This type of meeting has a Speaker/Share format. The speaker shares for a longer period (20 minutes,) or whatever time your group decides. Then the floor opens up for sharing by individual members. A leader is chosen from the group to read the format as the “Leader”. The secretary or chair takes over near the end.

LEADER: “Hello, and welcome to the ______________________ meeting of Crystal Meth Anonymous, my name is ____________, and I am a crystal meth addict.”

“Would you please join me in 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.

“I have shared that I am a crystal meth addict, are there any other crystal meth addicts present?” [Wait for a show of hands]

“Welcome! If you are seeking recovery, you are in the right place. Thank you for being here to celebrate your recovery with us. Crystal Meth Anonymous is a fellowship of people for whom all drugs, especially crystal meth, have become a problem. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stay clean and lead a sober life. The fellowship advocates complete abstinence from crystal meth, alcohol, medications not taken as prescribed as well as all other mind-altering substances. There are no dues or membership lists – each group is expected to be self-supporting through its own contributions. The Twelve Steps of CMA are suggested to provide us with a plan with which to build a sober, better life. We believe that if we work these simple steps we will live a life free of active crystal meth addiction.”

“Would those of us in their first thirty days of recovery please raise your hand and tell us who you are?”

“Would those with 30 to 60 days of recovery please raise your hand?”

“60 to 90 days?”

“90 days to 6 months?”

“6 months to 9 months?”

“9 months to 1 year?”

“1 to 2 years?”

“2 to 5 years?”

“5 years and over?”

“For those who are new, please don’t hesitate to contact members who have been around for a while. They will be honored to share their experience, strength and hope with you. When sharing, we need to be careful in describing drug effects, as some of us may be triggered, and the desire to use may be heightened. Please remember the recovery of others and avoid glorifying drugs and/or drug driven sex. We realize that this is part of many of our stories and needs discussion, however the secretary may interrupt and refocus if this gets out of hand.”

“The format of this meeting is: selected readings; the Speaker shares for 20 minutes; Seventh Tradition; general participation for 25 minutes; the presentation of chips; anniversary/birthday celebrations; Secretary’s announcements and closing.

The readings used at this meeting are adapted from the book, “Alcoholics Anonymous” and the writings of Crystal Meth Anonymous.”

“I have asked _____________to read, “The Twelve Steps of CMA.” (or “The Twelve Steps and How They Work”)

“I have asked _____________to read, “________________.”

“I have asked _____________to read, “________________.”

[Possible readings include, “What is the Crystal Meth Anonymous Program”, “Are You a Tweaker”, “Today I Can”, “The Twelve Traditions” and “I Can Stay Sober”]

“Would you please help me to welcome our speaker, ____________, who has ___________ years/months of recovery from crystal meth addiction.”

[Speaker shares their experience, strength, and hope about recovery.]

[The meeting continues after the speaker has shared.]

 “We are self-supporting by our own contributions, the Seventh Tradition will be observed at this time. The 7^th tradition is used to pay our rent, expenses and to contribute to General Services if we can. If you have the funds, please contribute. If you don’t, please don’t let that stop you from coming back. We need you more than we need your money.”

The meeting is now open for general participation. We suggest that you have 24 hours of “clean time” in order to share, and that you limit your share to 3 minutes so that all who need to may have time to share.”

[After 25 minutes the Secretary will signal the end of general participation.]

“We will now turn the meeting over to our Secretary.”

SECRETARY: “A burning desire is described as: I will use if I don’t share now. Before we close, are there any “Burning Desires" to share?”

[Allow for a brief burning desire, if any.]

“This meeting is pleased to celebrate various lengths of recovery time. Our chip person at this meeting is _________________.”

[After chip and anniversary/birthday presentations]

“I would like to thank all those who participate each week in making this meeting a success.”

“May we have a Treasurer’s report?”

“May we have a Literature announcement?”

“May we have a Sponsor announcement?”

“Are there any other announcements?”

“Let us thank our Leader ________________ for leading a great meeting.”

“Let us again thank our Speaker _________________for sharing their experience, strength and hope with us.”

“Would ___________ please read ______________ and lead us in the Serenity Prayer.”

[Meeting Ends]

*POSSIBLE SUGGESTIONS*

Some groups read the 12 Traditions while observing the 7th tradition.  Other groups celebrate clean time before the readings.

At the end of the meeting, you might also ask, "Do we have any non-CMA related announcements?"  And/or remind people to "Please remember to pick up your court cards (or meeting slips) before you leave."

The "Leader" might be a rotating commitment (monthly), or picked by the secretary at the beginning of each meeting. A larger meeting might eliminate some readings to provide more time to share.  Most importantly, use your group conscience to establish your own format.