My thoughts on a raw foods 12-step meeting

[Guest guest]

Hi to Laura and the Wills and everyone else that is discussing the 12-step

meeting. Thanks for having lunch at Chaco last week.

 

As you know, I am very interested in starting a 12-step support group. However,

there is a big difference to me in a " 12-step meeting " and a group that meets to

share a meal regularly and swap recipes. While I would love to share a meal

with other raw fooders, what seems to be truly lacking in Seattle is a safe and

confidential place to come together with other men and women who want to share

their experience, strength, and hope with each other and to help others recover

and regain their health by eating a diet that is light, ethical, and

sustainable.

 

From what I have seen, 12-step groups are usually held in environments that are

both confidential and quiet. Because of the sensitive nature that 12-step

groups can have (e.g. people may want to disclose sensitive information that can

make them emotionally vulnerable.) For this reason, I do not think that the

Chaco Canyon Cafe is a suitable location for a 12-step meeting. I do think

Chaco Canyon is a suitable place to eat meals together after a 12-step meeting

(obviously since it's the only raw place in town), but for the meeting itself, I

would prefer to meet somewhere that can provide more privacy and confidentiality

than can be found in a restaurant, especially during business hours (further,

the noises from blenders and juicers are very loud and distracting, the door

would be opening and closing all of the time, people would be going in and out,

etc.

 

For these reasons, I can see that there might be different ideas about what a

" 12-step meeting " is for. While I would love to meet regularly to share a meal,

I do think this is different than 12-stepping.

 

If there are people interested in attending the type of 12-step meeting I am

talking about in this email, please email me off the list at

mkinsman and we can pick a date, time, and place to meet in the

next week or so to discuss how meetings can be structured, as well as possible

dates, times, and locations.

 

Thanks,

Monika Kinsman

 

P.S. I will be at the potluck tomorrow with my partner, Michale, and would be

happy to discuss this with anyone at the party. Thanks.

 

 

 

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