What do you need to start a new AA meeting?

Some old-timers will tell you that all you need is a resentment and a coffee pot.

That’s because many new meetings get started when a few AA members find something amiss and decide they want a meeting of their own. The best roulette and poker on our site raging rhino slot machine. Go to and get big bonuses!

In fact, it’s not much more complicated than that.

You’ll need a meeting format of course. You can adapt the Beyond Belief Meeting Format to suit your new group’s desires and needs.

And you will need a small group of people who will take responsibility for the meetings: unlocking the door, finding a chairperson, making the coffee… The long form of Tradition Three lays out the very simple requirements of an AA group:

Our membership ought to include all who suffer from alcoholism. Hence we may refuse none who wish to recover. Nor ought AA membership ever depend upon money or conformity. Any two or three alcoholics gathered together for sobriety may call themselves an AA Group, provided that, as a group, they have no other affiliation.

That’s pretty straightforward.

Of course, you’ll also have questions about the mechanics of a group and its meeting(s), and fortunately your AA service office – General Service Office (GSO)  – has some answers. You know, questions like: What does a secretary do? How do you get on the area meeting list? How does a group interact with AA as a whole? What on earth is a group conscience? All of these questions – and more! – are dealt with in this 52 page pamphlet, The AA Group …Where it All Begins.

Once you feel you’re off to a good start, you can complete the New Form and register with the GSO.

That’s pretty much it. If you have any other questions, send us an email. We would be glad to help.

Best of luck if you decide to launch a new AA meeting!