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The
Recovery Group is blessed to have
members from all over the world. We represent dozens of different
countries, cultures, lifestyles, occupations, religions, colors,
talents and ages. What binds us together, though, is that we all share
the disease of compulsive eating. As a result of this we have a common
goal.
One
of the issues that
creates more controversy than any other in 12 Step Groups is the
subject of religion. The Recovery Group cared enough about this issue
to create Special Focus loops and meetings for those who wish to work
their program in a religious environment. But the great majority of our
members work the 12 Step program for spiritual reasons and not
religious ones. Therefore, our regular 12 Step loops and meetings avoid
the use of deity-specific names which relate to specific religions.
Instead we use the terms, God (meaning the God of Our Understanding)
and Higher Power. Why? Because these words cause no controversy and
allow us to express our deepest spiritual feelings and keep our loops
and meetings at peace.
As
a
result of this, our loops and meetings provide a recovery home
conducive to sharing our experience, strength and hope. We leave
religion to the churches, politics to the government, specific foods to
the diet books while we're attending 12 Step TRG meetings or
participating in Recovery or ODAT Division loops.
Occasionally,
a newcomer will not understand
this and may start a religious discussion or use specific deities. We
ask our Coordinators and Meeting Leaders to not make a big deal of this
because sometimes that creates more problems than it solves. Ignore it
and move on with the meeting or loop sharing. If a member persists in
this, a private message will usually take care of it ... but be aware
COEs are sensitive creatures and some may react to even the most gentle
of warnings. If there is a reaction, you have only done your job and an
apology isn't necessary. This becomes the member's problem to work out
with his/her sponsor and not yours. It is not a good idea to make an
announcement to the whole loop or meeting soon after an offense even if
names are not mentioned. Everyone knows who you're referring to even if
the name isn't used.
The
most successful loops at solving this issue are those with coordinator
or meeting leaders who, perhaps, monthly, send out a loop protocol. The
protocol should not highlight this one problem ... it should be
included in the total protocol lest it be given too much emphasis.
Thank
you for reading and filing this
Training Post. And also thank you for your service to others via TRG.
Questions?
MtgAdm@TheRecoveryGroup.org or
TRGAdm@TheRecoveryGroup.org
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In
a perfect meeting in a perfect
world, it would be desirable for everyone to be able to welcome someone
about to share and to respond to their share afterwards. We are,
however, online and that is not in the best interest of our one-hour 12
Step Meetings. Most meeting attendees now understand that TRG Meetings
do not encourage everyone to say "Welcome" or "Glad you're Here" before
someone begins to share. We do allow brief comments after the share as
the Meeting Leader calls on the next person to share but that is not
mandatory nor should it be.
What
would not ever be appropriate in our meetings is for the Meeting Leader
to kick anyone from our meeting for any reason unless they were
disrupting the meeting.
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As
a Recovery Meeting Leader, there
will be many occasions when you will want to use the technically neat
features of mIRC called the "Who," "Who Is?" and "Who Was?" commands.
These
three commands give information about
everyone on IRC and some of it can be used to identify interlopers who
become infamous as they prowl around doing their damage. In addition to
giving the domain the member is using, it gives other information that
you and/or the #Starchat techies will find helpful.
WHO
To
find out who is in any channel on Starchat, you use the "Who" command.
To do a "Who," type the following command /who #Starchat
It wil return the folowing
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#StarChat Krycek H*@ jedstar@ServOp.StarChat.Net :3 B.Jedstar
#StarChat Phoenix H*@ bcradio@ServOp.StarChat.Net :3 Justin
#StarChat Blaze H*@ Frost@ServOp.StarChat.Net :3 Slightly chilled with
a twist of humor
#StarChat BlkDragon H*@ snake@ServOp.StarChat.Net :2 BlkDragon
#StarChat littleone H*@ littleone@ServOp.StarChat.Net :3 littleone
#StarChat Luverly H*+ Luverly@NetAdmin.StarChat.Net :2 Luverly
#StarChat Ariel H*@ howdy@SRA.StarChat.Net :2 No chocolate in heaven?
I'm not going
#Starchat End of /WHO list.
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WHO IS
To do a "Who is", simply type the following command: /whois
Jane123 It will return this:
Jane is Jane@cpe-071-076-056-159.sc.res.rr.com *
Jane
Jane on @#OARecovery
Jane is using Wildcat.UK.EU.StarChat.Net The pack is back!
Jane has been idle 44mins 11secs, signed on Mon Mar 09 16:05:34
Jane End of /WHOIS list.
WHO WAS
Occasionally the person you want information about
has already logged off, in which case you would do a "Who Was." That
command is: /whowas Jane It will return this:
Jane was Jane@Star892904.sc.res.rr.com * Jane
Jane using irc.starchat.net Mon Mar 9 21:05:33 2009
