City Light Steps

Meeting Format

• Newcomer
• Discussion
• IP
• Open
• Step Study
• Young People

Newcomer

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

Discussion

A chair introduces a topic and members take turns sharing. This is the most common meeting format.

Open

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

Step Study

The meeting works through the Twelve Steps, often using the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions or a step working guide.

Young People

Young people's meetings are aimed at members in their teens, twenties, and thirties, though anyone may attend.