Welcome, friend!
Welcome to Heart t' Heart (abbreviated as HtH). Meetings are held in the online meeting room throughout the week to share our experience, strength and hope in our recovery from addictions and compulsions by relying on the atonement of our Savior through a 12-step process
Heart t' Heart is a twelve-step support group patterned after the anonymous meetings which originated with Alcoholics Anonymous in the 1930s. It is dedicated to helping Latter-day Saint people overcome the bondage of compulsive/addictive behaviors through a practical proven application of the principles of the gospel of Jesus Christ as they correlate with the Twelve Steps of AA. While Heart t' Heart is not affiliated directly with the Church, we are a Latter-day Saint community resource that sustains and supports all of the Church's doctrines and teachings. The Heart t' Heart Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions were adapted with permission of Alcoholics Anonymous from AA's original steps and traditions.
Meeting Format
Formal meetings" are held as leaders are available; days and times may not be consistent. Meetings may be posted by a leader even if there is no one else in the room. Formal meetings generally start with prayer, personal introductions, and a review of the HtH 12 steps. A short reading is then posted and attendees are invited to share their thoughts and feelings on the reading or any other gospel topic. After the closing prayer, there is often a time for informal chat. During chat time it is appropriate to ask questions if desired.
Meetings are most often informal. A leader or a member may add a scripture, conference talk excerpt, or a share even when there is no-one else in the room at the time.
We leave the meeting up all day or longer to allow members of the fellowship to benefit from the meeting as they are able. We often add to a meeting over several days. We will post these notes each time we "clean" the room and start a fresh meeting.
Traditions and Tools
To keep meetings brief we do not post the 12 traditions or 9 tools of HtH in individual meetings. The traditions can be reviewed here and the tools can be reviewed here.
The 7th Tradition says that we are fully self-supporting by contributions from members only. If you are a newcomer, we encourage you to use your money to purchase literature, which is listed on the http://heart-t-heart.org/homepage literature tab.
Please prayerfully consider sending a tax-deductible donation online. Following through the links will take you through entering a donation amount ($10 minimum, with an option to make the donation recur monthly) and selecting a payment method. At that point please enter "online meeting" into the "add special instructions to the seller" section so your donation is credited to our group. Donations can be made http://heart-t-heart.org/donate here
Guidelines
We have some guidelines that help keep our meetings semi-organized: When you want to share (at appropriate times) please state "I'd like to share" or words to that effect. When entering longer posts, enter every sentence or two to keep the flow going. When you're finished, please say "that's all" or end with three dots (. . .) so we know you're done.
Please keep in mind that this is a general focus meeting and we keep our sharing focused on recovery principles so as not to trigger or embarrass anyone. Extensive inventory type stories are not appropriate in meetings, but should be shared one-on-one with an experienced sponsor.
"Cross Talk/Side Talk" is discouraged in Heart t' Heart meetings. This means we neither interrupt nor engage in dialogue with another speaker. Twelve-step meetings are not designed to be encounter groups or advice-giving sessions of any sort.
COMMENTING OR GIVING ADVICE, EVEN PRAISE, DISCOURAGES THE INDIVIDUAL'S OWN ABILITY TO HEAR THE TRUTH AS SPOKEN TO THEIR HEARTS DIRECTLY BY THE SPIRIT. 2 Nephi 32:3: " Angels speak by the power of the Holy Ghost; wherefore, they speak the words of Christ. Wherefore, I said unto you, feast upon the words of Christ; for behold, the words of Christ will tell you all things what ye should do."
A simple thank you after someone shares is all that is needed.
