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Play Bullsh!t Bingo

AA BULLSH!T BINGO

Do you keep falling asleep in AA meetings? What about those long and boring drugs "using" or the "I had a bad day" diatribes? Get tired of the same old sloganeering, psychobabble and never ending Treatment Center ideas having NOTHING to do with the AA Program detailed in the Big Book, "Alcoholics  Anonymous"?

Or how about attendees who continue to deal with the same problems, same defects, and same painful relationships FOR YEARS on end and just keep bringing them up over and over again?

Here is a way to change all that...

1. Before (or during) your next meeting, prepare yourself by drawing a square. I find that 5" x 5" is a good size. Divide the card into columns-five across and five down. That will give you twenty five one-inch blocks.

2. Write one of the following words/phrases in each block:

• Issues
• Inner-child
• Living Amends
• Meaningful Relationship
• Didn't Mean to Use
• I'm Stuck On Step ____
• Couldn't Find A Meeting
• My Sponsor Has Been Out Of Town
• Can't change
• Won't change
• Yeah but . . . .
• I'm an alcoholic ANDA . . . .[fill in substance] addict
  
• But.... don't you think . . .
  
• Misunderstood
• Never
• Rational
• Recovery
• Recovering Person
• Searching (as in, "for answers")
• Gonna (sometimes prefaced with, "I'm")
• Been thinking (sometimes prefaced with, "I've")
• she/he said/my sponsor said
  
• "I know what it is I need to do but..."
• Dysfunctional
• I heard . . . . .
  
• Rage
• I don't know much about this, but...

3. Check off the appropriate block when you hear one of those words or phrases.

4. When you get five blocks horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, stand up and shout "BULLSH!T!"

TESTIMONIALS FROM SATISFIED "AA BULLSHIT BINGO" PLAYERS:

--"I had been in the meeting for only five minutes when I won."
Adam W., Atlanta
--"My attention span at meetings has improved dramatically."
David T., Ostreville, MA
--"What a gas! Meetings will never be the same for me after my first
win." Dan J., NY City
--"The atmosphere was tense in the last "Gratitude" meeting as 14 of us
waited for the fifth box. " Ben G., South Yarmouth
--"The speaker was stunned as eight of us screamed out "BULLSHIT" for the
third time in 20 minutes." Carnie Joe, Miami

Play "AA Bullsh!t Bingo" at your next meeting!

Peace,

Danny S