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AA Group Manual - Fort Wayne AA

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is no such thing as an "A.A. hospital" or an "A.A.<br />

halfway house"—although A.A. meetings and<br />

fellowship, sponsored by A.A. members, are available<br />

at many of these facilities.<br />

In accordance with Tradition Six, A.A. members<br />

and groups make certain that neither the name of the<br />

institution nor its promotional literature or letterheads<br />

bear the A.A. name. Neither should any other name<br />

(such as "Twelfth-Step House") be used that<br />

erroneously implies endorsement by A.A.<br />

What Types of A.A. Meetings<br />

Are Held in Treatment Facilities<br />

Regular A.A. <strong>Group</strong> Meetings: Some A.A. groups rent<br />

space in treatment facilities. These meetings have the<br />

advantage of making the meeting more accessible to<br />

clients in the facility.<br />

Treatment Facility A.A. meetings: Attendance is<br />

primarily limited to clients in the facility and A.A.s on<br />

a treatment facilities committee who chair the meeting<br />

and arrange for outside A.A. speakers.<br />

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