The Recovered Podcast is Brought to you by Stay Roasted Coffee. Stay Roasted brings the neighborhood coffee roaster experience right to your doorstep Just visit http://recoveredcast.com/coffee for more information. Today's podcast is brought to you by audible books get a FREE audiobook download and 30 day free trial at http://recoveredcast.com/audible . If you are new to the idea of going to your first 12-step recovery meeting, you may be curious regarding what to expect at your first meeting. You may have heard us talk about a Lead Discussion meeting and you have no idea what that means. Well, we will address that problem tonight. There many types of meetings Some include: Open Meetings: Closed Meetings: Beginners Meetings: Topic Meetings Speaker Meetings/Open Talls speaker-discussion meetings. Step Meetings: Big Book Study Meetings: Traditions meetings Cross Talk Meetings Gender specific meeting Call us at 1-734-288-7510 or tap Speakpipe or Wavve Join the Chat Room, Tap Live stream and Chat Room email at mark@recoveredcast.com Subscribe to Premium For our listeners who may not have yet attended an AA meeting, describe meetings you attend. What does the room look like? Where do you sit? What do you say? What is the format like? What type of meeting are you most familiar? What is your favorite meeting type? What is your least favorite meeting type? What is the most unusual type of meetings? What unusual meeting location have you experienced? What is the smallest meeting? What was the largest meeting? We have calls. What would you say to the new guy?