The Slogan Slingers

Some of the slogans people try to add to those provided by direct quotes from our book Alcoholics Anonymous make me uneasy--and annoyed. I am not conservative, afraid to deviate one inch from the beaten path; I don't look upon the Big Book as holy writ, not to be questioned. But some of the catch phrases that seem to gather on our members' tongues like barnacles to be spat out profoundly as additions to AA lore strike me as directly counter to the main thrust of our literature.