Topic: Do You Have Refreshments At Ur Meetings? If So What Is It? Hi Im Sharon and Im an Alcoholic. By the Grace of my HP and people like you here in SR I havent had a drink of alcohol since 8-11-90. For that im truely grateful. I enjoy meetings....just because you get to see buddies of urs u havent seen all week. Or its a meeting you heard something you needed to hear. or its a place to get that GREAT cup of coffee you need to get u going..... And of course if its a NOON meeting.... FOOD...! My meetings at noon was a good time for folks to bring lunch. Its where if you wanted to compete with a fellow buddy to see who brings the best desserts....lol I use to bring many neat things id bake just about everyday...I was always finding a new recipe for a new batch of cookies, or cakes.... RECOVERY folks LOVE to eat.... Sometimes a meeting with food is the only place to get something to eat for the day....and i hope not....but.... Do you have meetings that u attend where someone brings something to eat to go along with that GREAT cup of RECOVERY COFFEE...lol If so what is it???? COOKIES, CAKES, CHIPS, LITTLE SANDWISHES....ANYTHING...??? |
Well, the scourge of donuts are a pretty regular feature, though I don't eat them. Sometimes people bring fruit or crackers or whatnot. I recently took some classes on ikebana--Japanese flower arranging, and I've been doing an arrangement of that every week lately, which certainly helps the place since it tends to be a bit dingy. I'm a little bit disreputable, because I supplement the few flowers I get by culling a few clippings from the neighborhood, though not much from people's yards and nothing noticable. Helps me feel more like I belong there. |
I really should be active and bring snack and stuff....usually all we have is coffee...and sometimes some soda. |
No refreshments today at ur meeting.?? : ( How about if i bring a Brocolli Cornbread to the noon meeting tomorrow? : ) |
At some, but mostly a resfreshing attitude AA Alatered Attitude |
refreshments ... Our meetings are held upstairs from our local Alano Club. There's stuff down there. Somtimes, people bring hard candy, gum and stuff for those who can't afford to buy anything downstairs. I'm planning a cookie bonanza ... on the next payday weekend. Money is very very tight in this town, and has been for years since the closing of several mines. While some are still with the mines, and doing well, the majority is out of work, or coping with low - wage jobs and the personal cash for contributions like cookies and donuts just isn't there. Sharon, if you want to make a cornbread - I'll private you my addy and you can UPS it here! That would be a HOOT! LOL! These folks wouldn't know what to do with something like that. They're all the time telling me 'it must be a southern thing' when I ask why don't we do something or the other up here... hee, hee. I told them that everything in the south happens around food. everything up here happens around the heater. Or in a bar. :abcn: |
lol barb....LOL We are good for that SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY down here in the south....WE LOVE OUR FOOD....and the SPICIER THE BETTER..! Ur right about the brocolli cornbread...it is good...its a mother-in-law recipe...I knew she was good for something:a102: .... shhhh i didnt say that:a143: ....lol Southern cornbread and a heater works fine...oh and dont forget the COFFEE...lol Cookies would be GREAT at ur meeting....ull have them eating out of ur hands and want to go home with u too...lol Better find room for ALL of those hungry recoverying friends u will soon have....lol |
Bumping this topic up so if ud like to share with us u can. |
hi sharon... at most meets around here it just coffee and cookies... a town away has a noon meets... wow, its like the NYC St'Anns festival... sauseeg'a and peppers, ziti's, meat'a balla's... http://smileys.sur-la-toile.com/repo...eys/manger.gif a lady hits the local donut shop in the morn... the owner donates a load of um... she brings um to the sat morn meets, and the leftovers come to the panal of experts (alive again)... my record... 13!!! yikes, ouchy wow-wow...! and that aint alcoholic exadurat'n... agw & gol......................................... donutboy! rotfl |
I have to go gluten free and caffeine free so bring my own. Some meetings like to have a jar of decaf donated them, or reimburse me for one. If I'm coming from work and eating places aren't open and/or there isn't time, I eat something during the "meeting before the meeting". One person who is prominent told me I shouldn't but several people told me it was fine. |
Hi Sr....i noticed that the meetings i have been going to this week while im visiting here in Baton Rouge are also bringing snacks to go with the coffee.... Today i brought some coconut cookies and a bag of banana chips.... Anything good at ur meetings? |
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