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🗣️ Share your Experience, Strength, & Hope
🗣️ Share your Experience, Strength, & Hope
When you share your experience, strength, and hope, you offer something truly powerful to others.
When you share your experience, strength, and hope, you offer something truly powerful to others.
For many newcomers, even a single day can feel overwhelming. Minutes and hours may seem impossible to get through. Hearing from someone who has walked the same path—and found a way to live one day at a time—can make all the difference.
For many newcomers, even a single day can feel overwhelming. Minutes and hours may seem impossible to get through. Hearing from someone who has walked the same path—and found a way to live one day at a time—can make all the difference.
Your story may be the very thing that helps another person realize they are not alone, that recovery is possible, and that there is hope beyond the struggle. By speaking from the heart, you give courage to those who are searching for a new way to live.
Your story may be the very thing that helps another person realize they are not alone, that recovery is possible, and that there is hope beyond the struggle. By speaking from the heart, you give courage to those who are searching for a new way to live.
Sharing is not only an act of service—it is also a gift to your own recovery.Â
Sharing is not only an act of service—it is also a gift to your own recovery.Â
Every time we speak our truth, we remind ourselves of where we came from and how far we’ve come. Carrying the message keeps us connected to the program, to each other, and to the principles that guide us.Â
Every time we speak our truth, we remind ourselves of where we came from and how far we’ve come. Carrying the message keeps us connected to the program, to each other, and to the principles that guide us.Â
Your experience matters. Your strength matters. You never know who might be waiting to hear the hope only you can offer.
Your experience matters. Your strength matters. You never know who might be waiting to hear the hope only you can offer.
Share your story. Carry the message. Sign-up below.
Share your story. Carry the message. Sign-up below.
Never Alone Again
Never Alone Again
Speaker Schedule
Speaker Schedule
Never Alone Again maintains an organized and structured Speaker Schedule to ensure that each of our 21 weekly A.A. meetings provides a consistent, safe, and welcoming environment for all.Â
Never Alone Again maintains an organized and structured Speaker Schedule to ensure that each of our 21 weekly A.A. meetings provides a consistent, safe, and welcoming environment for all.Â
Note: All meeting times are in eastern standard time (EST).Â
Note: All meeting times are in eastern standard time (EST).Â
HOW IT WORKS:
HOW IT WORKS:
SIGN-UP TO SPEAK
SIGN-UP TO SPEAK
1. Review the Speaker Guidelines
1. Review the Speaker Guidelines
2. Choose a Speaker Date
2. Choose a Speaker Date
3. Submit a Speaker Request Form
3. Submit a Speaker Request Form
4. Receive a Speaker Confirmation
4. Receive a Speaker Confirmation
ON YOUR SPEAKER DATE
ON YOUR SPEAKER DATE
Log in early to the meeting ✔︎
Log in early to the meeting ✔︎
Share your story ✔︎
Share your story ✔︎
Suggest a discussion topic ✔︎
Suggest a discussion topic ✔︎
Close with a prayer of your choice ✔︎
Close with a prayer of your choice ✔︎
90 DAYS LATER
90 DAYS LATER
You're eligible to share again —Â
You're eligible to share again —Â
Sign-up to speak!
Sign-up to speak!
👇🏽 Click the link to sign-up!
👇🏽 Click the link to sign-up!
Speaker Guidelines
Speaker Guidelines
The following guidelines are intended to support our group conscience and ensure a safe, consistent, and welcoming environment for all—especially newcomers.
The following guidelines are intended to support our group conscience and ensure a safe, consistent, and welcoming environment for all—especially newcomers.
Before submitting a request:Â
Before submitting a request:Â
Please review the meeting schedule and identify a day and time that is currently vacant AND a Speaker Discussion meeting.Â
Please review the meeting schedule and identify a day and time that is currently vacant AND a Speaker Discussion meeting.Â
Speaker Requests are only available for Speaker Discussion meetings (NOT Literature, Anniversary, Beginner’s etc.) The list of meetings not eligible for Speaker Requests is listed in the instructions on the Speaker Request Form.Â
Speaker Requests are only available for Speaker Discussion meetings (NOT Literature, Anniversary, Beginner’s etc.) The list of meetings not eligible for Speaker Requests is listed in the instructions on the Speaker Request Form.Â
Speaker Eligibility: Group Conscience Guidelines
Speaker Eligibility: Group Conscience Guidelines
⚪ All speakers must identify as an alcoholic when sharing from the (figurative) meeting podium.
⚪ All speakers must identify as an alcoholic when sharing from the (figurative) meeting podium.
⚪ A minimum of 90 days continuous sobriety is required by the time you share your Experience, Strength, and Hope.Â
⚪ A minimum of 90 days continuous sobriety is required by the time you share your Experience, Strength, and Hope.Â
⚪ Please sign up only once every 90 days to speak.Â
⚪ Please sign up only once every 90 days to speak.Â
Note: Volunteering during a meeting when there is not scheduled speaker does not count toward these 90 days.
Note: Volunteering during a meeting when there is not scheduled speaker does not count toward these 90 days.
⚪ The Friday Beginner’s Meeting requires a minimum of 3 years continuous sobriety to speak from the podium.
⚪ The Friday Beginner’s Meeting requires a minimum of 3 years continuous sobriety to speak from the podium.
Note: These guidelines apply to speakers only. All are warmly encouraged to attend any meeting.
Note: These guidelines apply to speakers only. All are warmly encouraged to attend any meeting.
Information for Guest SpeakersÂ
Information for Guest SpeakersÂ
⚪  Arrival – Please join the meeting a few minutes before your scheduled time and alert the host that you are present. The meeting room typically opens 25 minutes prior to the start.
⚪  Arrival – Please join the meeting a few minutes before your scheduled time and alert the host that you are present. The meeting room typically opens 25 minutes prior to the start.
⚪ Introduction – About 5 minutes after the meeting begins, the host will introduce you. At that point, you will have approximately 15–20 minutes to share how AA has influenced your recovery through your experience, strength, and hope. Some speakers find it useful to keep a timer handy.
⚪ Introduction – About 5 minutes after the meeting begins, the host will introduce you. At that point, you will have approximately 15–20 minutes to share how AA has influenced your recovery through your experience, strength, and hope. Some speakers find it useful to keep a timer handy.
⚪ Respecting the Space – Remember this is an 'Open Meeting'. Unlike in-person meetings, we enter virtually into members’ homes and personal spaces. Please avoid inappropriate language or material. The absence of profanity will offend no one.
⚪ Respecting the Space – Remember this is an 'Open Meeting'. Unlike in-person meetings, we enter virtually into members’ homes and personal spaces. Please avoid inappropriate language or material. The absence of profanity will offend no one.
⚪ Choosing a Topic – After your share, the Host will invite you to suggest a discussion topic for the group. Feel free to be as creative as you wish.Â
⚪ Choosing a Topic – After your share, the Host will invite you to suggest a discussion topic for the group. Feel free to be as creative as you wish.Â
⚪ Closing Prayer – At the end of the meeting, the Host will ask you to “close us out with a prayer of your choice.” Please note that you will likely be reciting this prayer aloud while other participants remain muted.
⚪ Closing Prayer – At the end of the meeting, the Host will ask you to “close us out with a prayer of your choice.” Please note that you will likely be reciting this prayer aloud while other participants remain muted.
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