Phone Meetings (US)
Phone Number: 605-472-5752
Access Code: 299089#
*6 to mute and un-mute the line for sharing and eliminating background noise
Monday Morning
The Meeting Format below is suggested. In accordance with Tradition 4, each group can determine their format content at a Group Conscience meeting.
Time: 9:00 am eastern | 8:00 am central | 7:00 am mountain | 6:00 am Pacific
Topic: From the First Bite, Cover to Cover
Monday Evening
The Meeting Format below is suggested. In accordance with Tradition 4, each group can determine their format content at a Group Conscience meeting.
Time: 7:00 pm eastern | 6:00 pm central | 5:00 pm mountain | 4:00 pm Pacific
Topic: Step and Tradition (weekly rotation)
Friday Evening
The Meeting Format below is suggested. In accordance with Tradition 4, each group can determine their format content at a Group Conscience meeting.
Time: 7:00 pm eastern | 6:00 pm central | 5:00 pm mountain | 4:00 pm Pacific
Topic: Weekly Rotation
- Week 1 – The month’s Step and Tradition
- Week 2 – Food Addiction: The Body Knows – Leader’s choice
- Week 3 – From the First Bite – Leader’s choice
- Week 4 – Leader/Speaker meeting – Lead and choose a recovery topic for discussion
- Week 5 – Leader’s topic of choice for any approved literature
Saturday Morning
The Meeting Format below is suggested. In accordance with Tradition 4, each group can determine their format content at a Group Conscience meeting.
Time: 9:00 am eastern | 8:00 am central | 7:00 am mountain | 6:00 am Pacific
Topic: Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book, 4th Edition, Cover to Cover
Sunday Morning
The Meeting Format below is suggested. In accordance with Tradition 4, each group can determine their format content at a Group Conscience meeting.
Time: 9:00 am eastern | 8:00 am central | 7:00 am mountain | 6:00 am Pacific
Topic: Beginners and Long-Timers Alike Meeting
- Week 1 – Step One
- Week 2 – Step Two
- Week 3 – Step Three
- Week 4 – From the First Bite Chapter 9 Pages 167 – 170 Discussion on Sponsorship & Recovery Buddies
- Week 5 – Leader’s choice – Step One or Step Two or Step Three or Discussion on Sponsorship & Recovery Buddies
Requirements for serving as Meeting Coordinator and Meeting Leader
Position 1 — Meeting Coordinator
- Length of Service is determined by the commitment of the Meeting Coordinator
- 30-days of abstinence is requested
- Abstinence is defined in From the First Bite, page 89
- Meeting Coordinator finds a volunteer replacement when needed
Position 2 — Meeting Leader
- 30-day abstinence is requested
- 30-day abstinence is defined as 30 days of abstinence on the current food plan as written
Approved Literature:
Author Kay Sheppard:
Food Addiction: The Body Knows
From the First Bite: A Complete Guide to Recovery from Food Addiction
Food Addiction: Healing Day by Day, Daily Affirmations
Absolutely Abstinent! Recipes for Recovery
Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition (The Big Book)
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous