Jimmy Kinnon

History Workshop.

And, you know, when you listen to people and they talk about Jimmy Kinnon showed up at the meeting and he had two newcomers with him and they were both high.

And then the next meeting he showed up at, there's Jimmy Kinnon again with two different newcomers and they're both high.

And then they talk about like an N.A. that was so small it even folded, and then it started back up.

And eventually, if you listen to enough history workshops, you'll ask the good question.

And we're gonna, this excerpt is taken from the italicized part.

I believe that's a direct quote from Jimmy K.

And that's in chapter eight, we do recover.

And we turn the page though, a couple of pages.

Now, you know, where does that, um, come into play? You know, um, uh, there's one letter that was changed.

I don't know how many letters it would have been changed in Sweden or Swedish, but the difference between the word those and these, okay? There were versions of our 12 steps and, and in Narcotics Anonymous, there was a version that was passed down from Jimmy K.

that, you know, was having had a spiritual awakening as a result of those steps.

We're trying to practice these principles in all our affair.

Just like I was done, told when I tried getting involved with some, uh, area committees and stuff.

Um, you know, a- and that's, that's not being of service, you know.

Um, Jimmy K, one of the quotes that I was trying to look up right before, um, the meeting, uh, Jimmy K would always sh- say, "We have no, no, uh, no big I's and no little you's." You know, um, one of my favorite parts of the, of the book is, you know, that, uh, um, the group is pr- the individual is precious to the group, and the group is precious to the individual.

You know, if you do not feel like you are precious to your home group, then there's two things you can do.

When you think about the contributions, didn't matter what age you were, you had something to offer, and that's what this weekend was about, something to offer one another, love, care, compassion, empathy.

That comes right out of Jimmy K.'s mouth.

Jimmy Keenan talked about that.

We differ from any other fellowship because we have love, care, compassion, and empathy, empathy for one another.

We got that speechless language that Greg talks about, that we know, we know when we can see your spirit in your eyes.

I have a question.

We did an episode with Jimmy K's granddaughter and you know, like, uh, Jimmy K's daughter had written a book and, uh, And I imagine Jimmy didn't imagine creating a fellowship where it allowed his daughter to get clean in.

And so now we have your son, who was two years old when you got clean, in the room, in Narcotics Anonymous in California.

I'm not sure if they say it in Tennessee.