well we have two different types of big book study meetings...one is normal where we read maybe five to ten paragraphs or more up to several pages from big book and talk on the readings or there is a group here that we call the intensive study of big book where they may only read three or four lines of text or up to three paragraphs and then everyone talks directly on this much of the text....so I guess your going to need your reading glasses LOL

in the intensive study group they read progressively from the start of book to the end of first 164 pages....the other groups read similarly where they left off last week....

then there is the 12X12 book study of the twelve steps and twelve traditions....those they usually read the entire step or tradition unless it is one that is huge...I forget which readings they usually break in half and read just half the step or tradition because there are so many pages to reading that step or tradition....

make sure you take your bifocals! LOL

also might want to carry along a dictionary for this type of meeting sometimes a vague word can pop out of the text to be looked up and discussed....

The first meeting that I went to was a Big Book meeting and it is one that I have rarely missed since then.

There are differences from place to place but the format is generally the same. At our group, someone chairs the meeting for a month and this is the only person at the Top Table. He or she opens like any other meeting but instead of then having someone share their E,S & H he reads a passage from the Big Book. Normally, two or three pages would be read, starting where it finished at the last meeting. He then goes back to the beginning of the reading and invites each person present to read about a paragraph each. Anyone who does not wish to read may pass.

After the initial couple of pages have been re-read by those around the room, the meeting is opened for sharing. People are encouraged to share about what has just been read but of course they are free to share about anything. The meeting then concludes like any other.

There is no better place to learn about the Big Book and the 12 Step programme.

My Sat. night meeting is a study group. We read a chapter, then disscuss it. At first I didnt get it, but hearing the rest of the groups comments of what they think it means helps me understand. Now I feel that's my home group. Sat. I am going to offically ask for a sponser and get the ball rolling. I am ready folks, and ya'll have help me realize that. Megwich (Thank you)

I go to a couple... they are just what they say. Passages are read, considered and then shared on. No big deal really. I like them. Relax... enjoy.