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Hmmmmm let's see if this thread turns out the way the subject makes it sound .
I have stepped out of my comfort zone and volunteered to be the Al-anon co-chair for an AA function coming up in my area in September. It is an AA function with Al-anon participation. You want humor in your life....do something like this. There is nothing funnier than watching a bunch of alcoholics plan something and the controling Al-anons letting them. I was highly entertained at the committee meeting yesterday.
We actually got a lot done and finally decided on a theme. I can't wait. Our theme is "We will be amazed". This is right out of the AA promises. I loved the suggestion and that it was one of the AA promises so when it was presented as a possible theme it had my vote 100%. I am looking forward to being amazed at this function.
Leadership is not outside of my comfort zone. As a recovering control freak standing up and taking responsibility is nothing new. As an Al-anon who loves her program service is nothing new.
The stepping outside my comfort zone is that this function is being planned by people who live in the north end of my county (I live in the south) so they don't really know me. Yesterday at the meeting there was a big discusion on wether we should have workshops at the same time as speakers. Some in the group didn't want there to be competition with the speakers. I had a different opinion.
Did I speak up? You bet I did....and you know what I was heard.
I also have had the great privilege of going to one of our local treament centers and sharing my story with them. Talk about seeing the beauty of giving to the program. I have done this before and have been thanked, but what I gave was nothing compared to what I got back. Planting the seed of hope in someone and seeing that little bit of light in there eyes there is NOTHING like it.
This may come back to bite me in the butt though as the coordinator said that she is going to talk to the woman who does the speakers meetings and she wants me to become a speaker. HOLY SH**! ME????? lol that is my disease and feelings of unwothiness talking there...but hey I am aware of what it is.
My life has changed so much by doing just one thing....changing everything. I cannot believe the life I have today and you know what....I am at the beginning of a new chapter in my life. My divorce just being final this March and finding who I really am. I want to jump to the end of the book so I can see, but this journey is freaking amazing.
I am working harder at this than I ever have before and you know what it isn't that hard. lol okay, today it isn't that hard.
If you're not involved in service get into it. There is always something you can do. I can promise you this....what you get back will far exceed what you give.
And heck shouldn't we celebrate those fabulous growth opportunities?
Thanks for being here.
Yours in recovery, Mandy
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"We are not punished for our unforgiveness, we are punished by it" Jim Stovall
Lots of meaning to "When I got busy, I got better" You go girlfriend. I know that hearing you speak at the convention was totally awesome. You have a gift my friend that keeps on giving and what a beautiful example of a program of attraction.
love in recovery, Maria
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If I am not for me, who will be? If I am only for myself, then who am I? If not now, when?
Good for you :) I have been dabbling here & there Myself in Service Nothing quite that big yet, but getting my feet wet, and I do so enjoy the feeling of accomplishment when something is completed ;)
Keep up the Great Work, & of Course Keep us Posted on how it goes :)
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standing up and taking responsibility is nothing new. As an Al-anon who loves her program service is nothing new. 
