I got an opportunity tonight to speak at a big celebration at my home group. A grand total of 49 cumulative years of continuous cleantime, if not recovery! 15, 13, 10, 8, and 3 years, respectively. T’was a long meeting, which I guess should be expected with all the different people to congratulate.
Anyways, I did a short and sweet talk on what I believe and try to work in my recovery today. I mentioned in my talk how I used to sit in the back during a speaker meeting, so’s I may watch the people there react to what the speaker was sharing. Invariably, I would watch the heads go up & down at one point or another. I described it as being like the dog in the back of the Chevy, its bobble head bouncing up and down.
As I prattled on, I did notice heads doing the bob. So, I guess I hit a good note with some who were there. The funny thing was that I took a nap this afternoon. I had a dream where I got asked and spoke at an AA meeting, of all things. I don’t remember seeing heads bob during that one, but I did have folks (alcoholics??!!) coming up and thanking me afterwards.
Well now, I got to speak twice today. I didn’t stick ’round after tonight’s meeting because I didn’t want to miss my bus. I think I hit a good note there. At least, I know I did in my dream speak. I did good, I guess.
Keep The Faith*