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Proposal for New BDDG Meeting …. ‘Life After Addiction!’
‘Covid – 19 Lockdown’ brought about major changes to BDDG meetings nationally, with the collapse of Face-2-Face meetings and their replacement by Online Video meetings, e.g. ZOOM!
Post lockdown, a number of BDDG Groups recommenced F-2-F meetings, but with reduced numbers attending, and without online meetings for members unable to attended F-2-F!
Older / long-in-recovery members often feel unable to travel to meetings because of anxieties in crowded situations, distances involved or due to family commitments, infirmity, etc.!
Consequently, Groups have lost much experience of addiction and recovery, and ‘unable to travel’ members have lost the fellowship of colleagues, with whom they had shared their ‘life stories’ F-2-F over the years.
Hence, I am proposing ….
An online meeting to focus on ‘Life after Addiction!’ and celebrate recovery: possibly 90 / 120 minutes mid, and end, of month and following BDDG principles.
A meeting to explore, and understand, the genesis of our addictions, and how our addiction has affected our lives, our behaviour and our relationships, especially within our families!
A meeting to explore who we really are …. not who we think we should be, or who, we think, other people want / wanted us to be!
A meeting to explore the healing of ourselves, and our families, from the effects / consequences of our addiction!
The underlying philosophy would be based on current science as expressed in https://www.bddg.org/addiction-a-perspective .
This proposal is not to undermine any existing meetings …. rather, to offer a meeting to focus on the ‘why?’ of addiction … and healing in recovery!
An initial meeting, possibly pre-Convention, or maybe post-Convention, would be to discuss this proposal, and, if there is agreement, to organise an initial online meeting of this new Group.
Does this appeal …. let me have your thoughts and comments? …. email me on info@bddg.org 
Best wishes …. and in fellowship!
Dr Harry J Breen BDS MFGDP(UK) PhD
Webmaster www.bddg.org & www.bddg-london.org
Essex CM6 4FW, UK
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A number of BDDG Groups are now running face-to-face meetings while other Groups continue with Online Video Meetings.
Contact your local BDDG Secretary for details of local arrangements, check the Members Only Section for details of online meetings or email the BDDG National Secretary on natsecretary@bddg.org for details.
For information about the BDDG Family Members Group, email familiesgroupnational@bddg.org
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