In the brief time I've been blogging (I've got another ~30 days to say that and then I'll pretend I know what I'm doing...), I've been struck with the parallels between the blogging community and the face community in AA.I just wrote an article in my other blog about the 4th Tradition in AA and have spent some time reflecting on autonomy in both of my AA worlds (I don't integrate my online and face AA experience for reasons explained in an article on my anonymity on the web). I'm convinced today these AA communities (face/blog) are more similar than they are different.
I seek out and prefer to participate in AA meetings that try to understand and follow AA steps, traditions and concepts in our 3 legacies of recovery, unity, and service. I also attend a lot of other meetings - some simply special purpose meetings, some AA meetings that may have lost their way, an some AA groups in full rebellion for one reason or another.
I find much the same on the web. I've quickly found a few (about 10) folks who blog with a similar style and intent as what I do. I've come to care about many of these folks, whom I may never meet, with similar regard (love?) as I do for those I hug at my home group every Saturday night.
I've also read dozens of blog sites from members in AA that I may never need to go back to.
I've also read several blog sites that I didn't like, then found others that I liked who followed the ones I didn't like and then, when I gave them another chance, they were just fine...
It seems it's all about openness and willingness - in the face world and the blog world. There's a whole other world in AA that I don't participate in - and that's fine... Neither they or I care about or need my opinions about what they do...
I get that amongst my blogging community, people get lost in their character defects, get sick, recover, get sicker, miracles happen - and it's shared with an intimacy that is inspiring and helpful to me as another bozo on the buss...
I love my life in AA - both here and in my face world...
Amazing...
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I offer as much encouragement to the bloggers as I can. It's hard to put things down in a way that can be understood. Without inflection, eye contact, expression, etc. it can be difficult to convey a message. I'm just glad that you're here. And writing and conveying a really good message.
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