(Meetings may be either a Literature Discussion, Topic Discussion, or other format)

LITERATURE DISCUSSION MEETING

We will now take turns reading from the book The Dharma of Recovery (or another Buddhist book), and then open the meeting for discussion.

TOPIC/SPEAKER DISCUSSION MEETING

_______ (speaker) will now speak about _______ (a topic related to recovery and Buddhism, or their experience in addiction and recovery), and then we will open the meeting for discussion.

GROUP SHARING

(Meetings choose whether to do tag-pass, facilitator selected, or “popcorn” style sharing)

Please limit your share to 3 to 5 minutes to ensure that everyone who wants to has a chance to speak. We ask that there is no cross-talk, meaning we do not comment on another person’s share or offer opinions or advice. We commit to making this space as safe and welcoming as possible for all members of our community. Please be wise in your speech by trying to use “I” statements and focusing your share on your own experience of addiction, recovery, Buddhist principles and practice, or tonight’s topic.

TOPIC INTRODUCTION

Chairperson reads:

Thank you all for your practice.

Did anyone join us during the meditation? Please introduce yourselves.

Book Study Meeting:

We will now be reading from the Recovery Dharma book starting on page ____.

Speaker Meeting:

We'll now move on to our speaker for this week, who will share about their experiences in addiction and recovery, ___(name)___. Welcome to our group and please go ahead ___(name)___!

GROUP SHARING

Chairperson reads:

Please limit your share to [two to three -- whatever there’s time for] minutes to ensure that everyone who wants to has a chance to speak.

The timekeeper will let you know when you’ve got one minute left, at which point you can say thank you, to acknowledge you heard them, then you have one minute left to finish up your share.

We commit to making this space as safe and welcoming as possible for all members of our community.

We ask that there is no cross-talk, meaning we do not comment on another person’s share or offer opinions or advice.

Please be wise in your speech by trying to use “I” statements and focusing your share on your own experience of addiction, recovery, Buddhist principles and practice, or tonight’s topic.

If you are on a Zoom app, you can click the Raise Hand button to mark yourself as wanting to speak. It can be found by opening the Participants menu and looking for the Raise Hand button at the bottom. If you are a dial-in caller, you can use *9 to raise your hand.