Amateurs Anonymous
August 2021 | Seniors in AA

Amateurs Anonymous

A member learns the importance of not being an expert on everything—not even AA. He’s just an alcoholic

What dismays me about my early days in Alcoholics Anonymous is the extent of intellectual arrogance and grandiosity that I brought with me.

—defects that were quickly enlisted in what was to become an ongoing tournament: me vs. the Eighth Tradition.

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