A Dozen Steps

September 17th, 2007

Ought Never Be Organized

Tradition Nine: “A.A., as such, ought never be organized; but we may create service boards directly responsible to those they serve.”
Paraphrasing the 12&12, page 173;
Not even the “humblest group committee can issue a single directive to an A.A. member and make it stick, let alone mete out any punishment.”
Hmmm - I wonder how that applies […]

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September 8th, 2007

Tradition Nine Checklist

As usual, always worthy of consideration, any day, any time, imho.
From Silkworth.net;
Tradition Nine: AA, as such, ought never be organized; but we may create service boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve.

Do I still try to boss things in AA?
Do I resist formal aspects of AA because I fear them as authoritative?
Am I […]

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