Sunday, March 12, 2006

You can wear a kipah

Wow amazing
When I first came to AA, there was a guy in some of these meetings who wore a Kippah (skullcap). It took me many months to go over and meet him. He was different from everyone else in the rooms. So was I, but nobody knew that. The need I had to fit in was the same feeling I had felt before I started drinking. That feeling of being different.
As I got better, I began to feel more at home in the rooms, more accepted. I organized a JACS meeting when I was sober about 11/2 years. I started announcing it at AA meetings that allowed non-AA announcements. Now everyone knew I was Jewish, but to my relief, nobody cared.
I discovered many JEWS in the rooms-about ten percent at some meetings. Many were people I never thought were Jewish - such as Armando, a Cuban who has a Jewish mother. Unfortunately, few of these Jews were interested in our local JACS meeting, it died. The guy with the Yarmulke is one of my best friends today (Hi I..).

Everyone can do it

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