“All of it was very good, but the count-down at the end of the convention was amazing!”

Member from Germany —

“I loved hearing a global message!”

Member from the UK—

“I loved Discovering a meeting on a topic that was new to me (two way prayer).”

Member from New Zealand—

“I loved being in a worldwide meeting.”

Member from the United States—

“I enjoyed Attending meeting in other parts of the world I wouldn’t have usually attended!”

Member from China—

“I participated in three meetings, one of them in English with translation into Portuguese and two in Portuguese. I was unable to attend a large part of the convention, but, without false modesty, I enjoyed the meeting about isolated members in Portuguese-speaking Africa, in which I was one of the sharers, and I liked the overall atmosphere of the meeting.”

Member from Angola—

“The AA Talent Show was my favorite because I heard about AA VR meetings, something I never thought would happen in AA and it has and I’m looking into buying a VR headset.”

Member from Canada—

“I enjoyed getting to hear people from another language background talking passionately about recovery and unity.”

Member from Australia—

“CIC (APAC), precisely through the internet, through the brotherhood, is breaking ‘boundaries’ where we have difficulties, to attend in person through the CTO!”

Member from Brasil—

“Being able to connect worldwide to the AA community; I am fortunate to be able to speak 3 languages and understand 2 more. One of the things I love most in life is to be able to communicate with different people from everywhere. This convention gave me the opportunity to exercise my abilities.
. Seeing that our recovery is similar in every country.
. To discover different approaches to the program.”

Member from France—

“”The event was very well organized and a lot of work and effort was put into the organization of this convention, which wasn’t easy I can well imagine.
Well done to all those who did service. You did an excellent job.”

Member from Germany—

“My favorite was creating and participating with other members from all over the world.”

Member from Iran—

“My favorite was to be in rooms with hundreds of members of the fellowship from around the WORLD.”

Member from New Zealand—

“Just knowing that there’s a world of online fellows. There aren’t any in person meetings in Laos but I attend an online meeting every day.”

Member from Laos—

“My favorite part of the OIAA was the OIAA meeting chaired by Susan who presented the history of the OIAA since 1986. I thought the OIAA was a recent structure.”

Member from Portugal—

“Its always the topics for me or the different ways other meetings run.
I like the diversity and depth that the other meetings deliver when carrying the message.”

Member from New Zealand—

“I was impressed with how smoothly everything went. Obviously that means people who did the work in the background did a great job.”

Member from Spain—

“I enjoyed listening to other members speaking in a different language! Totally amazed by the diverse location of the attendees and brought home the fact that there are many grateful souls out there who suffer the same as me. Being able to see it rather than imagine it was something else.”

Member from Nigeria—

“Participating in/with one of the the indigenous groups out of NZ, and learning the A.A. 12 Principles in another language and also being able to recite them back TO the hosting group in a share with them, IN their own language, (with no mistakes made. #PROPERrespect.)”

Member from the United States—

“Same AA meeting and yet different fellowship connection – singing at the end of the meeting with a guitar was lovingly different – hearing the stories of what’s happening in other countries – it was mind blowing for me and yet it was AA – it’s beautiful to see the spirit of the program working.”

Member from the United States—

“I deeply appreciated hearing from many different countries. This provided a slightly different perspective that freshened up many topics we hear over and over. It also showed that alcoholism doesn’t discriminate, but neither does the AA program of recovery. Truly heartwarming. Hopefully, next year can bring speakers from even more countries!”

Member from the United States—

“Just hearing the language of the heart from sober people from across the world, be it French, Iranian, African, or Indigenous people from New Zealand/Australia.”

Member from the United States—

“I was grateful to be of service.”

Member from Germany

“Listening to all the shares and the sobriety countdown, made 3 days of wonderful memories.”

Member from England—

“Went to the Toronto Beyond Belief meeting. Max 92 people during the session. Must have been people from at least 15 time zones (assuming 24 total) around the world.”

Member from the United States—

“Possibility for choice, many rooms and many themes.”

Member from Bulgaria—

“I have been working with these guys since years now! With lots of hard work and timely communication they made sure they delivered the best to me. Highly recommended”I loved the sharing of experiences.”

Member from Bolivia—