In All Our Affairs

Our Friday evening AA meeting started innocently enough. The format called for a member to read a brief selection out of the Big Book. I had volunteered, and read from the chapter "Into Action," beginning with the sentence, "Love and tolerance of others is our code. And we have ceased fighting anything or anyone--even alcohol." Following the reading, the chairperson asked if anyone had a topic to suggest. When no one spoke up, he suggested "love and tolerance."