Monday Night Muckers Group of Cocaine Anonymous

Monday Night Muckers Meeting Format Preamble and Opening Prayer Welcome to the Monday Night Muckers Group of Cocaine Anonymous. This is an open meeting. We meet every Monday evening at 8:00 p.m. Our primary purpose is to connect untreated addicts to recovered addicts who guide newcomers through a personalized one on one study of the Twelve Step program as described in the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. We substitute terms and phrases related to alcoholism to include cocaine and all mind-altering substances. We open this meeting with a moment of silence followed by the Step Three Prayer...let us take that moment now... God...I offer myself to Thee--to build with me and to do with me as Thou wilt. Relieve me of the bondage of self, that I might better do Thy will. Take away my difficulties, that victory over them may bear witness to those I would help of Thy Power, Thy Love and Thy Way of Life. May I do Thy will always. Check-in My name is........and I am a recovered member of Cocaine Anonymous and your chairperson. (qualify) Let us take a moment to 'check-in' by going around the room and introduce yourself. This a Big Book Sponsorship Meeting. We shall be interested to hear from those who are getting results from this book, particularly those who have commenced work with other addicts. We have no attitude of Holier Than Thou, nothing whatever except the sincere desire to be helpful; that there are no fees to pay, no axes to grind, no people to please, no lectures to be endured‹these are the conditions we have found most effective. We have ceased fighting anything or anyone, even cocaine and all mind-altering substances. Love and tolerance of others is our code. We don't talk down to an addict from any moral or spiritual hilltop; we simply lay out the kit of spiritual tools for your inspection and show others how they worked for us. We offer friendship and fellowship. If you want to get well we will do anything to help. To show other addicts precisely how we have recovered is the main purpose of the first 164 pages of the book, Alcoholics Anonymous. If you would like to share a step experience, ask a question about the 12 Step program, or seek a solution to a particular a problem, wait until you are acknowledged by the chairperson. Please keep your sharing to approximately two to three minutes. Cross talk is permitted, but only, as a response to cite experiences and answers as found in the text of the Big Book. Closing Comments and Prayer Our time is up! We have a 7th Tradition. There are no dues or fees for C.A. membership. We are fully self-supporting through our own voluntary contributions. Our needs are simple, a place to hold our meeting and literature to help carry the message. Remember, studying the steps is not the same as taking the Steps. The Big Book says, "Here are the steps we took" NOT "here are the steps we read and talked about." The AA pioneers proved that action, not knowledge, produced the spiritual awakening that resulted in recovery from alcoholism or addiction. If you have decided you want what we have and are willing to go to any length to recover‹then you are ready to take certain steps. To work with someone who has recovered, someone who can show you 'how it works'--'that is 'how to recover from a seemingly hopeless state of mind and body', see me after the meeting and we will get you started. Remember, we recover by the steps we take, not the meetings we make! We conclude our meeting with the Step Seven Prayer... My Creator, I am now willing that you should have all of me, good and bad. I pray that you now remove from me every single defect of character which stands in the way of my usefulness to you and my fellows. Grant me strength, as I go out from here, to do your bidding. Amen.