Meeting Documents
Noon Meeting Format (Host Script)
The instructions and script for running the Noon meeting, as the Secretary (AKA Host).
Noon Co-Host Manual
Instructions for Co-Hosting, dealing with Zoom bombers, everything you need to post in the chat, and when at the Noon meeting.
Secretary/Host Schedule
List of current filled and open service positions, including the Secretary (Host) and Co-Host schedules.
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AA Readings
How it Works/12 Steps
Read by a volunteer, after preamble, announcements, and birthdays.
12 Traditions
Read by a volunteer, after How it Works.
Daily Reflection
Read by the meeting Chairperson or Secretary, as the meeting topic.
12 Promises
Read by a volunteer, after closing
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AA Literature
The Big Book (4th Edition)
Alcoholics Anonymous, also known as the “Big Book,” presents the A.A. program for recovery from alcoholism. First published in 1939, its purpose was to show other alcoholics how the first 100 people of A.A. got sober. Now translated into over 70 languages, it is still considered A.A.’s basic text.
(General Service Conference-approved.)
Purchase your own hard copy from AA.org here.
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions explains the 24 basic principles of Alcoholics Anonymous. Known as the "Twelve and Twelve,” the book dedicates a chapter to each Step and each Tradition. Chapters provide an interpretation of these principles for personal recovery and the organization of the group.
The 12x12 is (General Service Conference-approved.)
Purchase your own hard copy from AA.org here.
As Bill Sees It
A source of comfort and inspiration, this collection of Bill W.’s writings addresses themes such as acceptance, gratitude and spirituality. Excerpted from the Big Book, the "Twelve and Twelve," Grapevine and other A.A. literature. With a topical index to help guide reading and discussion.
(General Service Conference-approved.)
Purchase your own hard copy from AA.org here.
Dr. Bob and the Good Oldtimers
Filled with interviews with friends and family, this deeply researched biography follows A.A. co-founder Dr. Bob S. from his New England childhood to his days as a surgeon and father who couldn't stop drinking; to his transformative meeting with Bill W. and the birth of A.A. in Akron; and finally to his untimely death in 1950. The early history of Alcoholics Anonymous in the Midwest is chronicled along the way. With 26 archival photographs.
(General Service Conference-approved.)
Purchase hard copy from AA.org here.
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Prayers
Serenity Prayer
God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change,
courage to change the things I can,
and wisdom to know the difference.
(General Service Conference-approved.)
3rd & 7th Step Prayers
(General Service Conference-approved.)
The Lord's Prayer (AKA The Our Father)
Prayer for Peace (AKA Prayer of St. Francis)
Often misattributed to the Italian Saint Francis of Assisi (c.1182 – 1226), but entirely absent from his writings.
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Other Noonaroos Documents
Service Positions & Secretary/Host Schedule
List of current filled and open service positions, including the Secretary (Host) and Co-Host schedules.
Motions & Policies
List of all Motions/Policy changes passed via group conscience from 2021.02.21 to present.
Business Meeting Minutes & Agendas
Folder containing all past Noonaroos Business Meeting minutes and upcoming Business Meeting agenda.
Treasurer Reports
Folder containing all Noonaroos Treasurer Reports.
GSR District 25 Area 72 Reports & Information
Folder containing all Noonaroos GSR Documents.
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