A “Great” Story?
August 10, 2008 by Mark
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
Tell ya’ what – the very next time you hear a speaker announced as having a “great” story… invite their family, their parole officer, the families of the people they hurt, their employers and the folks they hurt at work. Invite their mental health counselors (if they have one), their Doctor and their attorney. Oh, and don’t forget the newspaper reporter who wrote the last piece about their actions in public places.
When all those folks are in attendance, poll them. Ask them how “great” this person’s story is on a scale of 1-10.
There used to be a drawing posted at the Patchogue group on L.I. at St. Joe’s. It said something like this: “Thank you God for we can laugh today, but, please God, don’t let us forget how much we cried.”
I’d add to not let us forget how many tears we caused others.
Oh, thank you Mark. Thank you, thank you. I have had the experience of being in the audience as the speaker tells a very charming and hilarious story about how he totally fucked me over. The feeling of betrayal when everyone laughed was something I wouldn’t care to repeat.
My solution? I very rarely attend speakers meetings. Particularly the ones with the all star “circuit speakers”.
Wow – my initial gut reaction was “You’re kidding, how could someone do that?”
Then my head cleared… knowing exactly that some inconsiderate, self-centered a**h**e would do that and do it in the name of recovery!
This is not a sign of Spiritual growth…it is the disease talking.