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<blockquote data-quote="Star*" data-source="post: 84609" data-attributes="member: 4964"><p>1.) Get in the car; pack as many of you in there as possible</p><p>2.) Drive to the center of your town</p><p>3.) Wait for a red light</p><p>4.) Get out and run around the car yelling, and screaming</p><p>5.) Get back in</p><p>6.) Mooning is optional</p><p>7.) Return to the meeting</p><p></p><p>- Seems like you've covered all the bases except FUN. Support doesn't have to be all sad and woe, what are you going to do that will bring someone back each week wanting more? </p><p></p><p>How about a coupla door prizes? Just dollar store stuff but you could have club dues of .25 cents and each week someone is responsible to find 2 items for prizes. Like ROUGHEST WEEK and MOST PROGRESS </p><p></p><p>Sinful desserts - you gotta room full of women you need chocolate and for that one pita - a non-fat, low carb bag of something good for you. </p><p></p><p>A picture contest....draw how you feel. Winner gets a pen and pad</p><p></p><p>Everyone bring a clean joke time </p><p></p><p>I loved going to our group meetings but everyone was always so on edge and so serious. Which reminds me...the .25 dues could be for kleenex. Yerrr gonna get some criers. </p><p></p><p>Picture of your husbands arranged on a nice frame</p><p></p><p>Tours of mental health day programs, guest speakers. </p><p></p><p>Believe me, I live with depression every day. The last thing I want is to go hear about someone else's horribly, rotten, terrible bad time because IRREGARDLESS of how bad YOUR day is, mine will be worse because my problems belong to me. Make if fun and make people want to come back</p><p></p><p>GAME NIGHT....yahtzee, bunco.....and you talk about solutions while you're shootin' dice? </p><p></p><p>Just mixin it up??</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Star*, post: 84609, member: 4964"] 1.) Get in the car; pack as many of you in there as possible 2.) Drive to the center of your town 3.) Wait for a red light 4.) Get out and run around the car yelling, and screaming 5.) Get back in 6.) Mooning is optional 7.) Return to the meeting - Seems like you've covered all the bases except FUN. Support doesn't have to be all sad and woe, what are you going to do that will bring someone back each week wanting more? How about a coupla door prizes? Just dollar store stuff but you could have club dues of .25 cents and each week someone is responsible to find 2 items for prizes. Like ROUGHEST WEEK and MOST PROGRESS Sinful desserts - you gotta room full of women you need chocolate and for that one pita - a non-fat, low carb bag of something good for you. A picture contest....draw how you feel. Winner gets a pen and pad Everyone bring a clean joke time I loved going to our group meetings but everyone was always so on edge and so serious. Which reminds me...the .25 dues could be for kleenex. Yerrr gonna get some criers. Picture of your husbands arranged on a nice frame Tours of mental health day programs, guest speakers. Believe me, I live with depression every day. The last thing I want is to go hear about someone else's horribly, rotten, terrible bad time because IRREGARDLESS of how bad YOUR day is, mine will be worse because my problems belong to me. Make if fun and make people want to come back GAME NIGHT....yahtzee, bunco.....and you talk about solutions while you're shootin' dice? Just mixin it up?? [/QUOTE]
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