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jdsober	SPEAKER MEETING		Lead	[-]
Posts: 1700 06/19/08 13:23:57 Moderator	Tags : None Hi Everyone, Last Night I was the Speaker For my home Group it was first time since sober this round. My sponsor said I did a good job and was very honest with what it was like what happened and what its like now. Probably better than my story in written format ...I took one piece of paper with typed out headings. So I didnt forget to connect the dots I didnt bring my whole story typed out just half page with titles on it ...which helped me stay on track and spoke only for 35 min. I talked to my sponsor today and told him I felt about comments ...and ya know 99.9% were positive comments the 1% is what I brought back with me though...but I never have to give a first Speaker Meeting again. My sponsor told me to let go of the 1 % well he actually said the name of the 1% and said we cant go into his own stuff but just let it go! So Iam trying to just let it go...and realize I am okay I am not as bad as I think I am nor as bad as anyone ...who I think that they think Iam because I also do other people's thinking for them....But the meeting really went well I was in tears over gratitude and the love. But being a man I had to fight those tears God forbid anyone see me break down and cry because I am a man and 3 yrs sober I did playfully punch a friend who was there that helped me out during my emotional stuff Easter he said some things and I said I will hurt you if you ever make me cry again. But I forewarned em if they tried to live the program the way I have theyd prolly get drunk again or use. anyway I dont know even how even telling yopu all this really sounds ...but Iam here Iam Clean n Sober Love JD
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Tommy.12steprecovery		#1	[url]	[-]
Posts: 326 06/20/08 10:10:38 Moderator	ty JD it`s in trying to carry the message that helps me so much we`re going to have to slap you on the circuit.....
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jdsober		#2	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1700 06/20/08 10:50:54 Moderator	LOL Oh yeah ....hey did I tell ya Im gonna move to NC my next ....geographical cure LOL j/k Im not moving but 4 floors up ...some day it keeps getting put off
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Sam923		#3	[url]	[-]
Posts: 5749 06/21/08 04:55:44 Moderator	JD, that is great that you did it!! I loved it, too, when I finally got around folks like me who also held on to that lousy one percent. Been working on letting it all go, too. Love, Sam
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TinkM		#4	[url]	[-]
Posts: 8540 06/22/08 13:05:00	Congrats JD... My sponsor told me the more nervous I was it was just God shaking the truth out of me...she said once your honest he shakes will go away...LOLOL My first speaker meeting was in Long Beach at a Huge Hall..I got a call from a girl I met at a biker meeting she was the secretary of the meeting. She asked if I could speak as thier speaker pooped out on them. I said I have never done this before are you sure? She said hey better yet...yes I am sure. So I said Ok and then she said ....Oh thanks Tink, Clancey really pissed me off not showing up he even told me tuff and hung up when I called to remind him. I said WHO????? Did you say Clancy theeeee Clancy? She said yes he is just another person. I almost fainted. Then I get there and there are over 100 people and no seats standing room only and people on the porch sitting around the opened window waiting for Clancy,. Won't bogard your thread but I survived and not sure about that truth thing either as I am still to this day nervous when I share. Its a awesome thing; I like smaller venues like H&I panels best but do love going to speaker meetings. So did you sleep that night after sharing? Our Shops
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Kat449		#5	[url]	[-]
Posts: 192 06/22/08 14:38:31	Hey JD I feel like singin the Jefferson sitcom theme song for ya... "Hey Im a Movin on up, to the East side to the deluxe apartment in the sky"....lalala...thank God ya cant hear me, but they say theres no where to go but up...Hope you love your new place...Im happy that you took and kept your speaking commitment. I only wished I could have been a part of to support you. Keep carrying your message of hope, youve got a good one. Hugs, Kat
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JoAnne Kitchen		#6	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1456 06/23/08 11:00:09	Good job JD! It is always so healing after I share my story. I lost count after the first 50 times, yet each time was like a new experience. I have friend who have heard me share 20 times. I told an old-timer that he had time to rush to another meeting (he had a walker), he replied, "Why, you carry a good message." I have shared in front of 14 at a recovery house and was asked to speak on Spirituality in Recovery and have shared at a 40 year group anniversary. The scarriest for me was at one of our hospitals in the morning (I don't do mornings well) and there were around 100 people, or maybe it was the time I went out of town and got asked to speak at a meeting 10 minutes before the meeting because the speaker was a no show, and then there was the time a first time speaker spoke for 10 minutes and I was asked to be her back up. There have been some very special occasions for a one year, three year, seven year, and a 22 year anniversary (the woman had always asked a man to speak, I was the first woman speaker she had asked to share), in other words, they are all important. I must remember it is not about me, it is about the still suffering alcoholic and addict out there who needs to hear my experience, strength and hope. They all know how to use. I try to remember that and just share enough to qualify and try to focus on what brought me to recovery, what kept me here, what it was like in early recovery and what it is like today. I have heard of Clancy here in Canada. Love Always, Jo Each day is a new beginning, so have a great one.
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Kat449		#7	[url]	[-]
Posts: 192 06/23/08 15:58:32	whos Clancy?
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jdsober		#8	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1700 06/23/08 16:10:12 Moderator	Hmmm.... Clancy... Clancy is a really old, old timer If he was around he'd have I think 60-70 years isnt that right? Tink Tommy or Sammie Karen Jo ? Real bottom liner ...."I spilled more booze on my tie than youll ever drink you whiney @ss baby-type of guy" Correct me if Iam wrong ya all http://www.aaprimarypurpose.org/speakers.htm Down This list about 3/4 down page is Clancy speaking on sponsorship Ebby T Bill D and Bill and dr bob are on there too Edited to correct spelling and add link Last Edited By: jdsober 06/23/08 16:29:54. Edited 1 time.
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Kat449		#9	[url]	[-]
Posts: 192 06/23/08 17:21:56	Thanks JD I look forward in hearing him. That was nice of you. Kat
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jdsober		#10	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1700 06/23/08 18:35:19 Moderator	You are welcome Kat :-)
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shay7474		#11	[url]	[-]
Posts: 126 06/25/08 04:35:23	Oh gosh Tink, LOL! I saved that quote about the shakes, I love it! I get insanely shakey when I have to talk, and I hate it because I don't feel nervous in my head! Some stupid adrenaline kind of reaction I guess. JD - thank you thank you! First off for sharing your ESH with us, because that is the most important thing we can do. But also, thank you so much for that link to the speakers! I can't tell you how excited I am! My sponsor had me listen to the Joe & Charlie tapes when we first got started together and I really loved them and hated having to give them back. I'm going to download them and burn a cd today! So thank you!! As for Clancy.... I've never heard of him, but my husband had a pet crow as a child named Clancy. Which means nothing in this context, lol, but it amused me! Hubby (35), Me (34), DD (8/99), DS (3/02) & DS (10/06)
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