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Hi Rick and Sharon, glad to hear you are getting some fresh air. Here is more like hot air <about 120 during the day) with a slight gas odor. I don't know if it is because Qatar is the largest natural gas producing country or the beans consumption of the Emir. There are 3 meetings a week here with about 6-8 people attending, UK, Australia, Bahrain, Greece, US, Canada India and Nepal are currently represented. Our literature consists of Big Books, in Urdu, Arabic and Nepalese with a few Tai in case somebody from Thailand shows up. Needless to say they are pretty interesting and colorful. Amazing how far people will go to escape from themselves. Take care of each other. love, Maria

Rick, We are so glad that you are home and doing so well. Regardless of where home is, it is better than the hospital. We have a small AA meeting here in Kosovo and since they don't have Al-Anon and I haven't met anyone who has expressed an interest in having a meeting, the AAs have been gracious enough to have open meetings so I can attend. There are a couple of "been around a while" folks, but there is one young soldier that has been introduced to a new way of life. What a blessing! We never have more than 4, and usually only 2 or 3, so your 5 people for a meeting at the house sounds wonderful. Barry has been having computer problems, so is not on-line at present, but sends his love to all along with me. Hugs around. Anne

Carl, see if Rick has any of these problems LOL Chris Recently, some of you may have been diagnosed with. . . > A. A. A. D. D. > Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder. > > This is how it manifests: > > I decide to water my garden. > As I turn on the hose in the driveway, I look over at my car and decide my > > car needs washing. > > As I start toward the garage, I notice that there is mail on the porch > table that I brought up from the mailbox earlier. > I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car. > > I lay my car keys down on the table, put the junk mail in the garbage can > under the table, and notice that the can is full. > So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the garbage > first. > But then I think, since I'm going to be near the mailbox when I take out > the garbage anyway, I may as well pay the bills first. > I take my checkbook off the table, and see that there is only one check > left. > My extra checks are in my desk in the study, so I go inside the house to > my desk where I find the can of Coke that I had been drinking. > > I'm going to look for my checks, but first I need to push the Coke aside > so that I don't accidentally knock it over. I see that the Coke is getting > warm, and I decide I should put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold. > > As I head toward the kitchen with the Coke a vase of flowers on the > counter catches my eye--they need to be watered. > > I set the Coke down on the counter, and I discover my reading glasses > that I've been searching for all morning. > I decide I better put them back on my desk, but first I'm going to water > the flowers. > > I set the glasses back down on the counter, fill a container with water > and suddenly I spot the TV remote. Someone left it on the kitchen table. > I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV, I will be looking for the > remote, but I won't remember that it's on the kitchen table, so decide > to put it back in the den where it belongs, but first I'll water the > flowers. > I pour some water in the flowers, but quite a bit of it spills on the > floor. > So, I set the remote back down on the table, get some towels and wipe up > the spill. > > Then I head down the hall trying to remember what I was planning to do. > At the end of the day: > the car isn't washed > the bills aren't paid > there is a warm can of Coke sitting on the counter > the flowers don't have enough water > there is still only one check in my check book > I can't find the remote > I can't find my glasses > I don't remember what I did with the car keys. > > Then when I try to figure out why nothing got done today, I'm really > baffled because I know I was busy all day long, and I'm really tired. > I realize this is a serious problem, and I'll try to get some help for > it, but first I'll check my e-mail. > > Do me a favor, will you? > > Forward this message to everyone you know, because I don't remember to > whom it has been sent.

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