Will I considered rude if I knit at AA meeting?
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Originally Posted by IsadoraBailey 
I have a lot of knitting to finish up for Christmas and I'm wondering if it would be rude of me to knit in AA meetings.
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Originally Posted by IsadoraBailey
I have a lot of knitting to finish up for Christmas and I'm wondering if it would be rude of me to knit in AA meetings.
would you be ok with people knitting,texting, or playing games on their phone while you shared?
idk about you, but one thing i had to learn is common courtesy
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Agreed.
I don't knit, but I know people that do, and it can be more of something to do with your hands while doing something else, like listening or watching TV. People can have a conversation while knitting, not really so much with texting or video games.
I can't speak for everyone, but I would not consider that rude.
I don't knit, but I know people that do, and it can be more of something to do with your hands while doing something else, like listening or watching TV. People can have a conversation while knitting, not really so much with texting or video games.
I can't speak for everyone, but I would not consider that rude.
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Originally Posted by biminiblue
Tom, you ARE a tough old guy, aren't you? 
Knitting isn't at all like phone use. Not even on the same playing field. IMO, of course.
i have a lot of woodworking to finish up before christmas.
i wouldnt do it in a meeting. i wouldnt sit in a meeting sanding on a project.
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Originally Posted by tomsteve
nnnnaaa. not hard at all.
i have a lot of woodworking to finish up before christmas.
i wouldnt do it in a meeting. i wouldnt sit in a meeting sanding on a project.
i have a lot of woodworking to finish up before christmas.
i wouldnt do it in a meeting. i wouldnt sit in a meeting sanding on a project.
I agree that sanding in a meeting would be rude...
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Originally Posted by biminiblue
Knitting isn't at all like phone use. Not even on the same playing field. IMO, of course.
I don't think it's rude.
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Wha???
I have been going to AA meetings for 29+ years. I have been to thousands of them.
I go to meetings where people have been knitting every day for years --men and women both!
They do not disturb the meeting and they are not disruptive.
Anything you need to do to ensure you get to meetings is A OK, other than disrupting the meeting.
In some meetings, people have been drinking and as long as they are not too disruptive, they are welcome!
I go to meetings where people have been knitting every day for years --men and women both!
They do not disturb the meeting and they are not disruptive.
Anything you need to do to ensure you get to meetings is A OK, other than disrupting the meeting.
In some meetings, people have been drinking and as long as they are not too disruptive, they are welcome!
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Triggered a few images and made me laugh .
T.S sanding his dove tails , Isa right cross purl stitching her Christmas jumper ,
Jimmy adding the final touches to his model boat, Annie darning her husbands socks . All sober and happy what more do they need .
T.S sanding his dove tails , Isa right cross purl stitching her Christmas jumper ,
Jimmy adding the final touches to his model boat, Annie darning her husbands socks . All sober and happy what more do they need .
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Ok I love this. I'm a knitter. But not a very good one. So unless I was doing something really simple, like garter stitch the whole time, I would make a heck of a lot of mistakes 
Soooo, the only reason I'm even posting is because I have an experience with a knitter in recovery. We were in treatment together. She um how do I say this? She had trouble 'fitting in'. And I mean, so do I. But she really, really struggled. She had depression too (well, maybe we all did but hers was more severe). She would put on a happy face but I could see she was really out of her element. And she knitted. All. The. Time. And she could peacefully knit (I'm the only loud knitter I know because I have to rip out my work all the time.....I'm constantly yelling some kind of obscenity), sit in group and 'participate'. Well, that knitting was her security blanket. I'm quite sure it kept her from being uncomfortable. And discomfort would have been a good thing for her. It would have forced her to do something different, to find a different way of coping that didn't involve hiding behind knitting.
Ok Frick wtf are you trying to say? If I were pretty new to AA, new to recovery, new to sharing, new to being a part of, I would just try to be aware of anything that might be keeping me from connecting. I have absolutely no idea what your situation is. Does knitting disturb anyone in a meeting (besides Tom...hehe) no, probably not. Does doing busy work that seems sort of superfluous to the meeting kind of 'separate' one out? Maybe. Is the knitting a way of easing discomfort? Only you know. If it is, the knitting can wait for an hour. If you really have that much knitting that you must knit during AA? Go for it. Its your recovery, ya know.
I think I'm gonna go knit!!! No I'm gonna make cookies!
Soooo, the only reason I'm even posting is because I have an experience with a knitter in recovery. We were in treatment together. She um how do I say this? She had trouble 'fitting in'. And I mean, so do I. But she really, really struggled. She had depression too (well, maybe we all did but hers was more severe). She would put on a happy face but I could see she was really out of her element. And she knitted. All. The. Time. And she could peacefully knit (I'm the only loud knitter I know because I have to rip out my work all the time.....I'm constantly yelling some kind of obscenity), sit in group and 'participate'. Well, that knitting was her security blanket. I'm quite sure it kept her from being uncomfortable. And discomfort would have been a good thing for her. It would have forced her to do something different, to find a different way of coping that didn't involve hiding behind knitting.
Ok Frick wtf are you trying to say? If I were pretty new to AA, new to recovery, new to sharing, new to being a part of, I would just try to be aware of anything that might be keeping me from connecting. I have absolutely no idea what your situation is. Does knitting disturb anyone in a meeting (besides Tom...hehe) no, probably not. Does doing busy work that seems sort of superfluous to the meeting kind of 'separate' one out? Maybe. Is the knitting a way of easing discomfort? Only you know. If it is, the knitting can wait for an hour. If you really have that much knitting that you must knit during AA? Go for it. Its your recovery, ya know.
I think I'm gonna go knit!!! No I'm gonna make cookies!
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Originally Posted by hpdw
Triggered a few images and made me laugh .
T.S sanding his dove tails , Isa right cross purl stitching her Christmas jumper ,
Jimmy adding the final touches to his model boat, Annie darning her husbands socks . All sober and happy what more do they need .
T.S sanding his dove tails , Isa right cross purl stitching her Christmas jumper ,
Jimmy adding the final touches to his model boat, Annie darning her husbands socks . All sober and happy what more do they need .
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