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236        <li class="menu-item">
237          <a href="/self-assessment" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/345">Take a Self-Assessment</a>
238                                
239  
240  <div class="menu_link_content menu-link-contentmain view-mode-default menu-dropdown menu-dropdown-2 menu-type-default">
241              
242      </div>
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247                      
248        <li class="menu-item">
249          <a href="/military" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/7681">Military Members/Veterans in A.A.</a>
250                                
251  
252  <div class="menu_link_content menu-link-contentmain view-mode-default menu-dropdown menu-dropdown-2 menu-type-default">
253              
254      </div>
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256
257
258                  </li>
259                      
260        <li class="menu-item">
261          <a href="/young-and-sober-in-aa" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/9906">Young and Sober in A.A.</a>
262                                
263  
264  <div class="menu_link_content menu-link-contentmain view-mode-default menu-dropdown menu-dropdown-2 menu-type-default">
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266      </div>
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271          </ul>
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279                  </li>
280          </ul>
281
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285
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288                  </li>
289                      
290        <li class="menu-item menu-item--expanded menu-item--active-trail">
291          <a href="/" data-drupal-link-system-path="&lt;front&gt;">About A.A.</a>
292                                
293  
294  <div class="menu_link_content menu-link-contentmain view-mode-default menu-dropdown menu-dropdown-0 menu-type-default">
295              
296  <ul class="menu menu-level-1">
297                  
298        <li class="menu-item menu-item--expanded">
299          <span>Left</span>
300                                
301  
302  <div class="menu_link_content menu-link-contentmain view-mode-
302default menu-dropdown menu-dropdown-1 menu-type-default">
303              
304  <ul class="menu menu-level-2">
305                  
306        <li class="menu-item">
307          <a href="/what-is-aa" title="What is A.A.?" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/16">What is A.A.?</a>
308                                
309  
310  <div class="menu_link_content menu-link-contentmain view-mode-default menu-dropdown menu-dropdown-2 menu-type-default">
311              
312      </div>
313
314
315
316                  </li>
317                      
318        <li class="menu-item">
319          <a href="/aa-and-anonymity" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/81">A.A. and Anonymity</a>
320                                
321  
322  <div class="menu_link_content menu-link-contentmain view-mode-default menu-dropdown menu-dropdown-2 menu-type-default">
323              
324      </div>
325
326
327
328                  </li>
329                      
330        <li class="menu-item">
331          <a href="/the-big-book" title="The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/347">The Big Book</a>
332                                
333  
334  <div class="menu_link_content menu-link-contentmain view-mode-default menu-dropdown menu-dropdown-2 menu-type-default">
335              
336      </div>
337
338
339
340                  </li>
341                      
342        <li class="menu-item">
343          <a href="/twelve-steps-twelve-traditions" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/1976">12 Steps and 12 Traditions Book</a>
344                                
345  
346  <div class="menu_link_content menu-link-contentmain view-mode-default menu-dropdown menu-dropdown-2 menu-type-default">
347              
348      </div>
349
350
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352                  </li>
353                      
354        <li class="menu-item">
355          <a href="/aa-around-the-world" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/4">A.A. Around the World</a>
356                                
357  
358  <div class="menu_link_content menu-link-contentmain view-mode-default menu-dropdown menu-dropdown-2 menu-type-default">
359              
360      </div>
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362
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364                  </li>
365          </ul>
366
367
368
369      </div>
370
371
372
373                  </li>
374                      
375        <li class="right menu-item menu-item--expanded menu-item--active-trail">
376          <span>Right</span>
377                                
378  
379  <div class="menu_link_content menu-link-contentmain view-mode-default menu-dropdown menu-dropdown-1 menu-type-default">
380              
381  <ul class="menu menu-level-2">
382                  
383        <li class="menu-item menu-item--active-trail">
384          <a href="/information-about-meetings" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/46" class="is-active" aria-current="page">Learn more about meetings</a>
385                                
386  
387  <div class="menu_link_content menu-link-contentmain view-mode-default menu-dropdown menu-dropdown-2 menu-type-default">
388              
389      </div>
390
391
392
393                  </li>
394                      
395        <li class="menu-item">
396          <a href="/the-twelve-steps" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/71">The Twelve Steps</a>
397                                
398  
399  <div class="menu_link_content menu-link-contentmain view-mode-default menu-dropdown menu-dropdown-2 menu-type-default">
400              
401      </div>
402
403
404
405                  </li>
406                      
407        <li class="menu-item">
408          <a href="/the-twelve-traditions" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/50">The Twelve Traditions</a>
409                                
410  
411  <div class="menu_link_content menu-link-contentmain view-mode-default menu-dropdown menu-dropdown-2 menu-type-default">
412              
413      </div>
414
415
416
417                  </li>
418                      
419        <li class="menu-item">
420          <a href="/the-twelve-concepts" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/2321">The Twelve Concepts</a>
421                                
422  
423  <div class="menu_link_content menu-link-contentmain view-mode-default menu-dropdown menu-dropdown-2 menu-type-default">
424              
425      </div>
426
427
428
429                  </li>
430                      
431        <li class="menu-item">
432          <a href="/aa-history" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/8">History of A.A.</a>
433                                
434  
435  <div class="menu_link_content menu-link-contentmain view-mode-
435default menu-dropdown menu-dropdown-2 menu-type-default">
436              
437      </div>
438
439
440
441                  </li>
442                      
443        <li class="menu-item">
444          <a href="/aa-archives-exhibits" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/17">Online Archives Exhibits</a>
445                                
446  
447  <div class="menu_link_content menu-link-contentmain view-mode-default menu-dropdown menu-dropdown-2 menu-type-default">
448              
449      </div>
450
451
452
453                  </li>
454          </ul>
455
456
457
458      </div>
459
460
461
462                  </li>
463          </ul>
464
465
466
467      </div>
468
469
470
471                  </li>
472                      
473        <li class="menu-item menu-item--expanded">
474          <a href="/" data-drupal-link-system-path="&lt;front&gt;">Inside A.A.</a>
475                                
476  
477  <div class="menu_link_content menu-link-contentmain view-mode-default menu-dropdown menu-dropdown-0 menu-type-default">
478              
479  <ul class="menu menu-level-1">
480                  
481        <li class="menu-item menu-item--expanded">
482          <span>Left</span>
483                                
484  
485  <div class="menu_link_content menu-link-contentmain view-mode-default menu-dropdown menu-dropdown-1 menu-type-default">
486              
487  <ul class="menu menu-level-2">
488                  
489        <li class="menu-item">
490          <a href="/participating-in-aa" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/5">Participating in A.A.</a>
491                                
492  
493  <div class="menu_link_content menu-link-contentmain view-mode-default menu-dropdown menu-dropdown-2 menu-type-default">
494              
495      </div>
496
497
498
499                  </li>
500                      
501        <li class="menu-item">
502          <a href="/the-aa-group" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/6">The A.A. Group</a>
503                                
504  
505  <div class="menu_link_content menu-link-contentmain view-mode-default menu-dropdown menu-dropdown-2 menu-type-default">
506              
507      </div>
508
509
510
511                  </li>
512                      
513        <li class="menu-item">
514          <a href="/service-committees" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/340">Service Committees</a>
515                                
516  
517  <div class="menu_link_content menu-link-contentmain view-mode-default menu-dropdown menu-dropdown-2 menu-type-default">
518              
519      </div>
520
521
522
523                  </li>
524                      
525        <li class="menu-item">
526          <a href="/aa-contributions-self-support" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/19">Contributions and Self-Support</a>
527                                
528  
529  <div class="menu_link_content menu-link-contentmain view-mode-default menu-dropdown menu-dropdown-2 menu-type-default">
530              
531      </div>
532
533
534
535                  </li>
536                      
537        <li class="menu-item">
538          <a href="/aa-gso" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/18">The General Service Office</a>
539                                
540  
541  <div class="menu_link_content menu-link-contentmain view-mode-default menu-dropdown menu-dropdown-2 menu-type-default">
542              
543      </div>
544
545
546
547                  </li>
548                      
549        <li class="menu-item">
550          <a href="/gso-archives" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/73">GSO Archives</a>
551                                
552  
553  <div class="menu_link_content menu-link-contentmain view-mode-default menu-dropdown menu-dropdown-2 menu-type-default">
554              
555      </div>
556
557
558
559                  </li>
560          </ul>
561
562
563
564      </div>
565
566
567
568                  </li>
569                      
570        <li class="right menu-item menu-item--expanded">
571          <span>Right</span>
572                                
573  
574  <div class="menu_link_content menu-link-contentmain view-mode-default menu-dropdown menu-dropdown-1 menu-type-default">
575              
576  <ul class="menu menu-level-2">
577                  
578        <li class="menu-item">
579          <a href="/news-and-announcements" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/7506">What&#039;s New</a>
580                                
581  
582  <div class="menu_link_content menu-link-contentmain view-mode-
582default menu-dropdown menu-dropdown-2 menu-type-default">
583              
584      </div>
585
586
587
588                  </li>
589                      
590        <li class="menu-item">
591          <a href="/information-for-new-trusted-servants" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/45">Information for new trusted servants</a>
592                                
593  
594  <div class="menu_link_content menu-link-contentmain view-mode-default menu-dropdown menu-dropdown-2 menu-type-default">
595              
596      </div>
597
598
599
600                  </li>
601                      
602        <li class="menu-item">
603          <a href="/regional-local-and-special-forums" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/69">Regional, Local and Special Forums</a>
604                                
605  
606  <div class="menu_link_content menu-link-contentmain view-mode-default menu-dropdown menu-dropdown-2 menu-type-default">
607              
608      </div>
609
610
611
612                  </li>
613                      
614        <li class="menu-item">
615          <a href="/international-convention" title="international convention" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/70">International Convention</a>
616                                
617  
618  <div class="menu_link_content menu-link-contentmain view-mode-default menu-dropdown menu-dropdown-2 menu-type-default">
619              
620      </div>
621
622
623
624                  </li>
625                      
626        <li class="menu-item">
627          <a href="/membership-survey-2022" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/7296">2022 Membership Survey</a>
628                                
629  
630  <div class="menu_link_content menu-link-contentmain view-mode-default menu-dropdown menu-dropdown-2 menu-type-default">
631              
632      </div>
633
634
635
636                  </li>
637          </ul>
638
639
640
641      </div>
642
643
644
645                  </li>
646          </ul>
647
648
649
650      </div>
651
652
653
654                  </li>
655                      
656        <li class="menu-item menu-item--expanded">
657          <a href="/" data-drupal-link-system-path="&lt;front&gt;">Resources</a>
658                                
659  
660  <div class="menu_link_content menu-link-contentmain view-mode-default menu-dropdown menu-dropdown-0 menu-type-default">
661              
662  <ul class="menu menu-level-1">
663                  
664        <li class="menu-item menu-item--expanded">
665          <span>Left</span>
666                                
667  
668  <div class="menu_link_content menu-link-contentmain view-mode-default menu-dropdown menu-dropdown-1 menu-type-default">
669              
670  <ul class="menu menu-level-2">
671                  
672        <li class="menu-item">
673          <a href="/resources/literature" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/339">Literature</a>
674                                
675  
676  <div class="menu_link_content menu-link-contentmain view-mode-default menu-dropdown menu-dropdown-2 menu-type-default">
677              
678      </div>
679
680
681
682                  </li>
683                      
684        <li class="menu-item">
685          <a href="/resources/media" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/341">Media Library</a>
686                                
687  
688  <div class="menu_link_content menu-link-contentmain view-mode-default menu-dropdown menu-dropdown-2 menu-type-default">
689              
690      </div>
691
692
693
694                  </li>
695                      
696        <li class="menu-item">
697          <a href="/meeting-guide-app" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/77">Meeting Guide App</a>
698                                
699  
700  <div class="menu_link_content menu-link-contentmain view-mode-default menu-dropdown menu-dropdown-2 menu-type-default">
701              
702      </div>
703
704
705
706                  </li>
707                      
708        <li class="menu-item">
709          <a href="/everything-aa-app" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/9876">Everything AA App</a>
710                                
711  
712  <div class="menu_link_content menu-link-contentmain view-mode-default menu-dropdown menu-dropdown-2 menu-type-default">
713              
714      </div>
715
716
717
718                  </li>
719                      
720        <li class="menu-item">
721          <a href="/aa-grapevine-la-vina" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/20">AA Grapevine and La Viña</a>
722                                
723  
724  <div class="menu_link_content menu-link-contentmain view-mode-
724default menu-dropdown menu-dropdown-2 menu-type-default">
725              
726      </div>
727
728
729
730                  </li>
731                      
732        <li class="menu-item">
733          <a href="/events" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/5961">Calendar of Events</a>
734                                
735  
736  <div class="menu_link_content menu-link-contentmain view-mode-default menu-dropdown menu-dropdown-2 menu-type-default">
737              
738      </div>
739
740
741
742                  </li>
743                      
744        <li class="menu-item">
745          <a href="/aa-board-calendars" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/53">A.A. Board Calendars</a>
746                                
747  
748  <div class="menu_link_content menu-link-contentmain view-mode-default menu-dropdown menu-dropdown-2 menu-type-default">
749              
750      </div>
751
752
753
754                  </li>
755                      
756        <li class="menu-item">
757          <a href="/quarterly-reports-from-gso" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/586">Quarterly Report from GSO</a>
758                                
759  
760  <div class="menu_link_content menu-link-contentmain view-mode-default menu-dropdown menu-dropdown-2 menu-type-default">
761              
762      </div>
763
764
765
766                  </li>
767                      
768        <li class="menu-item">
769          <a href="/aaws-highlights" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/8651">AAWS Highlights</a>
770                                
771  
772  <div class="menu_link_content menu-link-contentmain view-mode-default menu-dropdown menu-dropdown-2 menu-type-default">
773              
774      </div>
775
776
777
778                  </li>
779          </ul>
780
781
782
783      </div>
784
785
786
787                  </li>
788                      
789        <li class="right menu-item menu-item--expanded">
790          <span>Right</span>
791                                
792  
793  <div class="menu_link_content menu-link-contentmain view-mode-default menu-dropdown menu-dropdown-1 menu-type-default">
794              
795  <ul class="menu menu-level-2">
796                  
797        <li class="menu-item">
798          <a href="/audio-public-service-announcement-downloads" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/2226">Audio PSA Downloads</a>
799                                
800  
801  <div class="menu_link_content menu-link-contentmain view-mode-default menu-dropdown menu-dropdown-2 menu-type-default">
802              
803      </div>
804
805
806
807                  </li>
808                      
809        <li class="menu-item">
810          <a href="/downloadable-videos" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/2116">Downloadable Videos</a>
811                                
812  
813  <div class="menu_link_content menu-link-contentmain view-mode-default menu-dropdown menu-dropdown-2 menu-type-default">
814              
815      </div>
816
817
818
819                  </li>
820                      
821        <li class="menu-item">
822          <a href="/newsletters" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/79">Newsletters</a>
823                                
824  
825  <div class="menu_link_content menu-link-contentmain view-mode-default menu-dropdown menu-dropdown-2 menu-type-default">
826              
827      </div>
828
829
830
831                  </li>
832                      
833        <li class="menu-item">
834          <a href="/gso-podcast" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/8381">GSO Podcast</a>
835                                
836  
837  <div class="menu_link_content menu-link-contentmain view-mode-default menu-dropdown menu-dropdown-2 menu-type-default">
838              
839      </div>
840
841
842
843                  </li>
844                      
845        <li class="menu-item">
846          <a href="/press-media" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/88">Press and Media</a>
847                                
848  
849  <div class="menu_link_content menu-link-contentmain view-mode-default menu-dropdown menu-dropdown-2 menu-type-default">
850              
851      </div>
852
853
854
855                  </li>
856                      
857        <li class="menu-item">
858          <a href="/faqs" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/6236">FAQ</a>
859                                
860  
861  <div class="menu_link_content menu-link-contentmain view-mode-default menu-dropdown menu-dropdown-2 menu-type-default">
862              
863      </div>
864
865
866
867                  </li>
868                      
869        <li class="menu-item">
870          <a href="/contact-gso" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/616">Contact us</a>
871                                
872  
873  <div class="menu_link_content menu-link-contentmain view-mode-
873default menu-dropdown menu-dropdown-2 menu-type-default">
874              
875      </div>
876
877
878
879                  </li>
880                      
881        <li class="menu-item">
882          <a href="https://recruiting.paylocity.com/recruiting/jobs/All/20a75b6f-fabe-49ed-90b7-7d67be80a3bc/Alcoholics-Anonymous-World-Services-Inc" class="external-link" target="_blank">Careers</a>
883                                
884  
885  <div class="menu_link_content menu-link-contentmain view-mode-default menu-dropdown menu-dropdown-2 menu-type-default">
886              
887      </div>
888
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890
891                  </li>
892          </ul>
893
894
895
896      </div>
897
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899
900                  </li>
901          </ul>
902
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904
905      </div>
906
907
908
909                  </li>
910                      
911        <li class="menu-item">
912          <a href="/daily-reflections" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/342">Daily Reflections</a>
913                                
914  
915  <div class="menu_link_content menu-link-contentmain view-mode-default menu-dropdown menu-dropdown-0 menu-type-default">
916              
917      </div>
918
919
920
921                  </li>
922                      
923        <li class="search menu-item">
924          <a href="">Search</a>
925                                
926  
927  <div class="menu_link_content menu-link-contentmain view-mode-default menu-dropdown menu-dropdown-0 menu-type-default">
928              
929      </div>
930
931
932
933                  </li>
934          </ul>
935
936
937  </nav>
938
939  </div>
940
941		</div>
942    <div class="nav-mobile">
943      <ul>
944                  <li class="findaany"><a href="/find-aa">Find AA Near You</a></li>
945                <li class="language">
946          <div class="block block-lang-dropdown block-language-dropdown-blocklanguage-interface">
947  
948    
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950  <div class="js-form-item form-item js-form-type-select form-type-select js-form-item-lang-dropdown-select form-item-lang-dropdown-select form-no-label">
951      <label for="edit-lang-dropdown-select--2" class="visually-hidden">Select your language</label>
952        <select style="width:165px" class="lang-dropdown-select-element form-select" data-lang-dropdown-id="lang-dropdown-form" data-drupal-selector="edit-lang-dropdown-select" id="edit-lang-dropdown-select--2" name="lang_dropdown_select"><option value="en" selected="selected">English</option><option value="es">Español</option><option value="fr">Français</option></select>
953
954        </div>
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956<input data-drupal-selector="edit-es" type="hidden" name="es" value="/es/information-about-meetings" />
957<input data-drupal-selector="edit-fr" type="hidden" name="fr" value="/fr/information-about-meetings" />
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959  <input data-drupal-selector="edit-submit" type="submit" id="edit-submit--2" name="op" value="Go" class="button js-form-submit form-submit" />
960  
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962<input data-drupal-selector="edit-lang-dropdown-form-2" type="hidden" name="form_id" value="lang_dropdown_form" />
963
964</form>
965
966  </div>
967
968        </li>
969        <li>
970          <button class="burger" type="button">
971            <span>Menu</span>
972          </button>
973        </li>
974        <li class="search">
975          <a href="#">Search</a>
976        </li>
977      </ul>
978    </div>
979	</div>
980</header>
981  <main role="main" class="main-section" id="main-content">
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1018            <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-wysiwyg field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>There are a variety of formats for A.A. meetings and each meeting takes on the feel of their local area. At most meetings you will hear members talk about what drinking did to them and to those around them. Most also share what actions they took to stop drinking and how they are living their lives today.</p>
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1020<p>The purpose of all meetings is for A.A. members to “share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism.”</p>
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1040<ul>
1041	<li><strong>Open meetings</strong>&nbsp;are available to anyone interested in Alcoholics Anonymous’s program of recovery from alcoholism. Nonalcoholics may attend open meetings as observers.</li>
1042	<li><strong>Closed meeting</strong>s&nbsp;are for A.A. members only or for those who have a drinking problem and “have a desire to stop drinking.”</li>
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1045<p>At both types of meetings, it may be requested that participants confine their discussion to matters pertaining to recovery from alcoholism.</p>
1046
1047<p>Whether open or closed, A.A. group meetings are conducted by A.A. members who determine the format of their meetings.</p></div>
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1063            <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-wysiwyg field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>A.A. meetings are held in-person, online, or on the telephone. The members of each meeting decide when, where, and how often they will meet.</p>
1064
1065<p><strong>In-person meetings</strong>&nbsp;happen in a variety of places where a room can be rented. Meetings occur in places such as:</p>
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1067<ul>
1068	<li>office buildings</li>
1069	<li>churches</li>
1070	<li>treatment centers</li>
1071	<li>recreation/community centers</li>
1072	<li>buildings dedicated to renting to recovery groups, such as clubhouses</li>
1073</ul>
1074
1075<p>You can even find meetings on beaches, in parks or in other outdoor settings.</p>
1076
1077<p><strong>Online and telephone meetings</strong>&nbsp;are also available. Various platforms are used depending on what the group members prefer. Some are video meetings where you see each other’s faces. At other online meetings, everyone's video is off. Still other meetings use a dial-in conference call number.</p>
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1095            <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-wysiwyg field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><strong>Discussion.</strong>&nbsp;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.&nbsp;
1095 Background for many topic meetings derives from A.A. literature, such as&nbsp;Alcoholics Anonymous&nbsp;(Big Book),&nbsp;Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions,&nbsp;As Bill Sees It,&nbsp;Daily Reflections, and from AA Grapevine.</p>
1096
1097<p><strong>Speaker.</strong>&nbsp;One or more members selected beforehand "share" — as described in the Big Book — telling "what we were like, what happened, and what we are like now." Depending on the meeting's general guidelines (determined by the "group conscience"), some groups prefer that members who speak have a minimum period of continuous sobriety. Speaker meetings often are open meetings.</p>
1098
1099<p><strong>Beginners.</strong>&nbsp;Usually led by a group member who has been sober awhile, these are sessions to help newcomers. Beginners meetings may also follow a discussion format, or focus on Steps One, Two and Three. (A Guide for Leading Beginners Meetings is available from G.S.O.)</p>
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1101<p><strong>Step, Tradition or Big Book.</strong>&nbsp;Because the Twelve Steps are the foundation of personal recovery in A.A., many groups devote one or more meetings a week to the study of each Step in rotation; some discuss two or three Steps at a time. These same formats may be applied to group meetings on the Big Book or the&nbsp;Twelve Traditions.&nbsp;Many groups make it a practice to read aloud pertinent material from the Big Book or&nbsp;Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions&nbsp;at the beginning of the meeting.</p></div>
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1117            <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-wysiwyg field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The chair usually opens the meeting with the A.A. Preamble and a few remarks. Some call for a moment of silence and/or recite the Serenity Prayer. The chair will often ask if there are any people new to A.A. attending the meeting who would like to introduce themselves. It isn’t mandatory to identify yourself but it might be helpful if you are attending your first meeting. Many meetings begin with a reading from the Big Book — frequently a portion of Chapter 5 (“How It Works”) or Chapter 3 (“More About Alcoholism”). A statement about anonymity in A.A. as a valuable privacy principle for new and longtime members might be read. Many meetings close with members joining in a moment of silence followed by a prayer, or perhaps by reciting the Responsibility Statement or other A.A. text.</p>
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1119<p><strong>After the Meeting</strong></p>
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1121<p>People gather and talk, and there is a social air in the room once the meeting is over. Some may introduce themselves to you and offer their help or share their experiences getting sober. While many members find this time after the meeting valuable, it is up to you if you want to stay and socialize.</p>
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1152            <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-wysiwyg field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>A.A. meetings welcome attendees from court programs and treatment facilities. The strength of our program lies in the voluntary nature of membership in A.A.; however many of us first attended meetings because we were pressured to by someone else. Continual exposure to A.A. educated us to the true nature of the illness.</p>
1153
1154<p>Who made the referral to A.A. is not what A.A. is interested in. It is the problem drinker who is our concern. We cannot predict who will recover, nor have we the authority to decide how recovery should be sought by any other alcoholic.</p></div>
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1170            <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-wysiwyg field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Sometimes a referral source asks for proof of attendance at A.A. meetings. Groups cooperate in different ways. There is no set procedure. The nature and extent of any group’s involvement in this process is entirely up to the individual group.</p>
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1172<p>Some groups, with the consent of the prospective member, have an A.A. member acknowledge attendance. This may be provided&nbsp; on a slip that has been furnished by the referral source, or via a digital method if the group is online. The referred person is responsible for returning the proof of attendance.</p>
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1174<p>Proof of attendance at meetings is not part of A.A.’s procedure. Eac
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