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What Does A.A. Do?

AA members share their experience with anyone seeking help with a drinking problem
they give person-to-person service or “sponsorship” to the alcoholic coming to AA from any source.
The AA program, set forth in our Twelve Steps, offers the alcoholic a way to develop a satisfying life without alcohol.
This program is discussed at AA group meetings:
Open speaker meetings – open to alcoholics and non-alcoholics. (Attendance at an open AA meeting is the best way to learn what AA is, what it does, and what it does not do.) At speaker meetings, AA members “tell their stories.” They describe their experiences with alcohol, how they came to AA, and how their lives have changed as a result of Alcoholics Anonymous.
Open discussion meetings – one member speaks briefly about his or her drinking experience, and then leads a discussion on AA recovery or any drinking-related problem anyone brings up. (Closed meetings are for AAs or anyone who may have a drinking problem.)
Closed discussion meetings – conducted just as open discussions are, but for alcoholics or prospective AAs only.
Step meetings (usually closed) – discussion of one of the Twelve Steps.
AA members also take meetings into correctional and treatment facilities.
AA members may be asked to conduct the informational meetings about AA as a part of A.S.A.P. (Alcohol SafetyAction Project) and D.W.I. (Driving While Intoxicated) programs. These meetings about AA are not regular AAgroup meetings.

Is A.A. for You?
Only you can decide whether you want to give Alcoholics Anonymous a try—whether you think it can help you. We who are in A.A. came because we finally gaveup trying to control our drinking. We still hated to admit that we could never drink safely. Then we heard from other A.A. members that we were sick. (We thought so for years!) We found out that many people suffered from the same feelings of guilt and loneliness and hopelessness that we did. We found out that we had these feelings because we had the disease of alcoholism. We decided to try to face up to what alcohol had done to us. Here are some of the questions we tried to answer honestly. If we answered YES to four or more questions, we were in deep trouble with our drinking. See how you do. Remember, there is no disgrace in facing up to the fact that you have a problem.
Questions: http://www.aa.org/pages/en_US/is-aa-for-you-twelve-questions-only-you-can-answer