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"The Creator told every one of us in our tribal beginnings to look
after our ceremonies, and each other." Barney Bush The unity of
Alcoholics Anonymous is the most cherished quality our society has. Our
lives, the lives of all to come, depend squarely upon it. We stay whole,
or A.A. dies. Without unity, the heart of A.A. would cease to beat; our
world arteries would no longer carry the life-giving grace of God; His
gift to us would be spent aimlessly. Back again in their caves, alcoholics
would reproach us and say, “What a great thing A.A. might have
been.” Twelve Steps
& Twelve Traditions pg.
129 Reprinted with
permission A.A.W.S. Where does A.A.
get its direction? Who runs it? This, too, is a puzzler for every friend
and newcomer. When told that our Society has no president having authority
to govern it, no treasurer who can compel the payment of any dues, no
board of directors who can cast an erring member into outer darkness, when
indeed no A.A. can give another a directive and enforce obedience, our
friends gasp and exclaim, "This simply can't be. There must be an angle
somewhere." These practical folk then read Tradition Two, and learn the
sole authority in A.A. is a loving God as He may express Himself in the
group conscience. Twelve Steps & Twelve
Traditions pg.
132 Reprinted with
permission A.A.W.S. Great Mystery,
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