I have attended many, many meetings and I have observed something that the Higher Power does in the group. It appears that GOMU (God of my understanding) will take those willing to risk opening their mouths and divide them into three basic types of sharers.
~ THE RAMBLER: If you find that you thought you had a good point to make, but that when you try to express it openly, you find yourself publicly chasing that thought, only to verbally stumble back before the group and apologize, hoping something made sense, then Gomu has chosen you to speak the following assurance into the group conscience; “If that person had the guts to share, anybody can share. You don’t have to have the perfect words to connect.”
~ THE SOWER: If you have a piece of the message to share, nothing exciting, maybe heard many times before, but you feel motivated to share it anyway, you have been chosen to sow a seed of the program into the group conscience. It is a piece of the puzzle, apart of the solution.
~ THE NUGGET BARER: If you open your mouth and everything is spoken perfectly, the group connects and absorbs your thoughts, and it is so magical even you are surprised, you have been chosen to deposit a gold nugget from Gomu into the group conscience.
All three types of speakers are needed for the well-being of the group. It seems to be the choice of the Higher Power which way it will go for the speaker. You just have to be willing to open up and connect with the group conscience, no matter how risky it feels.
Daily Reprieve 
May 24, 2012 at 5:42 pm
Have you ever sent any of your writings to the Grapevine? I personally would love to see this in there…. As someone who has been to 6 or 7,000 meetings I can say you are RIGHT ON. LOL
May 24, 2012 at 10:08 pm
Thank-you for the feedback, and the RIGHT ON.
June 14, 2025 at 10:44 pm
I jst LOVE AA in all ways.27yrs sober after a Bust at 4 yrs and I would not, could not , change one thing about how it has all unfolded, every lesson( good bad indifferent) has been rich and valuable literally kicking me into other dimensions each time I Let Go and Let God, crying weeping laughing angry hurt sad resistant all these emotions bringing me real and restored (minute/ hr, day at a time )back to God and the Sanity offered thru Surrending to my Understanding of God..
June 14, 2025 at 10:53 pm
AA saved my life, First the Peeps Then the rehabs Then God, Now, over time it has changed in spite of myself and high faluting ideas to..God, AA , Service Service Service, its like a real beautiful merry go round of God AA Service with no separation between all 3.. We take ourselves Everywhere I thank God AA is firmly embedded in my psche ‘day at a time, hour at a time, minute at a time..God Bless ya’all my fellow Battlers Believers..Cheers Ani From NZ
June 14, 2025 at 10:57 pm
AA / NA saved my life through the Grace of God bringing me to its doors kicking battling broken, 27yrs later I still have battles but they ‘re NOTHING as long as I stay close to God Fellowship and TALK the TRUTH TO MY SPONSOR/ Recovery Friends .love ya’all ya Battlers.God Bless Ani From NZ
June 15, 2025 at 3:45 pm
Be Prospered, Ani from New Zealand. Thank-you for dropping by.