Meeting Guide users can suggest additions or corrections to meeting listings by using links provided within the app to contact the local service entity responsible for the information. The General Service Office of U.S./Canada has a staff assignment dedicated to international activities in A.A. This staff member serves as the liaison to General Service Offices in other countries.

• Al-Anon Family Groups is another Twelve Step program of recovery.
• This sharing is combined and shared when requested, so we all can learn from each other.
• Meetings are held in-person, online, or on the telephone.

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Virtual meetings can actually be quite useful for those with tight schedules, transportation issues, or physical disabilities. Still, many experts advise that in-person meetings should at least be tried when a person first begins the 12 Step program. The chairperson then opens up the meeting. It might be a Step Study meeting, where the focus and discussion revolve around one of the 12 Steps. More likely, it will be alcoholics anonymous an open meeting, where members can talk about anything recovery-related that’s on their mind.

• The program also recognizes six levels of recovery, ranging from acceptance of having an addiction to prioritizing emotional and spiritual growth.
• Experience accumulated over the years.
• It was called the AA prayer in the 1940s.74 Often recited at meetings, it emphasizes the concepts of acceptance, courage, and wisdom, which align with the principles of the AA program.
• Eventually, everyone takes a seat on one of the chairs arranged in a semi-circle.

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Other members of the group will then recite other passages from the AA Big Book, including the 12 Traditions and the 12 Promises. The get-togethers can be fantastic outlets for those working on recovery, with groups of others in similar situations offering support through comradery, advice, or even just active listening. Service entities full control of their local meeting information while collecting it in one place, making it easy for anyone to find a meeting. Local entities provide their meeting information voluntarily.

A.A. Can Support Professionals

You can just sit and listen and learn more about recovery, or you can share about your situation. Anyone with a desire to stop drinking is welcome, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, income, or profession. You don’t have to pay anything to attend. Whether closed or open, an A.A. Member serving as “leader” or “chair” opens the meeting using that group’s format, and selects a topic for discussion. Background for many topic meetings derives from A.A.

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A.A.’s primary purpose is to help alcoholics to achieve sobriety. Has helped millions recover from alcoholism – to get sober and stay sober. The chair usually opens the meeting with the A.A. Some call for a moment of silence and/or recite the Serenity Prayer.