WILL IT BE “HOW IT WORKS” OR “HOW IT WORKED”
reason: HOW WE TREAT NEWCOMERS
I wrote this e-mail message to some folks. It scares me.
I apologize but something has been on my mind for hours and I need to express it so I will to those on this mailing list I, and it will be ever so hard for me not to, I will not editorialize, moralize, sermonize, lecturize, criticize, dramatize or any other "ize". But I WILL NEVER
FORGET THIS.
Monday after a meeting I was going through Chapter 4 of our Big Book with a newcomer. The phone rang and it was from a female requesting a 12 Step call. A female took the call and approached me and we made a 12 Step call. There were 4 of us, one person with 3 days, another 13 and
another a few months.
Before we left, we prayed and then looked at some of the highlights in Chapter 7. It was just great. The folks spoke from their hearts and really made an impact.
Today, I tried to follow up by asking one the girl, who took the call and arranged everything, and she did a fine, find job; if she followed through with the 12 Step call by calling the lady. She replied she was not sure if she should or not so she asked her sponsor. Her sponsor eventually replied with a shrug and a well if you want to fine and if you don't, that's fine.
Must stop hear and say no more.
Just needed to get that out in the open.
"A.S.A.P"
Always Say A Prayer