tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-451509587037762640.post1425126916106204230..comments2023-10-29T10:29:53.827-04:00Comments on Just For Today - Leveraging The Tools of Al-Anon: A Downer Al-Anon Meeting? YOU Must Read This!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-451509587037762640.post-80121553159374316432008-08-24T14:01:00.000-04:002008-08-24T14:01:00.000-04:00Well said, Syd. I've found that every meeting is d...Well said, Syd. <BR/><BR/>I've found that every meeting is different, and the ones with more graphic stories or sadder testimonials are more intense. <BR/><BR/>I have also noticed a few people in one of my regular meetings who are uncomfortable when the shares are very personal, i.e. stories about childhood and situations with qualifier. <BR/><BR/>These people are also the ones who rarely share their own emotions or what they're going through but instead say "The reading reminds me of this slogan," or "let me read from another book..."<BR/><BR/>And thank god. Because sometimes I feel very emotionally wrung out when the shares are intense and kind of welcome hearing it.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, none of us sitting in the room really has the power or authority to mold or steer the shares.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-451509587037762640.post-1823782549752157032008-08-23T08:34:00.000-04:002008-08-23T08:34:00.000-04:00I haven't been to a bad Al-Anon meeting. And that'...I haven't been to a bad Al-Anon meeting. And that's because I always learn something. I've been to meetings where I've felt uncomfortable because of control issues by the chair. But it wasn't a bad meeting because I learned how I didn't want to be. I've been to many meetings where people were in pain and cried. Sharing pain is a common thread that brings us together. We wouldn't be at an Al-Anon meeting at all if everything in our lives was wonderful. We're there because we are working on recovery from our disease.Sydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05642843245634635843noreply@blogger.com