You can be sober but not recovering and rude
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You can be sober but not recovering and rude
Mentioned Buddha as part of my higher power and after meeting guy gets in my face that "New Age" will get me nowhere. Other than its 2400 years old it was just mean. I started to lose my temper but realized it was his issue not mine so just stacked chairs. I can only control myself.
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It is probably partly me ex hippie that bring in homeless to meetings and they consume the food. Always been like that in grade school talked the priniple into my doing a lunch music appreciation club but it was an Elvis Presley fan club
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I guess opinions are like ..... err faces for the polite version , everyone has one.
Lots of oddballs everywhere in life including AA. Glad you let it go as the guy probably needs to re-read Tradition 3 and Step 3 and hopefully understand them as more inclusive. I have yet to see a promotion of any particular faith in anything I read so far.
I know I was quite ill when I got back to AA just a short time ago but in just a short while I have seen people come back who went through a lot tough wringer than I did by what they share. All I can feel is empathy and hope for them whether they find it in AA or elsewhere. I view AA as pretty inclusive so I kind of wonder why some folks try to create division with their vision of what is what when it clearly states everywhere its a higher power ( or God if you like ) of your own understanding and perhaps not his or anyone else's*smile*
Lots of oddballs everywhere in life including AA. Glad you let it go as the guy probably needs to re-read Tradition 3 and Step 3 and hopefully understand them as more inclusive. I have yet to see a promotion of any particular faith in anything I read so far.
I know I was quite ill when I got back to AA just a short time ago but in just a short while I have seen people come back who went through a lot tough wringer than I did by what they share. All I can feel is empathy and hope for them whether they find it in AA or elsewhere. I view AA as pretty inclusive so I kind of wonder why some folks try to create division with their vision of what is what when it clearly states everywhere its a higher power ( or God if you like ) of your own understanding and perhaps not his or anyone else's*smile*
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I know I'm sick. But some people in the rooms with much more substantial clean time are completely locked in a bondage of sickness, intolerance and well crap really. They may have longer clean time but it's a case of 'I don't want what you have'. Stick with the winners. I know someone whose higher power is a door knob, horses for courses.
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Originally Posted by mycoolfitz
I started to lose my temper but realized it was his issue not mine so just stacked chairs. I can only control myself.
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You'll find a fair share of that in the rooms. The most extreme example I have encountered was being asked to leave a meeting because I wasn't Christian. The gentleman, with 26 years, continued to elaborate. He went on to tell me I needed to go back to Austin and continue my Buddhist practices with some fairly well known speakers in the fellowship.
The cutest part is I'm not Buddhist. One of the two speakers is deceased and did not identify as Buddhist. The second, he openly identifies as Christian at the podium.
A few months later the gentleman made amends. Said he was wrong for his actions. Smallville, Texas sometimes folks get a little carried away with religion. If I look deep enough while standing in their shoes I see how rooted in fear it is. Drives them. Doesn't make it right, but I do understand being shot through and driven by fear. Fear makes me do things unconsciously that I'd never do consciously.
The cutest part is I'm not Buddhist. One of the two speakers is deceased and did not identify as Buddhist. The second, he openly identifies as Christian at the podium.
A few months later the gentleman made amends. Said he was wrong for his actions. Smallville, Texas sometimes folks get a little carried away with religion. If I look deep enough while standing in their shoes I see how rooted in fear it is. Drives them. Doesn't make it right, but I do understand being shot through and driven by fear. Fear makes me do things unconsciously that I'd never do consciously.
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Originally Posted by nobshere 
Try being an atheist in the roomz..ah it is what it is.
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Well it is not mostly so bad I have a bit of a history. If i talk I just end with thats my stortey. Now I have about a half dozen vets coming o meetings with me so I am not messd with. They are just some angry people and that is sad. I have had people ask me about my faith but I do not promote it. I swear setting up and taking down chairs is my thing.
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