International Conference of Secular AA (ICSAA) 2023 - Creating a Successful Secular AA Meeting

This is the audio of the session "Creating a Successful Secular AA Meeting" by Nathan H from Day 1 of Virtual ICSAA 2023. Recordings from the conference are being edited for public sharing and are being uploaded as they are made ready. Follow/subscribe to us on buzzsprout to be alerted as your favorite episodes are available. For information on ICSAA 2024 in-person in Orlando in September, check out www.aasecular.org/in-person-conference and register soon!

If you have thought about being of service to A.A. by creating a new space for secular alcoholics to gather, or want to improve an online meeting, I invite you to attend this seminar. In this 90-minute interactive session, we will discuss ideas that are useful in creating a successful online meeting and benefit existing meetings that could use a little help. We will look at how the Covid pandemic changed the A.A. meeting experience and how we can maintain some of the useful traditions of face-to-face meetings in an online environment. Topic discussion will include items like:
What does “successful” even mean?
What makes a good meeting?
What does it mean to be an A.A. group?
What does it mean to be a Secular A.A. group?
Meeting format and structure.
Getting the word out.
Meeting presentation.
Service Staffing.
Security.
The Group Conscience.

For more info on secular AA including Zoom meetings, in-person meetings, and virtual gatherings, check out:
- https://aasecular.org
- secularAA@gmail.com

Secular AA is AA sobriety that is neither religious nor irreligious, focusing on the practical, humanist tools of Alcoholics Anonymous and borrowed from the wider recovery community. Secular AA is a growing subculture within AA, offering 100 agnostic/atheist/freethinkers AA meetings every day + regional events and the International Conference of Secular AA (ICSAA). More @ https://aasecular.org