spoke up at a meeting
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spoke up at a meeting
I've been attending Alanon for a year and a half now and it's always been hard for me to speak up. I know you don't have to speak and can always pass but I don't feel I'll get anything out if I don't speak. Anyway tonight the topic was on detachment and I spoke about how it was before Alanon and how it is now and two people told me they liked what I said! I couldn't believe it! Usually I feel like a babbling idiot but I tonight I felt like I actually made sense. Thanks for listening!
Summer
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Hey Summer
Hi Summer,
Everytime you speak at a meeting it will get easier and easier. When I am sharing I am thinking to myself "what in the world are you talking about, you don't even make sense". But you never know, you might say one thing that helps another person out.
I think you are doing great!!
Keep going back......
Hugs Sharlene
Everytime you speak at a meeting it will get easier and easier. When I am sharing I am thinking to myself "what in the world are you talking about, you don't even make sense". But you never know, you might say one thing that helps another person out.
I think you are doing great!!
Keep going back......
Hugs Sharlene
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Join Date: Mar 2002
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Great Summer!!
When I went to my first face to face, I thought I would sit back and just listen. I shared my first time!! It was a great feeling.
Way to go Summer!!
Many hugs,
Debbie
When I went to my first face to face, I thought I would sit back and just listen. I shared my first time!! It was a great feeling.
Way to go Summer!!
Many hugs,
Debbie
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Join Date: Jan 2003
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((((((((Summer)))))
Good for you!
I can never remember what I've said meetings especially at meetings other than my own home group....but the good news is You had the courage to speak up and that's a step in the right direction...
I read somewhere I have to tell the story
to feel the pain, to get on with my life.....I believe that to be so true....
The secerts I keep will keep me sick....If I can't talk about it the elaphant is back in the living room and I am going backwards...SOMETHING I never want to do again...
I have yet to go to a meeting that something wasn't said that I can use in my own recovery.
Love and prayers
I can never remember what I've said meetings especially at meetings other than my own home group....but the good news is You had the courage to speak up and that's a step in the right direction...
I read somewhere I have to tell the story
to feel the pain, to get on with my life.....I believe that to be so true....
The secerts I keep will keep me sick....If I can't talk about it the elaphant is back in the living room and I am going backwards...SOMETHING I never want to do again...
I have yet to go to a meeting that something wasn't said that I can use in my own recovery.
Love and prayers
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