[Magdalen] Hip broken

[anthony clavier]

I'm at St. Luke's Hospital in St. Louis. Yesterday I fell and broke my hip.
I will be operated on in the morning.

Tony

On Saturday, January 9, 2016, Ann Markle <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu> wrote:

> Yes, Mike, self-introduction is the norm in all groups I've attended --
> good for building community, which is part of the point of going to
> meetings -- but labeling yourself alcoholic is optional.  The Lord's Prayer
> is pretty near universal, but not completely so.  One reason for the "90
> meetings in 90 days" recommendation is so that you can "shop around" and
> find groups that are the best ones for you.  Asking other members for
> recommendations, either before or after meetings, is another way to find
> "good" meetings.  I introduce myself as an alcoholic for myself, not for
> others.  I never want to forget it.
>
> Ann
>
> The Rev. Ann Markle
> Buffalo, NY
> ann.markle at aya.yale.edu <javascript:;>
> blog:  www.onewildandpreciouslife.typepad.com
>
> On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 1:46 PM, M J _Mike_ Logsdon <mjl at ix.netcom.com
> <javascript:;>>
> wrote:
>
> > >>>AA<<<
> >
> > Since we have so many knowledgeable sorts here, I've wondered something
> > for quite some time.  The only sessions I've ever attended (by court
> > mandate) were with just one group that conveniently meets a half-block
> from
> > my home at St Paul's Episcopal in the early morning before 8:00 am.  If I
> > ever go that route again (by choice this time) I won't attend that one
> > because it irritated the hell out of me with one particular thing, and
> I'm
> > wondering if that thing is AA-wide or just that bunch.  Once the session
> > starts, no one can even dare utter a peep without prefacing said peep
> with
> > "[Hi,]My name is ____, and I'm an alcoholic".  Over and over and ad
> > nauseamly over.  I can see, maybe, the name repeated each time (but the
> > name's not supposed to matter after all), but that whole damned entire
> > statement?  Every single time?  Rational people need hear such a thing
> only
> > once to get the point.
> >
> > So:  the AA norm, or just that bunch?  (I won't even mention the closing
> > "Our Father" with everyone holding hands.  That would simply be easy to
> > avoid by leaving just before [like I always did].)
> >
>


-- 
The Rev. Tony Clavier
Vicar: St. Thomas' Episcopal Church, Glen Carbon IL
and St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church, Granite City IL