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You could also sit in on some online meetings just to get a feel for the process that a meeting generally goes through.

AA, NA, and CMA each have some slight differences in their meeting flow, and some of the things read at each meeting are a little different. There are also different types of meetings. There are even some newcomer meetings where extra time is taken to answer questions a newcomer might have.

If the meeting is listed as an "open" meeting, then you can bring someone with you who may not identify as an addict themselves. if the meeting is indicated as a "closed" meeting, that means that only addicts themselves will be at that meeting. In my experience most meetings are open.

To find online meetings just google "Narcotics Anonymous Online Meeting" or "Alcoholics Anonymous Online Meeting".

You don't have to say anything at all if you don't want to. It is perfectly acceptable to just go and listen, as many times as you wish. There is no rule that says you must speak at all. If you are asked if you'd like to share, and you don't wish to, you absolutely can say "No thanks, I pass." Everyone in the room will understand if you don't wish to speak.

In fact, I recommend going to several meetings with the intent just to listen. This helped me better understand how things work in regards to sharing at a meeting.

There are some normal guidelines about sharing at meetings. One is to refrain from "cross-talk". This means that when people speak, they share about their experience, and they speak to the group as a whole, not to an individual person.

Interrupting another person speaking is also discouraged. So it might feel weird if you begin to share, and you expect others to comment, or "pipe in" as that is normally discouraged. Advice giving is also discouraged, instead it is recommended that you speak to people after the meeting if you would like to seek advice about a specific concern.

Also, meetings are made up of the people who attend. Some meetings may feel a lot different than others simply because of the personalties in attendance. I recommend any newcomer try several different meetings in different locations or times so that they find a meeting that feels like home.

Speaker meetings are meetings where selected members share on their experience. If you 'd like to hear what a "Speaker meeting" is like click the link below to listen online to members of NA share at a speaker meeting:
http://www.xa-speakers.org/pafiledb.php?action=category&id=11