Every now
and then we have the misfortune to be subjected to the attentions of
a BIG BOOK EXPERT or as they're better known - a PRIMARY PURPOSE
bore! Now for those of you not in the know you can check out some of
the background on these fruitcakes here
(and elsewhere on the blog - usually under the above tag). This
particular individual seems particularly desperate to PROMOTE his
branch of the cult based in Spain so we thought we'd finally put the
guy out of his misery and give him his fifteen minutes of fame (?).
He seems to have acquired a number of titles in the course of his
mission to reform AA and save all us unfortunate heathens from the
fate which awaits us if we fail to heed his and the other
'enlightened' ones' words: group secretary, intergroup secretary,
chairman of the convention committee .. take your pick. Clearly an
all-rounder who seems to have got the situation well UNDER
CONTROL...... So keen indeed is he to publicise his little empire he
absolutely 'insists' we include his phone number in our Cult Where to Find entry for his particular neck of the woods. We
quote:
“Also
put my telephone number on the site so people who love the steps and
want a spiritual experience can phone me and people who want to
whinge in a self-centred way for 15 mins can be directed to a more
suitable meeting and not waste their time and get upset with me. I
occasionaly [sic] get tourist who want a moany [sic] meeting and I
will direct all complaints to you if they are not happy”
Now
doesn't that just warm the cockles of your heart to know the
recovery programme is in such good hands! What would we do without
the likes of this chap “running the show” down on the Costa del
Sol. How lucky we are to have such a good natured, generous, “Live
and let live” type carrying the AA (?) message to everyone (whether
they want it or not – and single handedly it would seem!) in sunny
Espana..... NOT!
Finally he
assures us that:
“I spoke
to some Primary Purpose people who came to our convnetion [sic] and
your site is becoming a well known source of where to find a decent
meeting as you probably know”
and to
which end he requested we amend the details on our site … it would
seem that we'd got one of the items wrong! Well of course we
always appreciate it when someone of this fellow's calibre 'puts us
right' and naturally we hastened to amend the error.
Unfortunately – and we'd be the first to admit this - we have been
known to be terribly careless when it comes to such questions
(something we're not alone in it would appear!). Therefore although
our Cult Where to Finds may be quite useful in identifying meetings
we wouldn't advise people to rely on them too heavily. You never
know .. some of the details might have gone a bit astray! We're only human after all! But then we've got people
like Andrew (yes.. that's his name) to thank... for pointing out when and where
we are so remiss!
Cheerio
The Fellas
(Friends of Alcoholics Anonymous)
