Round table discussion

[Jimmy]

I was wondering, did anyone attend the round table discussion on MAR in August or have any information about it's content and/or what it achieved or not?

Jimmy

[sapphire]

Dunno!!

I do know that Mcdermott was talking to the guy holding the event about Alliance co-hosting/sponsorship, but heard nothing about any actual outcome.

[sapphire]

Ok, so I was a bit intrigued if anything actually happenned with regard to this round table so I went to the website of the guy running it,Stephen Bamber, website is www.theartoflifeitself, and the latest "news" on the homepage is that he has been invited by Wired In to be on their "Selection Committee" to select Wired In's "Recovery Champions 2011".

So, and please correct me if I'm wrong, is it the case that now he has an "in" with the Wired In "recovery" crew that he is no longer interested in maintainance problems/issues??

There is no follow up on the website as to if/what happenned at the round table, the Alliance were supposed to be "co-sponsoring" it but I don't think we ever heard what (if anything) happenned.

So, if anyone does know whether anything worthwhile was achieved could they please let us in on the secret?!

Stephen did post a bit on here with regard to the round table but I think he took exception to our "beligerance" and locked his thread!

What I want to hear is that the round table took place and lots of people's minds were changed about how maintained recovery works, and that the Weird In crew et al now accept MMT as a valid form of recovery, or at least are open to hearing about it, but I sadly doubt that is the case. I would love to be proved wrong. 

Ideas anyone??

[froude]

Recovery Champions 2011 ,whats that all about,is it how many stranded motorists are saved by the side of the road? lol.Is there going to be a Recovery Champions 2011 Dinner and Dance?, if so do you think the Alliance will get tickets? lol.Ive never heard of so much shit in my life,You know whats going to happen ,Jeremy Kyle will hear about this and have his whole programme on TV about" Recovery Champions 2011.In 3rd place its Debbie Chambers who has come through to the very end ,yes Debbie you have won a Recovery Champions Duvet Cover,and in 2nd place is Arnold Stevens who dropped from 200mil of methadone to nothing ,and he did this with just the help of the Recovery Champions De-tox helpline and he got the Recovery Champions 2011 Mug,and in 1st place is Robert Williams who after a bad abcess has come through to be the Recovery Champion of 2011,congratulations Robert how did you find the courage to Recover,well my arm fell off one morning while i was getting up and i thought to myself how am i going to have my next hit,and i went on to the internet and my mate put me up for it ,so what did you win other than the coverted Recovery Champion 2011,oh i won a pair of gloves.Im sorry if anyone has taken offence,this is just a joke as i am bored,All the best Froude

[sapphire]

froude, pmsl!!

[Anon33]

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[garstang]

I attended it and he's still onside and supporting those on MMT - the event wasn't co-sponsored by anyone the, UKDPC just facilitated it, provided the room, photocopying etc. A core group is being set up from the people that attended the first meeting, there were people from all over, Brighton, Manchester, Liverpool etc and not the usual suspects you get at such events. There is going to be further events/discussions held. As soon as I hear about it I'll post here.
G.

[OP8S]

Maybe the discussion should be taken to Scotland also, making it more accessible to Scottish users.
Also like sapph previously asked, did the meeting serve any purpose, was the table round ?