These newsletters include information about A.A. History and current activities; sharing from groups, service committees, and individual A.A. Members; and notices of upcoming events. Anyone with a desire to stop drinking is welcome, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, income or profession. There’s just something spiritual happening inside those rooms, which can be difficult to explain – or seem silly to outsiders.
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Educated us to the true nature of the illness. Group meetings are conducted by A.A. Members who determine the format of their meetings.
Meetings are typically listed as “open” or “closed” meetings. It’s too easy to turn off the camera on Zoom and not pay attention while sitting on your couch, he said. And to be lazy with an AA program is a death sentence for a real alcoholic. One longtime AA member said the ease Zoom provides cuts too many corners in the program designed for disciplined living. Even Zoom meeting supporters like Bridge House’s assistant house manager, Drew Camacho, said that there is no replacing the real thing when it comes to meetings.
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HIR also offers wraparound counseling and recovery services, including AA and NA meetings, for monthly or extended periods. Yet, for all that, Pawasarat-Losalio said the center has had in-house discussions recently about how it will operate moving forward as things open up. Some staff members want to keep the recent changes as opposed to having clients return to in-person meetings.
- Still other meetings use a dial-in conference call number.
- It is the problem drinker who is our concern.
- Now, most of the clients hail from around the islands.
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Usually, a dial-in telphone number is provided along with the meeting details. Any dial-in telephone number provided by Zoom will work. It will ask you for the Meeting ID and passcode.
Learn more about meeting controls for hosts, co-hosts, and attendees. You can also join a test meeting to familiarize yourself with meeting controls before joining a scheduled meeting. Select the Phone tab to make phone calls, view call history, and play voicemail messages using Zoom Phone. After launching Zoom, click Join a Meeting to join a meeting without signing in. If you want to log in and start or schedule your own meeting, click Sign In.
One national study on the topic from the U.S. National Institutes of Health’s National Library of Medicine documented that 60% of its field reported increased drinking, and 35% reported increased binge drinking during the pandemic. Now, as the pandemic eases and restrictions are being lifted, in-person meetings are returning as the norm. But AA is one of the organizations, along with government and businesses, that found there were major advantages in holding meetings via Zoom, including more turnout. Please do not share anything you see or hear in the meetings. No recording or screenshots are allowed.
At most meetings you will hear members talk about what drinking did to them and to those around them. Most also share what actions they took to stop drinking and how they are living their lives today. At the onset of the pandemic, when live meetings stopped and other state-run and outside service support centers closed, adult children of alcoholic trauma syndrome Pawasarat-Losalio saw the center’s success rate plummet. Meetings take place face-to-face, online and by telephone. Most online meetings use the Zoom app (video and audio) and requires and Meeting ID and passcode. You can dial into any Zoom meeting using your phone (audio only).