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January 2004

PO Box 1980

The gamut

I have probably attended around 6,000 meetings. They have run the gamut from ritual-laden "high masses," to show biz, to bare-bones Preambles, running between one and thirty minutes. Locations have included homes, jails, hospitals, cruise ships, downtown office buildings, garages, junk yards, classrooms, and parks. I have never gone to any of these meetings without feeling better after than before--not one! My take on this is that just about any meeting format in any place is okay. If you don't like one meeting, start your own, wherever you want, with whatever format you would like to start with.

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