“The very practical approach to his problems, the absence of intolerance of any kind, the informality, the genuine democracy, the uncanny understanding which these people had were irresistible. He and his wife would leave elated by the thought of what they could now do for some stricken acquaintance and his family. They knew they had a host of new friends; it seemed they had known these strangers always. They had seen miracles, and one was to come to them. They had visioned the Great Reality—their loving and All Powerful Creator.” (Pages 160 to 161, Big Book)
There are many ways to run an AA group.
I’m in a phase of liking simplicity. Room. Chair. Tea. Alcoholics. Very short script. Very short reading. People talking about stuff. Timekeeper. Pot. Serenity prayer. Dinner.
Doesn’t need more.