Supporting Newcomers Online
Recommendations to help newcomers in online meetings include:
- Groups taking care to identify newcomers, giving them attention before and after the meeting, and helping them on a case-by-case basis.
- Continuing to encourage sponsorship at group level.
- Providing links to the AA website, such as:
- A newcomers’ Starter Pack
- Information about what to expect in an AA meeting
- The Big Book / Living Sober / other AA literature
- Leaflet on sponsorship
- The AA online shop