Tomorrow night is my home group meeting. Your home group is "your" meeting. The meeting that you belong to. That you always go to. And, you usually have a job of some sort at the meeting. In February I was on cleanup. This month, I am chairing the meetings.
You pick a home group based on where you feel the most comfortable. Some people pick them kind-of randomly. Not me. I researched it like I researched choosing a college. I asked so many questions, people were probably starting to wonder if I was for real. Never mind that if I wanted to change home groups, it isn't quite as labor intensive as transferring schools (as far as I can tell, it involves crossing your name off the handwritten list in the group you are leaving and adding it to the group you are joining). It didn't matter; I took this decision to heart the way I take every decision to heart - I agonized over it. And then I said to myself, "If you join, and don't like it, or find one you like better, you can change. Get a grip!" And, I wrote my name.
My home group is a meditation meeting. What that means is that we stare at a candle and think in silence for ten minutes; I usually think about my hair. Don't tell anyone, but I am not
really good at meditation.
My home group is also a literature meeting. What that means is that someone is chosen to pick a small reading from conference approved (AA approved) literature, and they read it. Then, after meditation, the person who chose it and read talks for a few minutes about the passage. Then, we go around in a circle and people talk about the passage, the topic, or what someone else said, or really anything on their mind.
It is a nice meeting.
1 comment:
My sister keeps trying to convince me to do yoga, but I told her I've tried it before and I stink at it, especially the part at the end where you have to meditate. I don't do meditation. I just don't. Meeting sounds good, though - glad all the research paid off :)
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