


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.
