Smoking v. Non-Smoking Meetings

[noisland]

Good conversation. Just started this e-cig last week. Got my first kit from Vaporello but appears he has gone on to other things. Waiting on new supplies. I have to admit that I am kind of excited about it. When the meetings changed over to nonsmoking I was wondering how I'd make it through a meeting without lighting-up. Has since become accustomed to nonsmoking meetings. But I'm always one of the first ones out the door. Seems, I've become the unofficial greeter at my regular meetings. Standing outside smoking, I get to be one of the first to introduce myself to all the newcomers. Besides that, most of the newcomers are smokers also. When I get my e-cig supplies in, I imagine the e-cig will be a real conversation starter. Ever wonder why you don't hear of the friends of Dr. Bob?

[bear]

Originally Posted by noisland

Ever wonder why you don't hear of the friends of Dr. Bob?

Who wants to be associated with a proctologist?

[Father Luke]

I work the after hour phones occasionally, called the diverter where I come from, and
when people call up looking for a meeting, I always tell them to look for the crowd of
people outside holding styros of coffee, and smoking.

People who smoke outside of meetings are being of service.
It's true, you know.

I come from an AA where there used to be so much smoke you could bottle it, and sell it
as fog. There are still some meetings I go to where people smoke. Usually the old timers.
Real old timers, like guys who were sponsored by Dr Bob, and even Bill.

One old guy spoke in a meeting and said that he was suing the tobacco companies. He
said that he had started smoking because cigarettes were supposed to cause cancer. Well,
he's been smoking for over twenty years, and he was in perfect health, so he thought he
could get a breach of contract verdict.

Gott'a love it.

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Okay,
Father Luke

[Mossman]

Haha... I heard something similar from an old-timer around here...

In this area, all the meetings became non-smoking about 4 to 4 and a half years ago... I got sober 3 years ago, so I missed out... Actually, I had been to a few meetings with my father, when I was a little kid (yeah, give my family tree a shake and see what falls out.) and the one thing I remember is my eyes burning from all the smoke... That, and hearing a lot of war stories that a little kid probably shouldn't hear...

As I mentioned in another thread, they have a break in the middle of the meetings around here, so, unless someone needs to have a private conversation with somebody, there's not many stragglers hanging around outside during the meeting.