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It’s a Seat, Not a Throne

May 2023 | Home Group
While sitting in her well-deserved chair one day, she temporarily forgot about her group’s primary purpose

It’s a Seat, Not a Throne

Magazine Issue May 2023 | Topics Gratitude Homegroup/Meetings

One Primary Purpose

May 2021 | Our Twelve Steps
Their group has hot coffee, donuts, comfy seats and all three shades.
But the most important thing of all is the message they carry

Hats off to Tradition 5

May 2020 | Getting Into General Service
He finally put down the bottle and got to a meeting. But what was everyone talking about? And what did it have to do with drinking?

For Charlie's Sake

May 2015
Squabbling ceased when a newcomer’s needs turned the group to its primary purpose

Our primary purpose

May 2009
From the November 1956 Grapevine

A Digest of Advisory Actions

August 2005
A delegate reports

A Benevolent Guardian

May 1994
Tradition Five

Practice These Principles. . .

May 1987
Tradition Five: Each group has but one primary purpose--to carry its message to the alcoholic who still suffers.

Are We Fulfilling Our Primary Purpose?

September 1986
The following three articles were originally presentations at the 1986 General Service Conference

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