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

The writer of the article, "Has Singleness of Purpose Become Narrowness of Purpose?" seems to have missed the point. The blue card is a tool used to define the difference between an open AA meeting and a closed AA meeting. At the open meeting, anyone is welcome: reporters, law enforcement personnel, drug addicts, even alcoholics. At a closed meeting, all the same people are welcome if they call themselves alcoholics.