I've chaired meetings and presented topics. None were 'religious' or even vaguely in the 'higher power' orbit. I like pointing out things that most of the attendees are or have already done that were difficult, and worth doing, and let them make the connection to what they are now attempting.
It takes a certain degree of balls to walk into a church in broad daylight, at the meeting time of a publicly noted gay AA meeting. So when I'm there leading the meeting, that's a good thing to point out. No one present is in the category of the stay at home cowering in the closet, so it's something to build on. Conquering the fear of living alcohol free doesn't seem so hard then if they are already there at the meeting, and nothing bad has happened.
Even big doctrinaire topics like sponsorship I tend to avoid. As for the steps, I do like nonspecific amends and have managed to work that in a few times. I don't like the 4th step as a topic.
It takes a certain degree of balls to walk into a church in broad daylight, at the meeting time of a publicly noted gay AA meeting. So when I'm there leading the meeting, that's a good thing to point out. No one present is in the category of the stay at home cowering in the closet, so it's something to build on. Conquering the fear of living alcohol free doesn't seem so hard then if they are already there at the meeting, and nothing bad has happened.
Even big doctrinaire topics like sponsorship I tend to avoid. As for the steps, I do like nonspecific amends and have managed to work that in a few times. I don't like the 4th step as a topic.
