(In advance of meeting, Secretary of meeting asks one person to read “How it Works” and another person to read “The Twelve Promises.)

Good Evening. This is the regular meeting of the group of Alcoholics Anonymous. My name is and I am an alcoholic and your Secretary.

Let us open the meeting with a moment of silence followed by the Serenity Prayer:

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, Courage to change the things I can, and Wisdom to know the difference.

Secretary reads: Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking. There are no dues or fees for AA membership; we are self-supporting through our own contributions.

AA is not allied with any sect, denomination, politics, organization or institution; does not wish to engage in any controversy; neither endorses nor opposes any causes. Our primary purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics to achieve sobriety.

I’ve asked a friend to read “How it Works” from Chapter 5 of the A.A. Big Book.

According to AA’s Seventh Tradition, every AA group out to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions. We’ll now pass the basket for that purpose. It takes a lot of money to put on this meeting, so give as generously as you can, but please do not feel obligated to give anything. (pass the basket)

I have asked a friend to read the 12 traditions.

Not to embarrass you, but to get to know you better, do we have any new members in their first 30 days of sobriety who would like to introduce themselves? Do we have any first-timers to the meeting (those who have not already introduced themselves), Do we have any out of town visitors at the meeting (those who have not already introduced themselves), WELCOME everybody! Do we have anyone celebrating an AA anniversary, birthday or special occasion? (you can sing, let people present cakes, tokens and have speak). We ask that the person giving the cake limit your sharing to 1 minute and the person receiving the cake limit your sharing to 3 minutes. Congratulations and welcome!

I’d like to introduce our Speaker for the evening, ______________ from ________________.

CLOSING (5 minutes prior to end of meeting)

Let’s thank our speaker _________ for giving such an inspirational talk.

Let’s welcome our newcomers, first-timers and out of town visitors. Let’s congratulate our token takers by name (congratulations).

Does our Secretary have any AA announcements?

At this time, I would like to ask______________ to read the Promises or A Vision for you and close the meeting with a moment of silence followed by the serenity prayer.