AA meetings can follow many formats, including speaker, discussion, beginners, step study, and literature study. The variety helps groups meet local needs while staying focused on recovery.
Recovery Fact — 5 Things You May Not Know About the Fellowship
AA meetings can follow many formats, including speaker, discussion, beginners, step study, and literature study. The variety helps groups meet local needs while staying focused on recovery.
Corrections committees help bring AA meetings and approved recovery material into jails and prisons. They work with each facility instead of assuming every institution follows the same rules.
Marty Mann became one of AA's best-known early women members and later helped change public understanding of alcoholism through education. Her work outside AA helped many people see alcoholism with less shame and more honesty.
Rotation of service helps keep AA jobs from becoming personal property. It also gives newer members a chance to learn service by doing it.
Young people in AA organize meetings, conferences, and service activities in many communities. In AA, young refers to room in recovery for younger members, not a separate membership requirement.
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