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reward teens for continued sobriety.....it is your choice what milestones you celebrate.
We recommend 30 days, 90 days, 1 year. You will want to give chips out at one
meeting a month, after the close of the meeting. Chips can be ordered from NA in
California. An order form is in your Leader's Guide to reproduce.
12-step poster. Have this up in your meeeting room before the start of each
meeting. It can be ordered from NA.
12-step sheet. The steps should be read at the beginning of each meeting. It is
on-line and in the Leader's guide.
About Addiction. Also for the beginning of each meeting, to be read out loud. It
is online and in the Leader's guide.
12 Promises. It is online and in the Leader's guide to reproduce. It should be
on the meeting literature table and you may want to read it after the steps at the
beginning of a meeting.
12 Steps of Insanity. This is a 'reverse' of the steps. It is not to read at a
meeting but should be on the literature table. It is online and in the Leader's guide and
comes from the ACOA organization.
Youth and Recovery. It's an NA pamphlet that should be on your meeting
literature table to be given out. Order it from NA (eventually, by mid-2000, Teen-Anon
will have its own).
Are you an addict/alcoholic? Warning signs of addiction. You'll find both
online and in your Leader's guide to reproduce and they should always be on your meeting
literature table.
Daily Wisdom/Meditations. There are several good ones. You can order them online
at www.teen-anon.com/store.htm throuh Hazelden and Amazon. Before the open share part of
each meeting, a member should read one page out loud or pick a section from the book's
index related to one of the steps.
Drug specific flyers. These describe symptoms, dangers, behavior of each
drug. They are online and in Leader's guide. You will want to have them to
answer questions.
AA/NA/CA /Al-Anon Local Meeting lists. Teen-Anon suggests and you should suggest
that your teeen members attend 2 or 3 regular meetings in their area to see what older
addicts and alcoholics have gone through and what longer sobriety is like. Call up your
local AA/NA/CA/Al-Anon and get their current meeting lists for your locale and phone
numbers.
Serenity Prayer/Lord's Prayer. You will want to have the whole group say the
Serenity Prayer at the beginning of the meeting and then hold hands at the close of the
meeting and say the Lord's Prayer or 'Closing Affirmation.' All are online and in your
Leader's guide. Have about 5-7 of each to spread around the floor so everyone can see
them.
Treatment programs. Teens may need treatment programs. Your Leader's guide
contains national referral phone numbers to find local treatment. Be sure to have them
available at meetings.
TA-Store. We highly recommend DOING LIFE workbooks for group leaders for use in
the groups. They are written for 7th-9th. grade reading levels. We also recommend several
12-step meditation books for use in the groups. You will find them in The Teen-Anon Store.