Oct
31
AVOIDING CONTROVERSY
October 31, 2008 | 2 Comments
All history affords us the spectacle of striving nations and groups finally torn asunder because they were designed for, or tempted into, controversy. Others fell apart because of sheer self-righteousness while trying to enforce upon the rest of mankind some millennium of their own specification. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 176
As an A.A. member [...]
Oct
30
LIVE AND LET LIVE
October 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Never since it began has Alcoholics Anonymous been divided by a major controversial issue. Nor has our Fellowship ever publicly taken sides on any question in an embattled world. This, however, has been no earned virtue. It could almost be said that we were born with it. . . . “So long as we don’t [...]
Oct
29
OUR SURVIVAL
October 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Since recovery from alcoholism is life itself to us, it is imperative that we preserve in full strength our means of survival. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 177
The honesty expressed by the members of A.A. in meetings has the power to open my mind. Nothing can block the flow of energy that honesty carries [...]
Oct
28
AN UNBROKEN TRADITION
October 28, 2008 | 1 Comment
We conceive the survival and spread of Alcoholics Anonymous to be something of far greater importance than the weight we could collectively throw back of any other cause. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 177
How much it means to me that an unbroken tradition of more than half a century is a thread that connects [...]
Oct
27
GLOBAL SHARING
October 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment
The only thing that matters is that he is an alcoholic who has found a key to sobriety. These legacies of suffering and of recovery are easily passed among alcoholics, one to the other. This is our gift from God, and its bestowal upon others like us is the one aim that today animates A.A.’s [...]
Oct
26
ONE ULTIMATE AUTHORITY
October 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment
For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 132
When I am chosen to carry some small responsibility for my fellows, I ask that God grant me the patience, open-minded ness, and willingness to listen to [...]
Oct
25
A.A.’s HEARTBEAT
October 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Without unity, the heart of A.A. would cease to beat; . . . . AS BILL SEES IT, p. 125
Without unity I would be unable to recover in A.A. on a daily basis. By practicing unity within my group, with other A.A. members and at all levels of this great Fellowship, I receive a pronounced [...]