Recovering Misfits March 5, 2010
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In life, like it or not there are stereotypes.
People are judged by who they are,where they were born,who they hang out with,what school they went to. If they ride motorcycles have tattoos,are pierced,their hair and the all to frequent color of the skin.
Even when we were out there using our substance of choice we were discriminating against each other.
Pill poppers vs. I.V drug users
Potheads vs. Crackheads
Beer drinkers vs. Liquor drinkers
Coke heads vs. Garbage Heads
The list is endless.
When we were using we tended to surround ourselves with people like us just like in “normal” life.
Then there is the age old dispute between AA & NA…
You have hardcore ideals on all sides.
But in today’s recovery society we have become a real mixed “bag o’ nut’s” so to speak.
With ever more frequency I am going to meetings where most if not all the people there are cross addicted and or dual diagnosis. The faces of recovery are changing, becoming more and more diverse.
Younger and younger are the members of our “society”. The issues are the same yet different from the old day’s….How do we encompass the changes in our world but yet remain the same and still practice tolerance ??
I hear and learn something from each and every meeting I attend because that is what I am there for.
I do my very best to just listen and not share too much because in my history there was never just one substance involved, so if I do share I have to edit or sensor what it is I identify with.
I do this out of respect even though it is frustrating because I know there are other people in the room that would understand where I am coming from.
It even seems the actual speakers at these meetings are struggling to keep one fellowship apart from the other !
Crazy !
The Meeting house I attend has 40 meetings a week each with it’s own “edicts”
Most of us felt like “misfits” before we even started using and using is what made us feel like we fit in. Now we struggle to find meetings where all our issues fit in.
But we don’t need new “programs” Perhaps just new “understanding”
Adjective: anon.
The parameters for our individual Fellowships can make being a Recovering Misfit confusing.
I find that I can find someone at any meeting to identify with if I just listen and reach out my hand.
I practice tolerance, Love and understanding.
I practice Fellowship
Today I am Just Simply-Sandra
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