[Magdalen] Admission

[Jay Weigel]

Mike, that isn't the norm in ANY other meeting I've been to, anywhere. And
I've been to a good many of them over the years. Must just be the one you
encountered.

On Saturday, January 9, 2016, M J _Mike_ Logsdon <mjl at ix.netcom.com> wrote:

> >>>I don't see it as pointless. As Ann said, it's a self reminder of why
> I'm present at the meeting.<<<
>
> I fear I've been misunderstood, by my own bad communication.  I don't mean
> the self-identifying introduction; I mean, EVERY TIME ONE WANTS TO TALK
> *DURING THAT ONE SESSION*, to have to say the same thing, over, and over,
> and over.  If you speak three, four, maybe five times, you've said "Hi my
> name is ____ and I'm an alcoholic" EACH AND EVERY TIME.  *That's* what I
> say is pointless.  Because everyone's heard it already.
>
> I repeat:  I mean nothing at all against the self-identifying
> introduction.  I think it's good.  What's not good is being a broken record
> several times within one 1-hr session saying something everyone's already
> heard you say, and it's not like it's a difficult thing to remember,
> because you only said it a few minutes ago.
>