At the November 2011 Board of Trustees meeting, the board members approved updates and revisions for the Suggested Meeting Format. The revisions include more inclusive language, an emphasis on abstinent sponsors, added focus on Lifeline magazine and updated guidelines for collecting Seventh-Tradition contributions.

In addition, the new meeting format includes the Abridged Tools of Recovery. This is a board-approved abridgement that includes two or three-sentence descriptions of each tool, taken directly from The Tools of Recovery pamphlet. OA groups can use this abridgement to save time during meetings. The Abridged Tools of Recovery is also available as a stand-alone document.