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March 1959

Am I a Good AA When


  1. I talk so long at meetings that the others do not get a chance?

  2. I interrupt when others are trying to talk?

  3. I break Traditions and will not help a person who has a double problem?

  4. I frighten an already frightened person with all of the dangers in the world?

  5. I treat anyone as though I was the only one with a brain?

  6. I criticize people who have already been criticized all their lives?

  7. I throw an AA saying at someone instead of being an understanding friend?

  8. I forget that the person I dislike may have come a lot further up than I?

  9. I refuse sympathy or understanding to someone who wants and needs it so much?

  10. I criticize people holding offices that I couldn't handle nearly as well?

  11. I am envious of the ones who are doing the work that I am too lazy or scared to do?

  12. I talk so loud that no one else can have any peace of mind?

  13. I start a project and expect everyone else to feel the same way I do about it?

  14. I unload all my troubles on others, never giving them a chance to unload too?

  15. I want attention when I say something but don't listen to the other fellow?

  16. I look down my nose at people who have a dual problem?

  17. I quit counting my blessings and stop being thankful?

  18. I leave all the calling to the other person?

  19. I work so hard with someone who doesn't want AA that I am not ready to help someone who does?

  20. I think being kind ends with AA members only?

  21. I think that I am the only one who has problems because I am the only one telling them?

    Most of these are things I do or resent in someone else, so I'm not a good AA; but I am very grateful that God, through AA, has helped me in spite of these defects.

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