Sample In-Person ITAA Meeting Script – Internet and Technology Addicts Anonymous

A printable version of this script can be found burada.

All directions for the chair are italicized in blue and not meant to be read aloud.

Welcome to our meeting of Internet and Technology Addicts Anonymous. This meeting is 60 minutes long.

We start the meeting by going around the room and introducing ourselves by first name only. We welcome any newcomers who are with us today, and if you’d like, you may indicate whether this is one of your first meetings when introducing yourself. I will start: “My name is ______ , and I am an Internet and technology addict.

Each member introduces themselves.

Welcome everyone. We encourage any newcomers to stick around after the meeting, as a number of us will be available to help answer any questions you may have, and we recommend attending six meetings in a short time frame to decide whether ITAA may be helpful for you. We’re glad you’re here.

At this time, we ask that members turn off their phones or put their phones on silent, and commit to listening to one another.

Anonymity is an important principle of the ITAA Program. Everything that is said here in the group meeting, and member-to-member, must be kept confidential. Only in this way can we feel free to say what is in our minds and hearts, for this is how we help one another in ITAA.

Those who wish may now join me in saying the Serenity Prayer:

Daha Yüksek Güç, Bana Huzur Ve
Değiştiremeyeceğim şeyleri kabullenmek,
Yapabileceğim Şeyleri Değiştirme Cesareti,
ve Farkı Bilen Bilgelik.

May I please have a volunteer to read our Mission Statement, and could someone else read the Twelve Steps?

Chair may pass around the script for other members to read the mission statement and the Steps.

Görev beyanı

Internet and Technology Addicts Anonymous is a fellowship of people who support each other in recovering from compulsive internet and technology use. ITAA is not affiliated with any political agenda, religion, or outside interests. Our single purpose is to abstain from compulsive internet and technology use and to help others find freedom from this addiction. We have no membership requirements beyond the desire to stop compulsive internet and technology use. Our groups share our collective experience and the principles that helped us. Each of us is free to try out or disregard the suggestions of the program and other members.

ITAA'nın On İki Adımı

1. İnternet ve teknoloji üzerinde güçsüz olduğumuzu, hayatımızın yönetilemez hale geldiğini kabul ettik.

2. Kendimizden daha büyük bir Gücün bizi akıl sağlığına kavuşturabileceğine inanmaya başladı.

3. İrademizi ve hayatımızı Daha Yüksek Bir Gücün bakımına devretme kararı aldık. kendi anlayışımıza göre.

4. Kendimizin araştırıcı ve korkusuz bir envanterini çıkardık.

5. Yüksek Gücümüze, kendimize ve başka bir insana, hatalarımızın tam niteliğini kabul etmek.

6. Yüksek Gücümüzün tüm bu karakter kusurlarını ortadan kaldırmasına tamamen hazırdık.

7. Alçakgönüllülükle Yüksek Gücümüzden eksikliklerimizi gidermesini istedi.

8. Zarar verdiklerimizin bir listesini yaptık ve hepsini düzeltmeye istekli olduk.

9. Zarar verdiğimiz kişileri, onları veya başkalarını yaralayacağı durumlar dışında, mümkün olan her yerde doğrudan düzelttik.

10. Kişisel envanter almaya devam ettik ve yanıldığımızda hemen kabul ettik.

11. Kendimizden daha büyük bir Güçle bilinçli temasımızı geliştirmek için dua ve meditasyon gibi uygulamalarla aranır, sadece Yüksek Gücümüzün bizim için iradesinin bilgisi ve bunu gerçekleştirme gücü için dua eder.

12. Bu Adımlar sonucunda ruhsal bir uyanış yaşayarak internet ve teknoloji bağımlılarına bu mesajı ulaştırmaya ve bu ilkeleri tüm işlerimizde uygulamaya çalıştık.

The chair now reads The Tradition of the Month that corresponds with the month on the calendar. For example, May is the fifth month of the year so we read the fifth tradition.

Ayın Geleneği:

Gelenek 1: Ortak refahımız önce gelmelidir; kişisel iyileşme ITAA birliğine bağlıdır.

Tradition 2: For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority—a loving Higher Power as may be expressed through our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern.

Gelenek 3: ITAA üyeliği için tek şart, internet ve teknolojiyi zorunlu olarak kullanmayı bırakma arzusudur.

Gelenek 4: Diğer grupları veya bir bütün olarak ITAA'yı etkileyen konular dışında her grup özerk olmalıdır.

Gelenek 5: Her grubun tek bir birincil amacı vardır: mesajını hala acı çeken zorlayıcı internet ve teknoloji kullanıcısına iletmek.

Gelenek 6: Bir ITAA grubu, para, mülkiyet ve prestij sorunları bizi birincil amacımızdan saptırmasın diye, ITAA adını hiçbir ilgili tesise veya dış kuruluşa asla onaylamamalı, finanse etmemeli veya ödünç vermemelidir.

Gelenek 7: Her ITAA grubu, dışarıdan katkıları reddederek tamamen kendi kendini desteklemelidir.

Tradition 8: While our service bodies may employ qualified workers, the act of one member helping another ought never be compensated, ensuring that ITAA remains forever nonprofessional.

Tradition 9: ITAA ought never be organized as a hierarchy, but we may create service boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve.

Gelenek 10: ITAA'nın dış meseleler hakkında hiçbir fikri yoktur, bu nedenle ITAA adı asla kamu tartışmasına girmemelidir.

Gelenek 11: Halkla ilişkiler politikamız tanıtımdan çok cazibeye dayanmaktadır; basın, radyo, filmler, televizyon ve diğer kamusal iletişim araçları düzeyinde her zaman kişisel anonimliği korumamız gerekir.

Gelenek 12: Anonimlik, tüm bu geleneklerin manevi temelidir ve bize her zaman ilkeleri kişiliklerin önüne koymamızı hatırlatır.

[If newcomers are present, ask for a volunteer to read the following:]

About Sobriety

There is no universal definition of sobriety in ITAA. We each identify for ourselves the specific behaviors which trigger our addiction. We use the term alt satırlar to describe the compulsive behaviors that once we start we can’t stop, and once we stop we can’t stay stopped. We abstain from our bottom lines. orta çizgiler are the behaviors and situations that could lead to a slip or a relapse. And üst sıralar are positive activities that help us meet our needs in healthy, functional ways.

We work with experienced members to help discover what sobriety means for each of us as individuals. Rather than using for distraction, escape, or to numb our emotions, we seek to use technology as a tool for meeting our goals, living in alignment with our values, and developing flourishing lives.

[OPTIONAL FORMATS (CHOOSE ONE):

1. Topics: We’ll take 1-2 topics as suggested by the group. Would anyone like to suggest a topic?

2. Reading: We will select a short 5-10 minute reading from our Twelve-Step recovery library for reflection, as a prompt for sharing.

3. Lead share: Would anyone with stable sobriety as they define it like to volunteer to give a 5-10 minute lead share about their experience, strength, and hope in recovery?]

We will now move into the sharing part of the meeting. Sharing is not limited to the [topic(s) / reading / lead share]. Eğer yeniyseniz kendinizi tanıtabilir ve rahat hissediyorsanız sizi ITAA'ya getirenleri paylaşabilirsiniz. Toplantıdan sonra soru sormak için zaman olacak.

I will now read our guidelines for sharing:

In this meeting, we seek to provide a safe, non-judgmental environment for people to find strength, healing and recovery. If we relate to another member’s share, we are welcome to share along similar lines from our own experience, but we ask that members address the group as a whole and avoid ‘cross talk,’ which includes interrupting, criticism, feedback, or directly addressing another member during our share. Meetings are not a place to meet dating partners. Comments or behavior of a flirtatious, sexual, or aggressive nature directed towards other members are inappropriate, as is discrimination of any kind. We also suggest that members avoid describing specific digital content in detail such as the names of specific websites or apps.

*[Some ITAA meetings permit the names of websites and apps in discussion. Here is language you may use if your meeting would like to make this change: “You may mention the names of specific websites and apps, but please avoid describing specific digital content in detail.”]

If you feel uncomfortable or triggered by what someone else is sharing, you may reach out to me or any member you trust if you’d like a particular part of our guidelines for sharing to be reread to the group.

[Uygunsuz davranışlara nasıl yanıt verileceği konusunda yardımcı bilgiler için lütfen ITAA'de Güvenlik.]

Is there anybody who would be willing to volunteer as timekeeper?

[The chair can set a time limit for shares, usually 2-5 minutes with a 30-second warning depending on the number of members present.]

The floor is now open for shares. If you’d like to share, please unmute and introduce yourself. You may also raise your hand and introduce yourself.

[Members take turns sharing until there are 6-8 minutes left in the meeting. If there is a pause in the sharing the Chair may say, “Would anybody who hasn’t shared yet like to share?” and then pause for ~15 seconds before moving on.

Suggested options after the first round of shares:
– Opening the floor for 2nd shares.
– Reading from literature.
– Having 5 minutes of group meditation.
– A brief round of check-ins about how we’re feeling, a recent top line, or our plans to stay sober for the next 24 hours.]

Thank you all for being here and helping us all stay off addictive internet and technology use one day at a time!

[You may also thank anyone who did service during the meeting, such as the timekeeper.]

In closing, I would like to say that the opinions expressed here were strictly those of the person who gave them. Take what you like and leave the rest.

The things you heard here should be treated as confidential. Keep them within the walls of this room and the confines of your mind.

Talk to each other, reason things out with someone else, but let there be no criticism of one another. Instead let the understanding, love and peace of the program grow in you one day at a time.

Yeniyseniz, paylaşma şansınız olmadıysa veya zorlanıyorsanız, toplantı bittikten sonra birkaçımız konuşmak veya herhangi bir soruyu yanıtlamak için müsait olduğumuz için lütfen kalmaktan çekinmeyin.

Our 7th Tradition states that each ITAA group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions. We have no dues or fees, though we do have expenses. If you would like to make a donation there is a basket going around the room. We ask that you give both for your own recovery and the recovery of those around you. Please give what you can, but if you can’t give anything, please keep coming back! You are more important to us than your money!

This meeting holds monthly group consciences on ______. In addition, ITAA holds International Service Meetings once a month in which we discuss fellowship-wide issues and develop solutions to strengthen the growth of our community. All are encouraged to participate.

Are there any announcements for the good of ITAA?

Bugün grupla birlikte bahsetmek ve kutlamak istediğiniz iyileşme zamanı olan biri var mı?

Mesajı hala acı çeken bağımlıya iletmek, iyileşme programımızın önemli bir parçasıdır. Sponsorluk, daha deneyimli bir üyenin, uzun vadeli iyileşmemizin temeli olarak hizmet eden On İki Adım aracılığıyla yeni gelen bir kişiye rehberlik etmesine yardımcı olduğu gayri resmi, gönüllü bir ilişkidir. Üyeler ayrıca geçici sponsorluk sunabilir. Potansiyel bir sponsorla bağlantı kurmanın harika bir yolu, sosyal yardım çağrılarıdır. Bugün paylaşımları yankı uyandıran üyelere ulaşmanızı öneririz. Görüşmeden sonra telefon numarası alışverişi yapma imkanı olacaktır.

Hala acı çeken internet ve teknoloji bağımlısı kullanıcı için bir dakikalık saygı duruşunda bulunalım……

Will all who wish please stand, form a circle, hold hands and join together to say the Serenity Prayer:

Daha Yüksek Güç, Bana Huzur Ve
to Accept the things I cannot Change
the Courage to Change the things I Can
ve Farkı Bilen Bilgelik.

[Chair may say something like:] That’s the official end of the meeting—feel free to stick around for phone numbers, questions, and fellowship!

During the after-meeting, we encourage everyone to share the time fairly between all present, to share from the “I” perspective and not give feedback or advice without receiving permission first, and to refrain from actively encouraging the use of outside resources, though we may share freely about our own experiences and what has helped us.

[At this time, the chair may:

Invite anybody who’s available to receive outreach calls to make themselves known.
Yeni gelenleri soru sormaya teşvik edin.
Toplantı sırasında paylaşmayan herkesin paylaşmasına izin verin.]

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