Cherry Grove Off Island Group of AA
General Script for Meetings Updated August 27, 2026
OPENING
Hello everyone, and Welcome to the Cherry Grove Off-Island Group of Alcoholics
Anonymous. This is an Open Meeting of AA, which means that all are welcome.
We meet every day at 6 PM Eastern Standard Time. We celebrate anniversaries
of one year or more and of 90 days the last Sunday of each month and our
business meetings are held on the third Wednesday of March, June, September and December.
If you have any matters that need to be addressed prior, please send an email to 6pmmeeting@gmail.com.
Please visit our website at www.6pmmeeting.com for more information and links
to AA readings.
We ask that from this point forward, you continue to keep your volume muted
until it is your time to share. Additionally, our group asks that if you’re eating,
smoking, vaping, using the telephone or engaged in any activity that might be a
distraction to others, please turn your camera off for those moments.
Chat is open throughout the meeting, but we ask that you use chat respectfully
and limit whole group chats especially during the lead. Please make sure you are
chatting about the right thing to the right person at the right time.
My name is _______________ and I am an alcoholic. We open each meeting with
the A.A. Preamble:
Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of people who share their experience,
strength, and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem
and help others recover from alcoholism. The only requirement for membership is
a desire to stop drinking. There are no dues or fees for A.A. membership, we are
self-supporting through our own contributions. A.A. is not allied with any sect,
denomination, politics, organization, or institution; does not wish to engage in
any controversy, neither endorses nor opposes any causes. Our primary purpose
is to stay sober and help other alcoholics to achieve sobriety.
Tonight is a ____________________ meeting.
If a speaker: “Tonight, to share their experience, strength, and hope with us for
15-20 minutes is ________________
SECRETARY BREAK
After Reading or Speaker
1. Thank the speaker if appropriate
2. Again, welcome to the Cherry Grove Off Island group of Alcoholics
Anonymous.
3. In keeping with the Third Tradition the only requirement for AA
membership is a desire to stop drinking.
4. Are there any visitors who would like to say “Hello” and where they are
from?
5. Is there anyone counting days in their first year of sobriety who would like
to say, “Hello” and share their day count? We ask you this not to embarrass
you, but to get to know you better.
6. Is there anyone celebrating an anniversary of one year or more in the
month of ______________?
7. Are there any announcements for the good of AA?
8. Our group encourages everyone to consider having a sponsor. If you are
willing to be a sponsor or are looking for a sponsor please post that in the
chat. We will be happy to help you.
7th TRADITION
The 7th Tradition of Alcoholics Anonymous states “Every group ought to be self-
supporting, declining outside contributions.” If you wish to contribute please visit
This link will also be posted in the chat.
Contributions cover expenses such as zoom fees and website maintenance. Any
contributions in excess of group expenses will be donated to AA General Service
Office, Suffolk County Intergroup, Online Intergroup of AA, and GAL-AA.
GROUP CONTACT LIST
If you would like to be part of our group contact list as a way to stay in touch in
between meetings, please click the link on our website. You may add your Name
/ Email address / Telephone # and sobriety date if you like. Please know that this
information will be shared with other group members on our list.
ANONYMITY
Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our traditions, ever reminding us to
place principles before personalities. With that in mind, what you hear here, who
you see here, when you leave here, let it remain here.
SHOW OF HANDS
We continue our meeting and ask that if you wish to share, you raise your virtual
hand, or your physical hand and our leader or chairperson will call on you. Please
remain muted, until it is your turn to share. And as a reminder, we ask that if
you’re eating, smoking, vaping, using the telephone or engaged in any activity
that might be a distraction to others, please turn your camera off for those
moments.
Please try to keep your comments to three minutes or less so that everyone who
wishes to share has a chance to do so.
CLOSING
We close our meeting at 7PM with the Serenity Prayer. You are invited to remain
after for Fellowship. And now we return to our meeting. Please use the virtual
hand or your real hand to be called on.