Back to blogging the step work as it changes me...

We now meet in two separate locations and we are prepared to set up interested parties with their own "Sharing The Burden" support meeting.

Requirements are minimal: a place to meet, finances for a number of start up books and at least two interested people. Most importantly we must meet and have a few meetings together, either at your location or at our existing meetings in Markham,Ontario or Scarborough Ontario, before proceeding to start another.

We must remember that as a fellowship with NO REQUIREMENT for qualification, the direction of a meeting can be shifted very easily and in order for the meetings to produce maximum results regarding healing and recovering, the basics of chairing principles of a successful 12 step meeting must be in hand. Every meeting will still take on a unique flavour due to its participants and the burdens they share, yet the promises of spiritual change will happen regardless!

Note also for any 12 step members of existing fellowships, we are in NO WAY WHATSOEVER in competition with any one of them and we suggest, you will likely always find them as useful as they are today in your lives. We are registered with Alcoholics Anonymous New York and have received permission to adapt the 12 steps as we have done and use them to help people in any way we can. Ours is a support system for all who are interested in our way of working the adapted steps. We use various existing 12 step literature as well as The Life Recovery Bible system with its tools and aids. The previous experience of our members in various existing 12 step orgs has made the evolvement of STB possible, without it, we could not have been successful! For that we are immeasurably grateful!

It is of utmost importance to STB and its board of directors that our position be understood. We believe the future of 12 step recovery may well reside in the various existing orgs being able to get along well together without affiliation. Our recent day called "Sharing Heals You and Me" was successful only because many members of various 12 step fellowships found it appropriate to share their experience strength and hope with each other on a common platform. The idea was simple, share wider to deliver the gift of 12 steps to a wider audience.

October (month 10) therefore step 10 is our focus for the month.
Have a look at these two links and you may get a better idea where we at Sharing The Burden (STB) are coming from.

http://youtu.be/xAO2u099jh0

http://youtu.be/R5Fk7t0zGvo

Existing meetings Tuesday evening The Olive Branch Community Church Markham, ON Canada
                           Wed. evening Wexford United Church Scarborough ON, Canada

Scott@sharingtheburden.ca