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Old 09-22-2009, 04:11 PM
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tommyk
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"I have been told at meetings not to share about difficulties staying clean and the problems I face in recovery."

I was told that too, as a newcomer, in the parking lot after a meeting.

I said, "If it is all the same to you, I think I'll share whatever it is I need to share in meetings in order to stay sober. I've got to work MY program, I can't work YOUR program. No hard feelings, I hope you understand."

Six months later that person confided in me that he was really impressed that as a newcomer I had enough direction to work my own program, and that perhaps he was trying to exert some control where it didn't need to be exerted. We're great friends today

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