Open meetings can help relatives, friends, and professionals understand what an AA meeting is actually like. Visitors are present as observers while the meeting stays focused on alcoholic recovery.
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Open meetings can help relatives, friends, and professionals understand what an AA meeting is actually like. Visitors are present as observers while the meeting stays focused on alcoholic recovery.
Regular rotation gives more members the chance to serve and keeps a group from depending on one personality. The outgoing servant can pass along experience without holding on to the position.
Cooperation with the Professional Community committees help doctors, counselors, clergy, courts, and other professionals understand how AA can be a resource. The work is cooperative, not promotional, and keeps AA focused on carrying the message.
Each autonomous AA group chooses a meeting format that fits its purpose and local needs. Formats may differ widely without changing the shared focus on recovery from alcoholism.
The work at St. Thomas Hospital in Akron brought medical care and peer support into the same setting for alcoholic patients. It became a significant part of early AA service history.
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