DO YOU HAVE A DESIRE TO
STOP DRINKING?
There is a solution!
“If, when you honestly want to,
you find you cannot quit entirely,
or if when drinking,
you have little control over the amount you take,
you are probably alcoholic.”
Alcoholics Anonymous~Page 44~Chapter 4~We Agnostics
OUR GROUP’S MESSAGE is ~
A.A.’s Three Legacies of
Recovery, Unity and Service.
The STEPS in our 1st legacy of Recovery “Is” OUR MESSAGE ~
P-55 Twelve Steps Illustrated
The TRADITIONS in our 2nd Legacy of Unity “Protect” OUR MESSAGE ~
P-43 The Twelve Traditions Illustrated
The CONCEPTS in our 3rd Legacy of Service “Perpetuate” OUR MESSAGE ~
P-8 The Twelve Concepts for World Service Illustrated
A.A.’s Third Tradition states ~
“The only requirement for A.A. membership
is a desire to stop drinking.”
Closed meetings are for A.A. members only,
or for those who have a drinking problem and
“have a desire to stop drinking.”
“Open meetings are available to anyone interested in Alcoholics Anonymous’ program of recovery from alcoholism.
Nonalcoholics may attend open meetings as observers.
Whether open or closed, A.A. group meetings are conducted by A.A. members who determine the format of their meetings.”
Page 13 of
P-16 The A.A. Group...Where It All Begins
A.A.’s Fifth Tradition states ~
“Each group has but one primary purpose …
To carry it’s message to the alcoholic who still suffers.”
“Sobriety — freedom from alcohol —
through the teaching and practice
of the Twelve Steps
is the sole purpose of an A.A. group.”
Page 2 of
P-35 Problems Other Than Alcohol
A.A.’s First Tradition states ~
“Each member of Alcoholics Anonymous
is but a small part of a great whole.
A.A. must continue to live or most of us will surely die.
Hence our common welfare comes first.
But individual welfare follows close afterward.”
But A.A. unity cannot automatically preserve itself.
Like personal recovery, we shall always have to work to maintain it.
Here, too, we surely need honesty, humility, open‐mindedness, unselfishness, and, above all—vigilance. So we who are older in A.A. beg you who are newer to ponder carefully the experience we have already had of trying to work and live together. We would like each A.A. to become just as much aware of those disturbing tendencies which endanger us as a whole as he is conscious of those personal defects which threaten his own sobriety and peace of mind. For whole movements have, before now, gone on benders, too!
P-17 A.A. Tradition—How It Developed by Bill W.
SOME MAY ASK ~
WHAT IS A BIG BOOK?
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WHAT IS A HOME GROUP?
P-16 The A.A. Group...Where It All Begins
WHAT IS A SPONSOR?
P-15 Questions and Answers on Sponsorship
MEMBER OR VISITOR ?
“Can a NONALCOHOLIC
pill or drug addict become an A.A. MEMBER?” ~ NO
“Can such a person be brought, as a VISITOR, to an OPEN A.A. meeting for help and inspiration? ~ YES
“If so, should these NONALCOHOLIC pill or drug users be led to believe that they have become A.A. MEMBERS? ~ NO
“Can a pill or drug taker, who also has a GENUINE ALCOHOLIC HISTORY,
become a MEMBER of A.A.? ~ YES
F-8 Problems Other than Alcohol (excerpts)