“The rule is we must be hard on ourselves, but always considerate of others.” (Chapter 6, Big Book)
“straight thinking, solid honesty, and genuine humility” (Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions)
On a number of occasions, I have been asked to stop sharing,
with a bell, with a buzzer, with a little red light that went off, with a sign
saying, “please stop”, or with the judicious and prompt use of the mute button.
I was complaining about this to someone once, and I said, “I
hadn’t finished my share.”
The response: “Oh, but you had. You had finished your share
alright. Your allocated time was up. You were now using up someone else’s
sharing time.”