NoelleR

Your AA meetings there seem to be more 'open' than most. Even in AA's pamphlet: The AA Group...where it all begins; it states............:

"...Closed meetings are for A.A. members only, or for those who have a drinking problem and 'have a desire to stop drinking.' Open meetings are available to anyone interested in Alcoholics Anonymous’ program of recovery from alcoholism..."

It does not go into who may, or may not, speak in meeting, but in all the AA meetings that I've attended (quite a bunch over the years) it was always requested that only alcoholics speak. Yes, both A's and non-A's attended, but since these were ALCOHOLICS Anonymous meetings (not Al-Anon), it was always requested that all non-alcoholics save their talk for more appropriate rooms....like CODA or Al-Anon.

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NoelleR