1. Before (or during) your next meeting, prepare yourself by drawing a square. I find that 5″ x 5″ is a good size. Divide the card into columns – five across and five down. That will give you 25 one-inch blocks.
2. Write one of the following word/phrases in each block:
- Issues
- Inner-child
- Living Amends
- Meaningful Relationship
- Didn’t Mean to Use
- I’m Stuck On Step ____
- Couldn’t Find A Meeting
- My Sponsor Has Been Out Of Town
- Can’t change
- Won’t change
- Yeah But
- Oh, The Pain
- But…. Don’t you think
- Misunderstood
- Never
- Rational
- Recovery
- Recovering Person
- Searching (as in, “for answers”)
- Gonna (sometimes prefaced with, “I’m”)
- Been thinking (prefaced with, “I’ve”)
- she/he said,
- “I know what it is I need to do but…”
- Dysfunctional
- I heard
- Rage
- I don’t know much about this, but…
3. Check off the appropriate block when you hear one of those words or phrases.
4. When you get five blocks horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, stand up and shout “BULLSHIT!”
TESTIMONIALS FROM SATISFIED “AA BULLSHIT BINGO” PLAYERS:
– “I had been in the meeting for only five minutes when I won.”
Adam W., Atlanta
– “My attention span at meetings has improved dramatically.”
David T., Tampa
– “What a gas! Meetings will never be the same for me after my first win.”
Dan J., NY City
-“The atmosphere was tense in the last “Gratitude” meeting as 14 of us waited for the fifth box. ”
Ben G., Denver
-“The speaker was stunned as eight of us screamed out “BULLSHIT” for the third time in 20 minutes.”
Carnie Joe, Miami
SAMPLE PLAYERS CARD
Play “AA Bullshit Bingo” at your next meeting!