My meetings
Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 5:27 pmSo , ok , I finally get to the point of missing my meetings , or at least was reminded of them in the form of "So , what happened vahn ?" question , which sent me back to the "good old days" .
I guess I can safely call this post "My meeting inventory" , and in fact , it is !
First off , I am going to interject something off-topic . Only God could bring us to or back to God . (My opinion) We must first have to hear someone calling before we can respond to the voice , (Sheep respond to the Shepherd's voice , or even better , 'My sheep know My voice' " )
Ok , back to topic .
So it was Gary (sponsor) who scooped me up from the gutter , cleaned me up , fed me till I was strong enough to hear what he had to say , and he gave me back my God and said "Now this time , don't keep Him for yourself , go out there and share it with every single drunken soul you meet whether they be at a meeting , alley , church or palace , it is by giving that you receive and NOT the other way around ".
The next seven or eight years found me doing just that , I mean you name it , parks , dumpsters , bus stations , soup-kitchens , homeless shelters , prisons , jails , hospitals , mansions and estates , from Yale-to-Jail , from one end of this continent of ours to the other . That is the colour of my sponsorship portfolio , let alone , speaking commitments , starting new groups and lectures @ USM (University of Southern Maine) , hosting workshops at conferences , step-study , book study , wakin up at 2 or three O'clock in the morning to answer a distress call , volunteer for AA Hot-Line , Local and national Assembly you name it !! Yep , I ate , breathed and went to the bathroom with nothing but my God and AA , all the while having the fruits to show , establishing furniture repair/finish business @ 1st year , custody of my daughter the 2nd , buying my own house with 7 acres of land the 3d , opening my own art gallery the 4th , an inclosed pond and Japanese garden for my daughter the 5th (in Maine!) teaching daughter digital graphic art , and on my birthday , when she was sixteen she hands me a $28.000.00 dollar check from her own work making daddy soo proud and God so much Awesome-er !!
Then one day , Jackie decides North Carolina to be her college !! I said "Honey , I've got to talk to Gary 'bout this ." He says "You know vahn ? I've a brother there and was planning on paying him a visit and maybe even consider staying there a couple of years , .. after all , our work here is done , how about finding us some wetland see if we can dry that one up ! " .... "But , .. but ..."
So , daughter's registered in UNC , yet another house , only this time Mr. know-it-all decides to go back to Maine , two days later , he's daughterless , homeless , and a couple of months later he is also sponsorless , poof ! right off the face of the earth !! NOTHING LEFT BUT THE OASIS AND GOD I was being fed by all of you here on a daily basis !!!
I have recuperated , stood back up and fought my battles , almost gave up , you nursed me again till I was strong enough to stand and continue to fight , two days ago I had my strongest spiritual warfare ever (planning on posting that in the appropriate forum) which left me physically and mentally drained , all this while my ever trusted COOLies had been right behind me .
Last month marked my 11th year without a drink or a drug .
But still , sorry to say , I miss my meetings , I miss my GOD !!!
In Christ , our Lord
I guess I can safely call this post "My meeting inventory" , and in fact , it is !
First off , I am going to interject something off-topic . Only God could bring us to or back to God . (My opinion) We must first have to hear someone calling before we can respond to the voice , (Sheep respond to the Shepherd's voice , or even better , 'My sheep know My voice' " )
Ok , back to topic .
So it was Gary (sponsor) who scooped me up from the gutter , cleaned me up , fed me till I was strong enough to hear what he had to say , and he gave me back my God and said "Now this time , don't keep Him for yourself , go out there and share it with every single drunken soul you meet whether they be at a meeting , alley , church or palace , it is by giving that you receive and NOT the other way around ".
The next seven or eight years found me doing just that , I mean you name it , parks , dumpsters , bus stations , soup-kitchens , homeless shelters , prisons , jails , hospitals , mansions and estates , from Yale-to-Jail , from one end of this continent of ours to the other . That is the colour of my sponsorship portfolio , let alone , speaking commitments , starting new groups and lectures @ USM (University of Southern Maine) , hosting workshops at conferences , step-study , book study , wakin up at 2 or three O'clock in the morning to answer a distress call , volunteer for AA Hot-Line , Local and national Assembly you name it !! Yep , I ate , breathed and went to the bathroom with nothing but my God and AA , all the while having the fruits to show , establishing furniture repair/finish business @ 1st year , custody of my daughter the 2nd , buying my own house with 7 acres of land the 3d , opening my own art gallery the 4th , an inclosed pond and Japanese garden for my daughter the 5th (in Maine!) teaching daughter digital graphic art , and on my birthday , when she was sixteen she hands me a $28.000.00 dollar check from her own work making daddy soo proud and God so much Awesome-er !!
Then one day , Jackie decides North Carolina to be her college !! I said "Honey , I've got to talk to Gary 'bout this ." He says "You know vahn ? I've a brother there and was planning on paying him a visit and maybe even consider staying there a couple of years , .. after all , our work here is done , how about finding us some wetland see if we can dry that one up ! " .... "But , .. but ..."
So , daughter's registered in UNC , yet another house , only this time Mr. know-it-all decides to go back to Maine , two days later , he's daughterless , homeless , and a couple of months later he is also sponsorless , poof ! right off the face of the earth !! NOTHING LEFT BUT THE OASIS AND GOD I was being fed by all of you here on a daily basis !!!
I have recuperated , stood back up and fought my battles , almost gave up , you nursed me again till I was strong enough to stand and continue to fight , two days ago I had my strongest spiritual warfare ever (planning on posting that in the appropriate forum) which left me physically and mentally drained , all this while my ever trusted COOLies had been right behind me .
Last month marked my 11th year without a drink or a drug .
But still , sorry to say , I miss my meetings , I miss my GOD !!!
In Christ , our Lord
