Big Easy Group

Meeting Format

• Newcomer
• Open
• Speaker
• Wheelchair Access

Newcomer

Designed for people in their first days or weeks. The format usually covers the basics of the program and how meetings work.

Open

Open meetings welcome anyone — family, friends, students, and people who are simply curious — not only those with a drinking or drug problem.

Speaker

One or more members share their story at length. Speaker meetings are a good fit if you would rather listen than talk.

Wheelchair Access

The venue is reported as wheelchair accessible by the listing group. Call ahead if you need to confirm details like ramps or restrooms.

Notes from the Group

We use a speaker and have seating up front for people who are hard of hearing. Furthermore, we have our close caption turned on in Zoom so that the speaker can be translated into the close caption for individuals who primarily speak Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Italian, or simplified Chinese. Of course, our close caption can also be used by deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals. Furthermore, all readings from the platform are in large print for the visually impaired.At Big Easy, we try to foster a safe, accessible, all-inclusive environment as we hope to carry the message to all who suffer from alcoholism; this includes an intentional effort to ensure social (race, gender, sexuality, and class) diversity in our speaker selection.