http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSOwatch/ GSOwatch Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:37:28 GMT Dennis http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSOwatch/message/7131 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSOwatch/message/7131 Hi Folks; I was 12 Stepped into Alanon when I had about 4 years sober because I was in a relationship with a gal that was a practicing alcoholic. The purpose Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:15:53 GMT sherry c. hartsell http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSOwatch/message/7130 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSOwatch/message/7130 Jim I had the great good fortune to know Don P. and David A.. David from 1969, then we realized we'd first met while in the USMC, before AA for either of us Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:10:29 GMT bbfreeaa http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSOwatch/message/7129 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSOwatch/message/7129 I've heard of her but never met her. Bill Wed, 02 Dec 2009 04:14:20 GMT Jim http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSOwatch/message/7128 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSOwatch/message/7128 Hi Bill, I never met David A., but my grand-sponsor, Don P., always had nothing but good things to say about him & Gracie. Have you ever met Arbutus O: N.? She Wed, 02 Dec 2009 04:07:02 GMT bbfreeaa http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSOwatch/message/7127 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSOwatch/message/7127 Thanks Jim...selfish alcoholic SOB is a great description. These folks obviously don't trust the power of our own program. My late Grand Sponsor David A. had Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:13:19 GMT Jim http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSOwatch/message/7126 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSOwatch/message/7126 Sorry, I didn't mean to pick on the Al-Anons. I could have just as easily said a bunch drug addicts, or a bunch of over eaters, or a bunch of gamblers. I've Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:57:37 GMT Tim DeRan http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSOwatch/message/7125 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSOwatch/message/7125 Oh, and, up until now I have never met anyone in any fellowship who has ever had a problem with that. tmd Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:56:42 GMT Tim DeRan http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSOwatch/message/7124 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSOwatch/message/7124 "OK, I'm sure this will cause a sh**storm, but here goes. Why in the hell would an AA member join Alanon. I" As one of myu first sponsors told me ond day Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:48:00 GMT bbfreeaa http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSOwatch/message/7123 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSOwatch/message/7123 OK, I'm sure this will cause a sh**storm, but here goes. Why in the hell would an AA member join Alanon. I know it happens all the time but, considering our Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:53:47 GMT Tim DeRan http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSOwatch/message/7122 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSOwatch/message/7122 " I've seen Alanons try to invade AA on every conceivable level for years now. From forming "Family Afterward" groups to shoe-horning their way into actual AA Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:46:14 GMT Tim DeRan http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSOwatch/message/7121 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSOwatch/message/7121 "This way, the imposters won't be able to contribute money to GSO since they don't have a group #, and are not members. " How many of these groups would even Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:34:32 GMT Tim DeRan http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSOwatch/message/7120 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSOwatch/message/7120 "It seems the more selfishness and materialism is accepted in the macrocosm of society the more it filters into the microcosm of our little society." Again in Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:33:08 GMT Dennis http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSOwatch/message/7119 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSOwatch/message/7119 I agree Tim but fortunately it is not that way in other parts of the world. It seems the more selfishness and materialism is accepted in the macrocosm of Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:30:28 GMT bbfreeaa http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSOwatch/message/7118 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSOwatch/message/7118 However, I would point out that a bunch of Al-Anons would probably not want to be an AA group, trust me on that one. Ya gotta be kidding me on that one! I've Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:18:16 GMT Greg http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSOwatch/message/7117 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSOwatch/message/7117 Hi Group, I can't stop banging my head against the wall. We (the delegate or any other "trusted servant")can simply ask them to not be an AA group because of