Meeting Abbreviations

  • O: Open Meeting

  • D: Discussion

  • NS: Non-smoking

  • BB: Big-Book Discussion

  • S: Speaker Meeting

  • HFC: Hope, Faith & Courage

  • 12x12: 12x12 Step Study

  • T: Topic Discussion

Meeting Descriptions

 

  • Open: Attended by CA members, their families, friends and other interested people

  • Closed: Attendance is limited to CA members only.

  • Discussion: Participants discuss their experience, strength and hope with the meeting/group one member at a time

  • Big Book Discussion: Participants study and discuss from the Alcoholics Anonymous (The Big Book)

  • Speaker:  One or more CA members share their personal experience, strength and hope with the meeting/group at length

  • Hope, Faith and Courage: Participants study and discuss from the Hope, Faith & Courage book.  (The CA storybook.)

  • 12 & 12 Step Study: Participants study and discuss the Twelve Steps 

  • Topic

  • H & I Meetings: Meeting typically restricted to patients and residents only and are not open to the community as a whole.  These meetings are brought into facilities by local CA members through the H & I Committee