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Meeting Rules & Guidelines
There are no meeting leaders.Meetings last up to one hour via google meet.The first person to join the meeting should read or ask someone to read the following from start to end.
(start) Welcome to Alcoholism Anonymous, a place for those with alcoholism who wish to remain abstinent from the chemical. We are not affiliated with Alcoholics Anonymous, a.k.a. A.A.
Before we start, please be aware that this meeting is for those who have alcoholism—book defined.
Alcoholism Anonymous or Alc-A defines addict, alcoholism, and alcoholic differently from the currently accepted standard. Our definitions:
Current definitions as of July 3rd, 2021:
Addict: a person who is addicted to a particular substance, typically a drug
Alcoholic: a person who is suffering from alcoholism.
Alcoholism: an addiction to the consumption of alcoholic liquor or the mental illness and compulsive behavior resulting from alcohol dependency.
Those are the accepted definitions. We would like to redefine them to be better suited to science and this text.
Alcoholism Anonymous definitions:
*Addict: a person who is addicted to a particular substance or stimulant, typically a drug, alcohol, sex, or food
*Alcoholic: a person born with alcoholism
*Alcoholism: a chemical reaction that is different from an “average” person’s reaction to alcohol, which causes instantaneous withdrawal symptoms usually leading to an inability to stop drinking until the body can physically take no more
This is something people are born with.The only cure for withdrawal is another drink or to refrain from the alcohol, meaning such an individual usually remains intoxicated until they are stopped one way or anotherEpisodes generally last between 1 to 30-days or longer
If you think of yourself as someone addicted to alcohol, you are a drug addict who drinks or anything of that nature; please leave this meeting, for we cannot offer you the help you need, and your presence will only hinder our ability to remain abstinent today.
Meeting Guidelines:
Meetings are 60-minutes in length and will end promptly.Each member is allowed to speak starting with who entered first and then in order so after. If you do not wish to talk, simply say, “I’ll pass.” If there is time after the circle is complete, you’ll have the opportunity to speak—if you choose to.Discussion is limited to speaking solely about one’s experiences while drinking and or their experiences while not drinking—not related to what they drank or any legal consequences.Talk of spirituality, God, and or length of sobriety is not permitted.Each meeting attendee is responsible for stopping other members from going off-topic. Don’t be shy.When speaking, keep your time limited to 40-minutes divided by the number of participants.
Meeting Rules:
Please state your first or preferred name before beginning to speak.Spirituality, Religion, and or God are prohibited from the discussion.Do not share your length of sobriety with the group.Do not offer any advice to any other members.Only share your experiences of how life is while drinking and or not drinking.Refrain from referencing issues with other addictions or talking about doing drugs.Refrain from discussing the pain or emotional distress others felt from your drinking as we are not responsible for another's choice to be upset about something they can’t control.Refrain from mentioning types of alcohol drank and the consequences that occurred when drinking.Each group member is responsible for stopping another member if they go off-topic or over their time. Simply raise your hand to indicate to them that they need to stop or wrap up.
Finally, our primary goal is to abstain from alcohol and help someone else do the same daily. If we help one person, not drink today, and another helps us, regardless if we do, we have succeeded. Our program works like a linked chain; ea