[Leosyndicate]

REMINDER: C.P.R. (Cannabis Patients in Recovery)
Recovery Meetings begin this Sunday, 1/28 at 2pm, at CCCN..

All Interested Patients are Welcome to Attend. It doesn't matter if you identify as an addict or anything else. You don't have to identify. If you are interested in the subject and you have a valid rec, please come.

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Agenda:

2pm - Introductions around the room. Everyone states their name (and WT screen name if they want to) and if they choose to they can briefly identify the issues they are trying to recover from.

210 - I will explain the concept of the group.. why we are meeting.. what influenced the creation of the group.. who it is geared towards.. what we hope to accomplish with these meetings.

215 - I will tell my personal story in addiction recovery and as an MMj patient.. In future meetings, whomever leads will tell their story.

220 - Open the meeting for sharing.. Leader will call on patients to share based on who raises their hand or by choosing randomly if no one volunteers. Each share will be 1-5 minutes, depending on how many people want to speak.

240 - Pass the basket. Donations will be split evenly between CCCN (As a thank you for hosting our meeting) and ASA. If any patient is not a supporter of ASA but still wants to contribute, they can designate a charity of their choice and I'll be happy to direct the money where it needs to go. About donations.. I understand we are all on a budget. Donating is entirely voluntary. Suggested amount is only $1 per person, per meeting. I think a good target is to be able to give ASA and CCCN each at least $1 per person based on average weekly attendance, per month. I will donate regularly because I think it's good karma.. but I'm not requiring others to do the same.. I'd rather have you fill the chair with yourself rather than fill the basket with your dollars. Please.. if you don't want to or can't afford to donate-- do not let that keep you from attending.

250 - Secretary's report. (I'll be the secretary for now, but it may change later). I will give a 2-3 minute update on the status of the group.. donations made or collected or spent (coffee and tea.. snacks.. etc.). I might make some announcements about political events within the movement.. Then I will ask if anyone else has announcements related to upcoming events for Recovery or Medical Marijuana.

255-End - Open forum to talk about whatever.. Co-ops, politics, spirituality, philosophy.. hobbies.. ailments.. strains. medicating.. current events..

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We may or may not stick to this exactly.. play it by ear... as time goes on we may insert specific readings as part of the format.. but unlike AA or NA, we don't have a book.. we don't have 12 steps.. we don't as yet have any slogans. Your suggestions for anything like this, if we even want to go that route, are welcome..

[Leosyndicate]

CCCN's contact info:

California Compassionate Care Network (CCCN)
4664 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood, Ca.
Phone: (818) 980-MEDS (980-6337) & Fax: (818) 755-4051
Hours: - 11am-9pm
(Click here for map and directions)

C.P.R. (Cannabis Patients in Recovery) Proposal


There will be complimentary coffee and tea (I am a tea connoisuer, will bring good stuff).. and snacks.. Hope to see you all there.. Please call ahead to CCCN to get preverified if you are not already. We don't want overburden the guy with calling doctors at the time of the meeting and we don't want to delay the meeting because patients are waiting to get verified before being let in.. The meeting will take place in a separate room, adjacent to the meds room. Nice big table.. comfortable seating.

[nadimb]

Good Looking Out , LEO......thank you for putting all the work into this and making it happen...PEACEOUT, bra...

[Leosyndicate]

Originally Posted by nadimb

Good Looking Out , LEO......thank you for putting all the work into this and making it happen...PEACEOUT, bra...

Well.. thanks!! I hope you can make it, if not this weekend b/c of your pre-existing plans.. then hopefully the next one..

I had planned on you being heavily involved. :smile2: haha

[Leosyndicate]

FINAL REMINDER: Recovery Meetings start today!! Yay!

Come to share in your Recovery.. Make friends. Enjoy the company and the snacks. All Patients are welcome.. Please call to preverify if you are a new patient to this club.

2PM.. See you there!! I'll be there early.. noonish..

California Compassionate Care Network (CCCN)
4664 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood, Ca.
Phone: (818) 980-MEDS (980-6337) & Fax: (818) 755-4051
(Click here for map)

Meetings will be every Sunday at 2pm, starting today.

[Leosyndicate]

Hahaha..

It was a meeting of one!

No big deal.. I didn't expect much of a turn-out the first time..

I'm thinking we'll skip the meeting next week because of the super bowl.. if there were more people here, I'd have it anyway, but since there isn't, I'm going to a super bowl party..

So.. I'm still here at CCCN as of 320pm. I'm going to hang at least till 4. the room is set up.. theres food and drinks.. come by if you just want to know what it's about.. That's all I've really done here today is tell a few people what it's about and offer free food and drinks.. Probably will go that way for the first few meetings, till we get more of you to venture out from behind you monitors..

Anyway, it's a beautiful day and I'm glad to have made it over here to see some good friends that I don't get to see nearly enough of lately. Time well spent.. Today is a good day..

[BabyBoomer]

So sorry to hear of all your efforts and no one showed up. Your positive outlook is wonderful and so refreshing.

Thanks for being so special.

Big Cyber Hugs,



"M"



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[Leosyndicate]

I knew it would take some time to catch on. I can be a patient patient.

[endlesssky]

i'm so sorry , i wish we lived closer we would of been there forsure! my therapist want;s me to start with the basic 's again, so i wish we could come up their,but my partner works every weekend man, that sucks. is it just on the weekends or during the week also, if so please let me know! we would love to go and be part of this new recovery, i have not posted very much here, for my oun reasons, but it looks like you have sure put in alot of work all by yourself! i commend you, thanks. i remember when i was doind service work and i would open the meeting every wednsday, and it was the slowest meeting. sometmes noone would show, but it is my duty to be there for the addict that still suffers ! it is also my privalege to open the meeting, but to also stay and keep it open untill it;s time to close, and that is principals before personality's, you don;t see that much anymore ,huh. well good luck in north hollywood, i live in visaila, near bakersfield and an hr away from fresno, and 20 minutes away from the sierra nevada mountains! it's beutifull out here when the sun goes down.!wish goshen didn;t smell so bad. that right where we live. in a place called goshen, but tehnically we live in visaila, and i'll leave it at that! see ya all endlessky

dont give up, I wanted to be there but I work night shift at a local rehab clinic and overslept.

I will be at the next meeting.

Originally Posted by Leosyndicate

I knew it would take some time to catch on. I can be a patient patient.

[Leosyndicate]

Don't feel bad.. It's understandable that something like this would have a slow beginning.

endless, i know goshen I think.. Sounds like a familiar freeway sign and aroma..

Okay.. So, let's try this again, this coming Sunday!!

How about it?

If I get just 2 people who RSVP, either privately or publicly, then we'll do it! If no one RSVPs I'll still be there at 2pm on Sunday... thinking about recovery.

For those of you who are far away and would like to be here otherwise... Be patient.. If it works and grows, we'll be in your area soon enough..


On another note.. did anyone go to the Stephanie Landa letter writing thing at ADHC over the weekend? I wanted to be there but had so many stops to make prior... and got lost so often... that I couldn't make it in time.

repost your notice in the main SoCal forum, I feel you are not reaching the whole audience of viewers in this sub forum.

I will do my best to be there and urge all those fighting through addiction on there own to join this group Leo has worked hard to build.

Originally Posted by Leosyndicate

Don't feel bad.. It's understandable that something like this would have a slow beginning.

endless, i know goshen I think.. Sounds like a familiar freeway sign and aroma..

Okay.. So, let's try this again, this coming Sunday!!

How about it?

If I get just 2 people who RSVP, either privately or publicly, then we'll do it! If no one RSVPs I'll still be there at 2pm on Sunday... thinking about recovery.

For those of you who are far away and would like to be here otherwise... Be patient.. If it works and grows, we'll be in your area soon enough..


On another note.. did anyone go to the Stephanie Landa letter writing thing at ADHC over the weekend? I wanted to be there but had so many stops to make prior... and got lost so often... that I couldn't make it in time.

[Leosyndicate]

REMINDER: C.P.R. (Cannabis Patients in Recovery)
Recovery Meeting this Sunday, 2/12 at 2pm, at CCCN..

All Interested Patients are Welcome to Attend. It doesn't matter if you identify as an addict or anything else. You don't have to identify. If you are interested in the subject and you have a valid rec, please come.

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Agenda:

• 2pm - Introductions around the room. Everyone states their name (and WT screen name if they want to) and if they choose to they can briefly identify the issues they are trying to recover from.
  
• 210 - Speaker (me, this time) will explain the concept of the group.. why we are meeting.. what influenced the creation of the group.. who it is geared towards.. what we hope to accomplish with these meetings.
  
• 215 - Speaker will tell his personal story in addiction recovery and as an MMj patient.. In future meetings, whomever else leads will tell their story.
  
• 220 - Open the meeting for sharing.. Speaker/Leader will call on patients to share based on who raises their hand or by choosing randomly if no one volunteers. Each share will be 1-5 minutes, depending on how many people want to speak.
  
• 240 - Pass the basket. Donations will be split evenly between CCCN (As a thank you for hosting our meeting) and ASA. If any patient is not a supporter of ASA but still wants to contribute, they can designate a charity of their choice and I'll be happy to direct the money where it needs to go. About donations.. I understand we are all on a budget. Donating is entirely voluntary. Suggested amount is only $1 per person, per meeting. I think a good target is to be able to give ASA and CCCN each at least $1 per person based on average weekly attendance, per month. I will donate regularly because I think it's good karma.. but I'm not requiring others to do the same.. I'd rather have you fill the chair with yourself rather than fill the basket with your dollars. Please.. if you don't want to or can't afford to donate-- do not let that keep you from attending.
  
• 250 - Secretary's report. (I'll be the secretary for now, but it will change later). I will give a 2-3 minute update on the status of the group.. donations made or collected or spent (coffee and tea.. snacks.. etc.). I might make some announcements about political events within the movement.. Then I will ask if anyone else has announcements related to upcoming events for Recovery or Medical Marijuana.
  
• 255-End - Open forum to talk about whatever.. Co-ops, politics, spirituality, philosophy.. hobbies.. ailments.. strains. medicating.. current events..

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We may or may not stick to this exactly.. play it by ear... as time goes on we may insert specific readings as part of the format.. but unlike AA or NA, we don't have a book.. we don't have 12 steps.. we don't as yet have any slogans. Your suggestions for anything like this, if we even want to go that route, are welcome..

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For more information:

• Recovery Forum
• Original Recovery Thread
• C.annabis P.atients in R.ecovery (Meeting Proposal)
• CCCN's Forum

CCCN's contact info:

California Compassionate Care Network (CCCN)
4664 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood, Ca.
Phone: (818) 980-MEDS (980-6337) & Fax: (818) 755-4051
Hours: - 11am-9pm
(Click here for map and directions)

C.P.R. (Cannabis Patients in Recovery) Proposal


There will be complimentary coffee, tea, and snacks.. Hope to see you all there.. Please call ahead to CCCN to get preverified if you are not already. We don't want overburden them with calling doctors at the time of the meeting and we don't want to delay the meeting because patients are waiting to get verified before being let in.. The meeting will take place in a separate room, adjacent to the meds room. Nice big table.. comfortable seating. Looking forward to seeing you there.

[hempRules]

True healing and recovery come from working the steps, and the need for a higher power is paramount.

I'm interested in attending since I no longer feel a part of AA anymore. My only concern is privacy. AA meetings have the same protection that a priest has in the confessional. If this is not an AA or NA sacntioned meeting then to recieve that same legal protection you would probally have to tie it into a church and present it has a 12 step meeting through that church. I'm not telling anyone to pick a religion. Any church or minister will do fine. Theres a few churches out there that are Gnostic and actually promote the use of marijuana. I'm sure that any of them would be more than happy to sponser the meeting as a church function.

[rebel dawg]

Is anything like this happening in Vegas? If not we can start one but would rather join a existing group.

[ChrisReuter]

[QUOTE=Leosyndicate;164322]REMINDER: C.P.R. (Cannabis Patients in Recovery)
Recovery Meetings begin this Sunday, 1/28 at 2pm, at CCCN..

All Interested Patients are Welcome to Attend. It doesn't matter if you identify as an addict or anything else. You don't have to identify. If you are interested in the subject and you have a valid rec, please come.

Are there still meetings going on? I'd be interested.

[turtle]

It never took off. PM leosyndicate for more info

[endlesssky]

isn;t hard to get more then three people to do the same thing at once!! don't you agree!, ecept get medicated, but maybe you will get lucky, i live so far away, but despartly need meeting's as doe's some friend 's of mine, we both have a lot of time in recovery with NA and AA, but since starting mmj i feel ostracized, so i don;t feel i can be honest with them and that effects my recovery, as far as being rigrously honest, which i try real hard to be,, but here in the valley, they are so judgemental that their is no being and sick enough for mmj, in their eye's, it;s mind changeing and mood altering, so it's useing.. i see their point, but i see mine too, so it's not worth the fight to me, so i am looking for another place to go and find my higher power as i don;t have long to live, with hepc i am very limited in how long i have left, maybe a year, as i have been very sick, with staff infections and i am on predizone and that mkes you real sick. and i am feeling kinda scared about my higher power and what i choose to call god, i was wondering if anyone knew of a meeting close to visailia for mmj patients. se ya endlesssky