"I'LL HAVE A LARGE COFFEE, PLEASE."
"We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness."
--One of the "Promises" listed in our Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, p 8
Four days ago, a man sat across the room from me at an early-morning AA meeting. I kept looking at him, trying to place where we had met. He introduced himself as "Gary K, an alcoholic", a visitor from New York.
Prayer Girl and I went tonight to see a stage play, "Bill W and Dr Bob" which has been making the rounds in South Florida. It is a re-enactment of how our fellowship began; the thousands of magical happenings (some call them miracles) which conspired to become a haven for the most desperate of ill Peeps, alcoholics.
The play was FABULOUS! We knew Peeps throughout the theater, and they knew us. We were as one large family, witnessing our own history-in-the-making. EVERYONE left the place smiling, because of the common problems and suffering we have all shared, and the recoveries we continue to experience and share.
This troupe has been together since summer 2009, and the show has been invited to play at the AA International Convention's 75th Anniversary in San Antonio, Texas July 1-4, 2010. Whoever might have an opportunity to see the show at that time, do not miss it. They are GooooD!
Punch line: The man who played Bill Wilson is named Gary K., a recovering alkie...the same man I spotted at our meeting. And why he looked familiar to me is of course, his resemblance--hair cut, jaw line, body build, speech--to the real Bill Wilson, the cofounder of AA.
During a well-attended Post-Show Q and A session, I asked...and learned that six of the cast of 8 plus the Author are recovering Alcoholics!
This was a HUGE night of enjoyment for me, greeting so many Peeps who I know but do not see on a regular basis, since we all go to "separate meetings together"...--grin!
Sober again today.
At Peace again today.
