The Deacon and the Delegate
May 1964
By:
Anonymous
Tradition 9: AA, as such, ought never to be organized; but we may create service boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve.</emphasis>
Quote May 4, 2015
“In a garden we remove or control undesirable weeds; in my personal sobriety, I remove the things that have been blocking me; and in my home group, by means of group inventory, I do something about the things that cause problems. “At the group level, this might mean: 1) ensuring that the message being presented today is as good as the message that was here when we first needed it; 2) seeing to it that everyone coming through the door is given the chance to hear firsthand exactly what it is all about from persons with quality sobriety; and 3) making it known that a group is not interested in outside gobbledegook that has nothing to do with sobriety. “We can't be all things to all people, so let's do the thing we do best and that is carry the message of recovery from alcohol.”
London, Ontario, February 1992 “Freedom From Alcohol,” Voices of Long-Term Sobriety
The Language of the Heart
November 1972
By:
Bill W.
From the Grapevine book AA Today, published on the occasion of AA's twenty-fifth anniversary
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By:
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By:
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By:
Anonymous
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July 2011
By:
Suzan C.
| San Francisco, California
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Tradition Six
June 2011
By:
Bill W.
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March 2011
By:
Chris M.
| Mahawah, New Jersey
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By:
Bob M.
| South Euclid, Ohio
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By:
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| Guelph, Ontario
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February 2011
By:
Kelly K.
| Newport Beach, California
All the money in Fort Knox couldn’t keep him sober
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February 2011
By:
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| Stourbridge, West Midlands
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| St. Louis, Mo.
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By:
DUANE T.
| Hamilton, Ontario
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COLIN Q.
| Fort Collins, Colo.
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God drove me there
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By:
Mathew B.
| Wyoming
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