Originally Posted by
jimhere 
In the pamphlet "Problems Other Than Alcoholism," Bill tells us how the early members wanted to give membership to their non-alcoholic spouses Jim
Ah, but we are not talking "membership" we are talking about "open meetings".
If you want to exercise your right to autonomy and have a meeting that disallows sharing from visitors I can respect that, however we find that allowing visitors at our home group the freedom to ask questions during the open meeting works better for our community.