YESTERDAY I WENT TO CHURCH AND PRAYED FOR ALL THE ALCOHOLICS AND ADDICTS OF THE WORLD TO SEEK REHABILITATION. OUR MINISTER WAS ENCOURAGING US TO BE WHO WE ARE AND DISCOVER MORE ABOUT WHO YOU REALLY ARE. THIS IS A MESSAGE THAT ERNEST HOLMES HAD WRITTEN.
THAT AFTERNOON I WENT TO A WOMAN'S CONVERSATION WHICH WAS ALMOST LIKE A TWELVE STEP MEETING IN THAT WE WERE GIVEN A CHANCE TO TELL A FIVE MINUTE STORY ABOUT WHAT WAS ON OUR MIND. MANY WOMEN HAD LONER STORIES AND CRIED ABOUT THEIR FEELING THAT WERE SO DEEPLY HURTING THEM. WE WERE EACH ASKED TO STAND UP IN FRONT OF THE GROUP AND NOT SMILE OR SAY ANYTHING FOR 1 1/2 MINUTES. IT SEEMED LIKE 5 MINUTES AS I STARED AT EACH PERSON'S EYES. I SAID IT WAS VERY DIFFERENT SINCE I HAD BEEN USED TO SPEAKING IN FRONT OF GROUPS VERSUS JUST STANDING THERE. THEN EVERYONE APPLAUDED US FOR WHO WE WERE! WE DID SOME CHANTS AND MEDITATIONS. WE ALSO HAD OTHER DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHAT WAS THE BEST THING THAT HAPPENED TO US DURING THE LAST YEAR. AT THE END WE DID AN INTERACTIVE SONG AND TWO STEP WITH THE GROUP, AND FINISHED WITH "SO IT IS", AMEN. THE TWO WOMEN WHO PUT IT TOGETHER HAD BEEN TRAVELING THROUGHOUT THE U.S. TO SPIRITUAL LIVING CHURCH PUTTING ON THESE WORKSHOPS. MANY SPOKE ABOUT HAVING BEEN AN ALCOHOLIC OR HAD MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILY WHO WERE ALCOHOLIC.
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