Good morning, TSB fellowship all-stars. Cool so far? Hanging in?
We have one meeting scheduled today for WOMEN AND NON-BINARY ONLY, but let me know if you’d like me to open one up for later today, after dinner, or some point, maybe 5 p.m. PST/8 p.m. (or later 7 p.m. PST/10 p.m. EST?) Email me here if that’s something you’d like: [email protected] SUBJECT: I NEED A MEETING LATER.
Remember—no alcoholism is required. TSB meetings are for anyone who struggles with love, sex, food, debt, grief, loneliness, depression, FAMILY, or anything that’s bringing you down. If you need it, it’ll be there.
REMEMBER: The meeting scheduled today is a WOMEN AND NON-BINARY meeting at 10 a.m. PT/1 p.m. ET
Meeting ID: 874 2568 6609PASSWORD TO ZOOM: nickfoles
Please feel free to swing through if you need it.
Poem In Thanks
by Thomas Lux
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Lord Whoever, thank you for this airI'm about to in- and exhale, this hutchin the woods, the wood for fire,the light–––both lamp and the natural stuffof leaf-black fern, and wing.For the piano, the shovelfor ashes, the moth-gnawedblankets, the stone-cold waterstone-cold: thank you.Thank you, Lord, coming forto carry me here–––where I'll gnashit out, Lord, where I'll calmand work, Lord, thank youfor the goddamn birds singing!
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