This is the list of suggested topics used in the Beginners Meeting.

1. How do I know I am an alcoholic?
2. When did we find hope?
3. What do we need to do to stay sober?
4. How many meetings do we need?
5. How do we become willing?
6. How can we help others?
7. How have we overcome resentments?
8. How do we avoid the first drink?
9. Why do we need a Higher Power?
10. Why do we go to meetings?
11. How do we live one day at a time?
12. How do we ‘work the program’?
13. Why did we decide to stop drinking?
14. How do we keep an open mind?
15. What do we do at times and places where there is alcohol around?
16. What do we share in meetings?
17. How do we find a sponsor?
18. How did we stop drinking?
19. How did we choose our own conception of God?
20. Why do we need abstinence?
21. When were we ready to take the steps?
22. How did we feel after relapse?
23. How is it a ‘Program of Action’?
24. How did we overcome prejudice against spiritual ideas?
25. What made us admit defeat?
26. Where do we find courage?
27. How do we choose an AA Home Group?
28. How have we managed big changes in early sobriety?
29. How do we clean house?
30. What is the importance of humility?
31. How have we overcome fear?
32. What do we tell other people about our alcoholism?
33. How do we find acceptance?
34. What is serenity?
35. What is the greatest danger to our sobriety?
36. What have we learnt from older members?
37. What have we learnt from newcomers?
38. What are the most important actions we take to in order to stay sober?
39. What brought us out of denial?
40. What hope is there?
41. What meditation routines do we use?
42. How have we handled mood swings?
43. What AA sayings have been helpful?
44. How do we overcome selfishness?
45. What does a Sponsor do?
46. What amends can we make?
47. How is isolation dangerous?
48. What does AA promise?
49. How do we deal with people who don’t understand and want us to drink?
50. How has AA service helped our sobriety?
51. How do we take the steps?
52. What do we pray for?
53. How do we deal with conflict?
54. How do we react to thoughts about drinking?
55. How do we put ‘first things first’?
56. What is recovery?
57. How do we keep the program simple?
58. What did we find helpful in early days of sobriety?
59. Why is inventory necessary?
60. How do we handle loneliness?
61. What is the importance of anonymity?
62. Who can we trust?
63. What do we learn from the Big Book?
64. How does the program work?
65. What strength do we find in the Serenity Prayer?
66. What does it mean to be ‘rigorously honest’?
67. What is your experience with aches and pains, “drinking dreams”, sleeplessness, “electric fleas”, or other physical symptoms in early sobriety?
68. How do we get involved in service?
69. What AA Literature have we found useful?
70. What are the joys of sobriety?