Hi Bob,
Jocelyn here also from Western Pa. My home group is
Parkway West in Oakdale. Where are you from in W Pa?

--- "Bob G." <fubblesthebabycow@...> wrote:
>
>
> In western PA, 'cross-talk' is understood as
> starting a dialogue with another person while
> sharing during a discussion meeting. Commenting on
> someone else's share is not discouraged, as long as
> it is a monologue.
>
> If we couldn't comment on a perception by a newcomer
> that was incorrect, how could that person ever learn
> what our program is really about? If someone had
> stated during a meeting that "this is a selfish
> program", or that we could "take what we want and
> leave the rest" (sadly this happens all too
> often...), do we not, as recovered alcoholics, have
> the responsibility to correct these misperceptions?
> What if another newcomer took one of those
> statements to heart and tried to get sober by being
> selfish or selective? Most likely, miserable
> failure to get sober will result, and then the
> newcomer starts telling people that AA doesn't work,
> when they never really tried the real AA at all.
>
> Political correctness has had a terrible influence
> in AA; people are afraid to tell someone they're
> wrong because they don't want to offend anyone.
> Well, opinions are like assholes: everyone's got
> one, and they all stink. But there is only one AA
> program of recovery, and I feel responsible to
> communicate that program when I attend discussion
> meetings. I try not to be confrontational or
> derogatory; love and tolerance is our code, after
> all. But I can't idly sit by and let bad
> information be told to people who desperately want
> to get sober.
>
>
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