeting journeys. She's always rubbed me the wrong way. I'm not sure why, it's just one of those things I guess. It never really mattered to me anyway because I'm there to get sober and that's it. Well, tonight she opened up the meeting, blah blah ........
she and three of her friends whispered and giggled throughout the entire meeting. I was sitting right next to them. I gave some unapproving glances but
what I really wanted to do what shout at them and tell them to have some damn respect. I could feel my heart racing. I mean really ...... the girl leading the meeting can't even
pretend she's listening to people share? What a joke. I feel like I just wasted an hour ..... ok, I know I didn't because there was some great stuff.
She wasted an hour. I thought about mentioning something to her after the meeting but I was too angry. I also felt strange about it because it's not my home group but still .... those meetings have saved my butt on several occasions and I don't not want to go because of that.
Should I say something if it happens again? How do I not let it get my so angry. I actually closed my eyes several times and said the Serenity Prayer to myself. It worked for about 3 seconds. :praying
Ok, done ranting for now.