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not uniformity, is a mantra i have heard time and again since i got clean. it is also one of the most overused phrases to hide a plethora of sins that some members seem to think is their GOD-given right under the FOURTH Tradition. the biggest being changing the fellowship approved readings to assuage the feelings of some of those who could become members. it is our fellowship approved literature as written that drives our wold-wide unity and before i get further involved in writing my screed against over entitled people who seem to think their desires are more important than everyone else, i will stop here and move on.

Mindy Z.
THIRTEEN (XIII) years clean!
Congrats my friend.

so, given my quite violent reaction to one of the ills i see addressing my local fellowship, how do i work towards being a unifying, rather than a divisive member. that is always the question, given my passion for the program and my tendency to form very strong opinions that ere on the more traditional side when it comes to this fellowship and how i practice my program of active recovery. first and foremost i have to remember that i have a voice that is no “bigger” than the voice of anyone else, no matter how loud or vile it may become. when i have an opinion that may be in doubt, i can always defer to someone more knowledgeable and experienced than myself and bring their findings into the mix. most of all i have to have the FAITH that as the group conscience forms, it will more than likely be the correct one, even if it does not quite meet my desires. compromise and consensus does exactly that.
moving out before the weather moves in, i see that i am quite passionate about what i see is wrong with some aspects of society and the “snowflakes” that are so easily triggered by rainbows and pronouns. i am grateful that when i go to a meeting of my fellowship, no matter where or in what language, what i get is a meeting using the readings that i have memorized from repetition. those words are the core of the fellowship and unite me with my peers across the world, unlike religion or politics, recovery is universal and just for today, i am grateful for that.

∞ DT ∞