"What brings you here today? Are you willing to do the work?" 1/16/21

During morning meditation, I asked my Spirit Guide Somoya what I needed to know for today.  I heard, "What brings you here today?  Are you willing to do the work?"  

Yesterday I had my first Zoom OPA support group for the community.  It was a shit show, to say the least! People were either inappropriate for group or being disrespectful.  Moving forward, I will now ask these two questions for Zoom support groups and for my five support groups on inpatient.  This will be a wonderful way to weed out the people who shouldn't be attending and hold them accountable in front of their fellow peers.  In addition, I created new guidelines for my OPA support groups last week.  These will be read at the beginning of each group.  Also, if someone is asking what is the group about, I will simply reply, "What skills are you looking to obtain in your recovery process?"  All of these questions that I ask, along with guidelines, should hopefully minimize future disruption and individuals hijacking groups.

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