Sunday–6-pm-Reading and Sharing meeting Format
bridge number 712-432-8818
access code 8888#
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"GOOD EVENING AND 'WELCOME TO OUR VIRTUAL CIRCLE"
1) Hi my name is_______ and I am your secretary for this meeting. We welcome you to this Reading and Sharing Al-Anon meeting and hope you find in this fellowship the help and friendship we have been privileged to enjoy. We who live or have lived with the problem of alcoholism understand as perhaps few others can. We, too, were lonely and frustrated, but in Al-Anon/Alateen we discover that no situation is really hopeless and that it is possible for us to find contentment, and even happiness, whether the alcoholic is still drinking or not. We urge you to try our program. It has helped many of us find solutions that lead to serenity. So much depends on our own attitudes, and as we learn to place our problem in its true perspective, we find it loses its power to dominate our thoughts and our lives.The family situation is bound to improve as we apply the Al-Anon ideas. Without such spiritual help, living with an alcoholic is too much for most of us. Our thinking becomes distorted by trying to force solutions, and we become irritable and unreasonable without knowing it. The Al-Anon program is based on the Twelve Steps (adapted from Alcoholics Anonymous), which we try, little by little, one day at time, to apply to our lives, along with our slogans and the Serenity Prayer. The loving interchange of help among members and daily reading of Al-Anon literature thus make us ready to receive the priceless gift of serenity. Anonymity is an important principle of the AL-Anon/Alateen program. Everything that is said here, in the group meeting and member-to-member, must be held in confidence. Only in this way can we feel free to say what is in our minds and hearts, for this is how we help one another in Al-Anon/Alateen. Reprinted from AL-Anon/Alateen Service Manual (p-24/27)2)
2) Phone Etiquette: Please press * 1 to mute and un mute yourself. Press * 6 to increase volume and * 4 to decrease volume. Please stay muted at all times unless sharing
3) ASK FOR A VOLUNTEER TO READ THE 12 STEPS.
ASK FOR A VOLUNTEER TO READ THE TRADITION AND CONCEPT OF THE MONTH
4) 7TH TRADITION-ALANON IS FULLY SELF SUPPORTING DECLINING OUTSIDE CONTRIBUTIONS. PLEASE SEND YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO WORLD SERVICE OFFICE.
5) Now we will Go around the Globe and Introduce ourselves, " Hi, I’m______ from _______)
6) ANNOUNCEMENTS: Are there any Al-Anon related announcements?
The business meeting will take place the 1st Sunday of each month.
7) FORMAT: The format for this meeting shall be as follows; members can either read or share or do both. Readings can be from a selection from any Al anon conference approved literature that is approximately one page or less.
*We are now open for 3 minute shares. Do we have a volunteer to be our spiritual time keeper?
8) WE ARE NOW OPEN FOR READING AND SHARING..
In Al-Anon this is a gentle reminder that we speak from our own experience and ours is derived from living with the effects of alcoholism. We ask those who are members of other anonymous fellowships not to break their anonymity and to try and identify with the Al-Anon approach for the family illness. Ours is a different experience and calls for a different interpretation.
9) CLOSING
It is now 5 minutes to the top of the hour. At this meeting people who choose to leave their numbers to give or receive outreach will do so after the meeting closes. We will also read the list of all the Al-anon meetings on the phone bridge after the meeting closes. The bridge remains open for questions and sharing after the formal meeting ends.
Is there someone who can stay after the meeting to greet newcomers and answer questions and continue fellowship?
We will close with the Serenity Prayer.
THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR SERVICE
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MEETING IS NOWCLOSED
IT IS NOW TIME TO SHARE TELEPHONE NUMBERS TO GIVE OR RECEIVE CALLS.
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