To carry the message to the alcoholic who still suffers.
A look at the many ways Alcoholics Anonymous meetings are conducted in Santa Fe, around the country and around the world—different formats and customs, with the same common purpose.
Many Rooms, One Fellowship – Post #10 At some point, one meeting starts to feel different. Familiar.Comfortable.Yours. That’s a home group. Not because it’s perfect—but because you keep coming back. “We aren’t a glum lot.” (p. 132) You’ll find laughter…
Online Meetings — Expanding the Room Online meetings have widened the circle. You might sit in Santa Fe and hear someone share from London, New York, or a town you’ve never heard of. The format may be different.The purpose is…
AA Around the World — A Global Fellowship AA exists in more than 180 countries. Walk into a meeting abroad and you may encounter different languages, customs, and formats. But something deeper cuts through all of that: Recognition.Connection.Understanding. “We are…
AA Around the Country — Same Program, Different Flavor Travel to different parts of the U.S., and you’ll notice something quickly: AA has regional personality. Some places are structured and tightly timed.Others feel loose and conversational. Some lean heavily on…
Meditation & Quiet Meetings — Learning to Be Still Not every meeting is about talking. Some create space for silence, reflection, or meditation. And for many of us, that’s not easy at first. But the program points us there: “We…
Post 5: Big Book Meetings — Returning to the Source In Big Book meetings, the group reads directly from Alcoholics Anonymous and reflects on it together. Same words. Different meaning, depending on the day. “Rarely have we seen a person fail who…
Post 4: Step Meetings — Where Change Happens Step meetings bring the focus back to the Twelve Steps—not as theory, but as lived experience. You’ll hear honesty here.What worked. What didn’t. What took time. Because the promise isn’t perfection—it’s change. “Here…
Discussion Meetings — Many Voices, One Experience Discussion meetings open the floor to shared experience. A topic is offered, and people speak from where they are—no cross-talk, no fixing, no debate. What emerges isn’t a single answer.It’s something more useful:…
Speaker Meetings — Listening for the Truth Speaker meetings center on one person telling their story:what it was like, what happened, and what it’s like now. For many of us, this is where something shifts. We stop comparing.We start identifying.…
Not All Meetings Feel the Same (And That’s the Point) If you’ve been to more than a handful of AA meetings, you’ve probably noticed something:they don’t all feel alike. Some are quiet and reflective.Some are loud and full of laughter.Some…