Originally Posted by
Jeni26 
I'm totally and utterly petrified of speaking at meetings for any length of time.
Is this really such a big deal if I just say no to the public speaking part? I trust my sponsor and have followed her lead in everything. But I just can't with this one.
Only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking.Someone needs to remind ur sponsor of that.
What a lot of people do here in Florida on their Anniversary is have one or two people share on a certain topic. Like maybe one shares on Honesty and another shares on Service, then they just open the floor up to others.
Some people will never be public speakers no matter how hard they are pushed and they shouldn't have to be.