Some call for a moment of silence and/or recite the Serenity Prayer. The chair usually opens the meeting with the A.A. These same formats may be applied to group meetings on the Big Book or the Twelve Traditions. Many groups make it a practice to read aloud pertinent material from the Big Book or Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions at the beginning of the meeting. Step, Tradition or Big Book. 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. (A Guide for Leading Beginners Meetings is available from G.S.O.) Beginners meetings may also follow a discussion format, or focus on Steps One, Two and Three.

Speaker meetings often are open meetings.īeginners. Usually led by a group member who has been sober awhile, these are sessions to help newcomers. Speaker. 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. literature, such as Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book), Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, As Bill Sees It, Daily Reflections, and from AA Grapevine. Background for many topic meetings derives from A.A.

member serving as “leader” or “chair” opens the meeting using that group’s format, and selects a topic for discussion. Discussion. Whether closed or open, an A.A.

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