My sponsor shared at the last AA meeting I attended. He has experienced a falling-out of sorts with a family member and was asking for new sets of ears to hear his plight.
He received the understanding he was hoping for and as we went around the room relating our own stories to his, I started hearing some of the most wonderful insight.
There was something special going on. It wasn't a group therapy thingy. This was something different than I had seen before. I kept watching and listening, trying to figure out what was making this different than the other meetings.
I guess some meetings are just better than others. That is a normal thing, right? Some meetings you just seem to get more out of? I don't have a year of sobriety yet so there are not tons of meetings under my belt yet, but that has been my experience so far.
Well, in this meeting I watched every person in this group come together as one. We all understood, we were all there for each other's help and knowledge. It was exactly what our meetings were intended to do for each of us. It was so cool. Powerful, spiritual, insightful, emotional all rolled into something my sponsor could ponder.
The power of AA.
Friday, November 6, 2009
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Hi,
Just thought I might mention that for us "over fify" crowd the tiny font on your blog posts is difficult to read.
It's your blog and you can of course tell me to stuff it, but I thought I would tell you anyway. On the off chance you might be middle aged and suffering with serious far-sightedness as well. :)
I clicked over from The Spiritual River.
I understand completely.
Thank you for the comment.
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