CLOSING
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It’s time to close the meeting.
It’s time to close the meeting.
Does anyone have a burning desire to share before we close?
Does anyone have a burning desire to share before we close?
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In closing I would like to say that the opinions expressed here were strictly those of the person who gave them. Take what you liked and leave the rest.
In closing I would like to say that the opinions expressed here were strictly those of the person who gave them. Take what you liked and leave the rest.
The things you heard were spoken in confidence and should be treated as confidential. Keep them within the walls of this room and the confines of your mind.
The things you heard were spoken in confidence and should be treated as confidential. Keep them within the walls of this room and the confines of your mind.
A few special words to those of you who haven’t been with us long: Whatever your problems there are those among us who have had them, too. If you try to keep an open mind you will find help. You will come to realize that there is no situation too difficult to be bettered and no unhappiness too great to be lessened.
A few special words to those of you who haven’t been with us long: Whatever your problems there are those among us who have had them, too. If you try to keep an open mind you will find help. You will come to realize that there is no situation too difficult to be bettered and no unhappiness too great to be lessened.
We aren’t perfect. The welcome we give you may not show the warmth we have in our hearts for you. After a while, you’ll discover that though you may not like all of us you’ll love us in a very special way, the same way we already love you.
We aren’t perfect. The welcome we give you may not show the warmth we have in our hearts for you. After a while, you’ll discover that though you may not like all of us you’ll love us in a very special way, the same way we already love you.
Talk to each other, reason things out with someone else but let there be no gossip or criticism of one another. Instead, let the understanding love and peace of the program grow in you one day at a time.
Talk to each other, reason things out with someone else but let there be no gossip or criticism of one another. Instead, let the understanding love and peace of the program grow in you one day at a time.
We’ll close the meeting with the Al-Anon Declaration “Let it Begin with Me”
We’ll close the meeting with the Al-Anon Declaration “Let it Begin with Me”
When anyone, anywhere, reaches out for help,
When anyone, anywhere, reaches out for help,
let the hand of Al‑Anon and Alateen always be
let the hand of Al‑Anon and Alateen always be
there, and–Let It Begin With Me.
there, and–Let It Begin With Me.