Hi Pam! My name is Chrissy. I am a newcomer to this site also, but attended my first online meeting here last night. It was very interesting. I attend a Al-Anon meetings (face to face)in my town so I was familiar with how the meeting itself would go.
Enter the Chat Room during a scheduled Meeting time. There will be people joining in. Once it's time to "start" the Chairperson of the meeting will begin typing the intro to the meeting. She will explain how everything works. Basically you begin with a few instructions and the Serenity Prayer. She will then tell the group what the topic is for that meeting and give something to read. Once that is read by everyone, she will open the floor for anyone that would like to "share" on the topic of the night. You let her know that you want to share by typing a '!' She will call on people in order. Once someone is sharing, there is no "cross talk" until that person types "done". Then people may thank that person for sharing, then the chairperson will move on to the next person in line that would like to "talk/share".
It is GREAT to hear people share their experience, strength & hope. It truly is an amazing thing to realize that you are not alone in whatever you are dealing with.
I hope I could help answer your question. Hope to see you around here!
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