Middlesbrough Topic

Sunday nights in central Middlesbrough offer this Topic meeting at The Salvation Army, 2 Southfield Road, from 7pm for an hour. Each week the chair picks a topic, often drawn from AA literature or a member's suggestion, and the shares that follow explore it from different angles. The meeting is closed, a term that puzzles many newcomers: it means the gathering is reserved for people who have, or think they may have, a desire to stop drinking, not that the doors are shut. Anyone in that position can turn up unannounced, free of charge, and simply listen. The venue is wheelchair accessible, and the same address hosts the A New Beginning meetings on Tuesdays and Thursdays for anyone wanting more than one meeting a week.