Our Anonymity Is Both Inspiration And Safety

Before writing the Traditions articles eventually published in the "Twelve and Twelve," Bill W., AA's co-founder, penned more than fifteen essays on the subject in the Grapevine. Distilling the wide-ranging, and often contentious (or fractious) experience of AA's first groups, these articles show how Bill and the Fellowship's thinking about the Traditions evolved, as well as offer new insight into why they are important today. The three essays reprinted here, including the landmark "Twelve Suggested Points for AA Tradition," provide a glimpse of the Traditions in the making.