Our
First Meeting
It started
on Tuesday, 19th February ’08 on a quite a hot evening. The first
thing I noticed entering the building was that it was cool. The air-conditioning
was refreshing after coming from the heat. We had a bit of a rat around
for mugs, plates, spoons etc. and put a couple of jugs of water into
the freezer.
A member
bought a couple of bottles of cordial another a new box of biscuits,
the old International Rot was replaced by a top quality coffee and
better tea was purchased. Nothing is too good for the recovering addict
so we got the good stuff, including the Tim Tams.
The shares
were great! Really positive and recovery focused. The rehab group
were great. Their sharing from the heart took us back to those difficult
early days and the hope for a better future. Other group members shared
on the goals they are striving to achieve, often in the face of significant
personal difficulties.
All up there
were 13 members at the meeting with several regulars not in attendance
tonight. After the meeting there was considerable positive comment,
not just on the venue, but the vibe of the meeting and the shares.
All in all our first meeting at our new home was a rip roaring success
and those of us who had concerns about the transition to the Livingstreams
Centre breathed a deep sigh of relief and thanked our HP that irrespective
of some challenging months accommodation wise, we saw it through and
its all go from here.
Group
Initiatives
Having stable
home means we can now get on with doing the things we've wanted to
do for a good while. Group Conscious decided to invite guest speakers
to provide some variety and ES&H from members who do meetings
in other areas. Typically we would not hear these members share at
eastern suburbs meetings. It was also felt that greater variety would
also be valuable for people from the rehab which attends the group
each week. At this stage guest speakers are likely to be invited fortnightly.
One week will be a share on their personal experience with the second
guest sharing on one of the steps a couple opf weeks later. Those
who share their personal experience will be invited back to share
on a step and visa versa.
Another initiative
the group considered was spending some time doing step work before
the meeting in a smaller room that is also available to us. This is
an idea the Group Conscience viewed as desirable some time ago and
now it is a possibility if members want it to be a goer. Alternately,
we can have 45 minutes or so before the start of the meeting doing
a Basic Text study. Stay tuned its all about to happen.