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AA meetings encompass a variety of formats, each designed to serve different needs. Open meetings are accessible to anyone, including non-alcoholics who can attend as observers. In contrast, closed meetings are reserved for individuals who identify as having a desire to stop drinking, a declaration that cannot be questioned by other members. [66]
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), the first twelve-step fellowship, was founded in 1935 by Bill Wilson and Dr. Robert Holbrook Smith, known to AA members as "Bill W." and "Dr. Bob", in Akron, Ohio. In 1946 they formally established the twelve traditions to help deal with the issues of how various groups could relate and function as membership grew.
The meeting was open to the public, [1] but it is unknown whether the meeting was listed in local AA directories. [2] While initially run by two AA members with over 10 years of experience before the trial started, the AA meeting was led by a member of the group (who was not in the study) with no previous AA experience during the research trial.
We cannot give AA membership to non-alcoholic narcotics-addicts. But like anyone else, they should be able to attend certain open AA meetings, provided, of course, that the groups themselves are willing. AA members who are so inclined should be encouraged to band together in groups to deal with sedative and drug problems.
Although the Yellow Booklet, Little White Booklet, and Little White Book were used in the 1960s and 1970s, many people desired to have a more detailed book on recovery, paralleling the "Big Book" of Alcoholics Anonymous. Some meetings offered AA literature at meetings, while others considered writing their own books on recovery.
Pagans in recovery is a phrase, which is frequently used within the recovery community, to describe the collective efforts of Neopagans as well as Indigenous, Hindu, Buddhist, and other like-minded groups, to achieve abstinence or the remission of compulsive/addictive behaviors through twelve-step programs and other programs, such as Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, Overeaters ...
Most common are 12-step groups such as Alcoholics Anonymous and self-help groups for mental health. Professionally operated support groups are facilitated by professionals who most often do not share the problem of the members, [1] [2] such as social workers, psychologists, or members of the clergy. The facilitator controls discussions and ...
Kickoff meeting, the first meeting with a project team and the client of the project to discuss the role of each team-member [5] Town hall meeting, an informal public gathering. Work meeting, which produces a product or intangible result such as a decision; [6] compare working group. Board meeting, a meeting of the board of directors of an ...