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| Srgnt Billko 2006-09-28, 9:21 pm |
| From AnonPress: No. There is no rule in AA against "cross talk" though it
avoided as a matter of strong custom in many areas.
Typically "cross talk" refers to people speaking out of turn, interupting
someone while they are speaking or giving direct advice to someone in a
meeting. There is a custom in many areas to speak only from one's own
experience and to avoid giving direct advice or lecturing a group or
individual.
How it is accepted and dealt with varies from group to group and region to
region. In some groups members frequently interrupt one another for joking
comments, in other places you might be asked to be quiet or leave for doing
the same. In many places outside The USA the idea of "cross talk" being
detrimental doesn't exist.
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But my previous post, about the leader responding to some shares, does not
constitute cross talk in our circles. "Cross" being across the table from
one in the "audience" to another - not from the leader's chair. Any
"advice" given might be as far as getting a sponsor, a meeting list,
exchanging phone numbers, etc - or "sneak advice" like we learn to do by
sharing our own experience similar to the share and how we successfully
dealt with it.
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| On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 22:13:17 GMT, "Srgnt Billko" <frrt@blipl.net>
wrote:
>From AnonPress: No. There is no rule in AA against "cross talk" though it
>avoided as a matter of strong custom in many areas.
>
>Typically "cross talk" refers to people speaking out of turn, interupting
>someone while they are speaking or giving direct advice to someone in a
>meeting. There is a custom in many areas to speak only from one's own
>experience and to avoid giving direct advice or lecturing a group or
>individual.
>
>How it is accepted and dealt with varies from group to group and region to
>region. In some groups members frequently interrupt one another for joking
>comments, in other places you might be asked to be quiet or leave for doing
>the same. In many places outside The USA the idea of "cross talk" being
>detrimental doesn't exist.
>
>-----------------
>But my previous post, about the leader responding to some shares, does not
>constitute cross talk in our circles. "Cross" being across the table from
>one in the "audience" to another - not from the leader's chair. Any
>"advice" given might be as far as getting a sponsor, a meeting list,
>exchanging phone numbers, etc - or "sneak advice" like we learn to do by
>sharing our own experience similar to the share and how we successfully
>dealt with it.
>
It's hard to pin down a definition that fits across the board or so it
seems.
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