Yup.. we had Talk. If we earned it, and knew all 12 steps, serenity prayer and 5 criteria, not to mention some of the rules.. we could put in for it and most of the time earn it.
5 minutes was given on Friday nights and Mondays. Mondays was in the carpet room and Fridays were in the big warehouse.
So, if I earned "talk" I would be escorted to my parents, think about a past incident I wanted to discuss, share it with them, and they would have a minute or so to respond. And I got escorted "beltlooped" back into group.
If we earned "T&R" it meant that we got to clean the bathrooms! (oh joy!) they were called 'heads' like in the military. So it just meant that I didn't have to be in group and relate, motivate and talk.. so it wasn't too bad.
T&R was earned after Talk was earned. I spent about 6 months on 1st phase about 1 month on 2nd until I pulled myself out when I turned 18.. I graduated from H.S., went to nightschool for AutoCAD and I wish I had a job in that now.. but nothing close enough to home.. I now work as a customer service rep. for a highly reputable company (which I won't mention).