Bloodless Coup There was a bloodless coup of sorts in the Monday Morning Big Book Meeting. It all revolved around whether we should share by going in order around the room or we should raise hands. The underlying reason for the coup is not quite as silly as the hand thing sounds. The meeting has grown by leaps and bounds over the past six months. Here in Connecticut they do not count off and split up into smaller discussion group is too big for every one to have a chance to share. In Minnesota, where I sobered up, splitting how it is usually done. This is Connecticut and I just have to accept that.

I made the splitting up suggestion at the group conscious but, they all looked at me like I had two heads. We took a vote and the majority voted not to change anything. One member, in her sixties then said she was too old to wait for “all you young people to share” before she had her chance. She went on to say that she was never coming back to “The Club” again and she would have to “pay a psychiatrist to listen to her” if we were not going to listen to her. This member has a lot of problems beyond alcoholism but it was still an unpleasant exchange.

So as Mary Jo suggested to me on Sunday I am going to do the uncomfortable and less convenient thing and go to meetings outside of “The Club” at least for a while. Great, it is another opportunity for growth.  ¶ 8/10/2005 04:57:00 AM