The group room in Springfield was huge. It's kinda difficult for me to estimate the size of the group. There were so many kids. I would estimate that when everyone was in group there were around 250 kids in group. The group only took up about 1/3 of the room.
The serenity prayer was on the side wall above the girls side. The 7 steps(which later became 12) were of course at the top of the front wall so we had to look at them all day. The 5 criteria were also on the front wall, but in the corner in front of the guys side. The straight symbol was up somewhere too but I can't quite remember where it was located.
We also had a carpet room which was behind the group room, and that's where we had "executive raps". There were no chairs in there, except for staff in the back. We had to sit str8 up "indian" style. The carpet room was also used for parent raps on monday and friday nights. I don't remember there bein' any signs on the walls of the carpet room except maybe that crazy straight insignia representing the black heart society(not sure about that). There was a big ventillation fan in the one corner of the carpet room, in front of the girls side(like the ones behind the musical stage on "Sat. Night Live")and daylight would come in thru that. I remember there were times in that carpet room when I just stared at that fan and watched the blades slowly turn and I imagined what the day was like on the outside of the building. Sometimes I could smell the fresh air comin' in from the outside especially in the spring. You know ?? The smell of a clean and fresh spring day. I would imagine how nice it would be simply to be standing on the outside in the sunshine. How nice it would be just to walk freely down the street, listening to the birdsongs and such, then I would be pulled back into the rap by the threat of some ruthless executive staff on a power trip. That place sucked.
Peace to all the survivors.