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beth k 
Location: massachusetts |
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 Posted: 04 Feb 2010 at 5:01pm |
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This is the WE statement. The fact that it is the first Tradition.. upon which the others rest is notable.
It does say that each individual relies on the group for sobriety. I agree with Jan.. the group is the most important aspect in AA, without it we are lost. |
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Jeanne12381
Location: Concord, New Hampshire |
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Posted: 06 Feb 2010 at 5:26pm |
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Hello, Everyone...
Great comments, particularly yours, Beth K., and JanBB. History has certainly proven that group unity is vital. AA continues to be alive and viable because we haven't fallen into the egocentric traps which plagued the Washitonians and the Oxford Group... That being said, it's a lot easier to give lip service to the concept of group unity than it is to live it, sometimes. Many is the time that an individual seems convinced that he or she can remake AA to their own needs, only to find that, once again, alcoholism loves to split out such a person and bring them to their knees with the first drink... I look at group unity as the wagons circling lest the enemy alcohol prevail. This being said, there are times - less now than in my earlier sobriety - when I have deeply questioned the fellowship or the antics of a fellow alcoholic. Happily, those of us who follow saner members are made to see how even a resentment against AA is a resentment and not to be tolerated, if one wants to stay sober... It was good for me to surrender my own ego in my earlier days. To see concepts and practices that weren't my own to prevail. To put something such as group unity above my own rather petty desires and opinions... As with each tradition...they protect AA from me, the alcoholic, so that AA will survive to be here both for myself and any other member who professes a desire to stay sober, a day at a time... With AA love and respect, Jeanne M. |
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Bill M.
Location: Colorado |
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Posted: 06 Feb 2010 at 9:25pm |
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Hi Just to add a bit. I heard on a Speaker tape that the 'Traditions' were to protect AA from our 'Best Intentions'. That seems to fit my experiences.
Thanks all for sharing |
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Sometimes you just have to put on your big girl panties and deal with it. Leaning Tree
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