Meeting scheduled in the Al-anon chat room at 9:00AM Eastern Standard Time

Current Meeting Schedule: Group Business Meeting held in this room on The FIRST SUNDAY OF EACH MONTH immediately following 7PM meeting. ~ (Morning Meetings) Mon. - Fri. at 9am eastern time & Sat - Sun. - 10am eastern time ~ (Nite Meetings) Mon -Saturday 9PM eastern time & Sunday 7PM eastern time

Topics this morning will be:“Silence – To be or not to be?”; “Healthy Communication”; “Meditation”

Today's Reading from One Day At A Time -

I will take a long and thoughtful look at the concept of silence. Used in times of reflection and meditation, it is a blessing. But it has other uses not so beneficent. We hear it said in Al-Anon meetings: “Try not to scold or reproach the alcoholic. Don’t react with angry words to his guilt-laden ravings.”

The good counsel is sometimes misinterpreted. A member, thinking she has learned this lesson, will say, with pride, “I kept my mouth shut. I didn’t answer him.” A grim and furious silence can be more crushing and wounding than harsh words. Such a silence is motivated by the desire to punish. It is the fruit of bitterness and resentment.

Today's Reminder

Silence can be a two-edged weapon. It will hurt me if I use it to hurt someone else. Silence can also be a blessing, if I enter into it serenely to take stock of myself and meditate on how I can improve.

“God help me to know that silence, like speech, can reflect my inner feelings. Help me to use it, not as a cork to keep my anger bottled up, but to express a healing quiet of the spirit.”

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