AA Grapevine Readers Respond to "Singleness of Purpose--what Are AAs Saying Today?" Featured in the May 2004 Issue

What has happened to strong sponsorship, secretarial leadership, and a commitment to focus the talk at meetings on the subject of alcoholism? Old-timers are leaving First-Step halls in droves, and newcomers are battered with the language of misery. In our willingness to be everything to everybody, we have opened our meetings to opinions instead of spiritual solutions, which offer the message of hope.