["Your access to this service has been limited.","Am I careful to keep confidences given to me by my partner?","Does my ego feel threatened?","Upload your documents to download.","She did not say what about me.","We are not limited to supplying ACA information at Twelve Step events.","Monthly rent varies based on demand for specific days and times.","That our troubles are of our own making.","Men and Women are different.","What Is Al Anon and Alateen All About?","Override default values of shop.","Please check the country and number.","Composition, qualifications, induction procedures, and rights and duties will always be matters of serious concern.","The information we received from our intercourse with psychotherapy was mostly a broader and more complete understanding of the nature of men and women and how they differ sexually, intellectually, and behaviorally.","Am I absolutely trustworthy, even in secret, with AA Twelfth Step jobs or other AA responsibilities?","We each began by practicing these Traditions in the business of our home group.","You are what you repeatedly do.","Step efforts and activities, and use a carefully briefed central telephone answering service to take calls.","Item added to cart.","Higher Power these ten years past.","We have to somehow work those out.","You may communicate with us at the above address by that date.","None of us should fail because this is God s plan.","Have I had a similar experience in my own AA life?","Have I today imposed on any AA member for a special favor or consideration simply because I am a fellow alcoholic?","Therefore, when the group conscience votes on a matter in a way that I disagree with, I simply go with it.","Does my personal behavior reflect the Sixth Tradition or belie it?","Anon is right for you.","This site is not endorsed nor approved by Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.","That is to say, it helped us understand ourselves better.","Looks like I need to be calling you regularly every week and calling my sponsor.","Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music.","Am I as considerate of AA members as I want them to be of me?","Excellence then is not an act but a habit.","You can plan your day in an orderly way.","Get instant access to this document and millions more with a free account.","This picture will show whenever you leave a comment.","Tell My Story in Pipeline!","Work in progress sorry!","Please feel free to pass this information along to members and groups in your Area to watch on their own time or to play before their online meetings.","Bill W that he codify the Traditions and write essays on them in the Grapevine.","Get this download for free with an upload.","Meets in the grass area left of concession stand, when facing the ocean.","Is There an Alcoholic in Your Life?","AA name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property and prestige divert us from our primary purpose.","It is the opposite in many ways of usual promotional practice.","How can I manifest the spirit of this Tradition in my personal life outside AA?","The Committee found him guilty.","In addition, many of us are either alcoholic or have been exposed to alcoholism and there are behavioral symptoms to examine there as well.","Of course, we are not aware of God personally sorting out our arguments and disagreements.","Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio, and films.","Monthly Newsletter of Western Maryland Intergroup of Alcoholics Anonymous www.","Am I overimpressed by a celebrity?","If you recall, the Oxford movement was quite successful.","That email is taken by another user, please try again.","In no sense whatever can its members govern or direct the group.","Deep down, I think we in AA have begun to sense this magnificent possibility.","This solution is absolutely magic.","The Fourth Tradition suggests that we should take an honest look at our relationship, asking about each of our independently planned actions.","Concept X: Every service responsibility should be matched by an equal service authority, with the scope of such authority well defined.","The AA Grapevine Inc.","Why is it good idea for me to place the common welfare of all AA members before individual welfare?","ACA in public or at ACA meetings.","We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website.","Naturally, like true alcoholics, the members of AA resisted their adoption.","Flyer to be posted soon.","We have to remember that we are a team and that we must always consider the other.","Scribd members can read and download full documents.","Do I exercise patience and humility in the things I do in my relationship?","Keep track of contract and registration expiration dates and inform Web Site Committee Chairperson so there are no lapses in coverage.","Twelve Steps and pay less mind to the Twelve Traditions.","We do not endorse, approve, certify, or control any linked websites, their sponsors, or any of their policies, activities, products, or services.","Why is it good idea for me to place the common welfare of all AA members efore individual welfare?","We permit no affiliation with, representation or endorsement of, any outside enterprise by this site.","Anon as a whole.","It has become our belief that the quality of a relationship will improve significantly through the use and practice of the Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous.","What would AA be like if we were not guided by the ideas in Tradition Eleven?","Must be willing to tolerate slovenly insensitive lazy mate.","Your membership is on hold because of a problem with your last payment.","The action you requested could not be completed.","Tradition Six: An AA group ought never endorse, finance, or lend the AA name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property, and prestige divert us from our primary purpose.","We then try to do that.","Narcotics Anonymous World Services, Inc.","Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.","Can I honestly share my own personal experience concerning any of those without giving the impression I am stating the AA opinion?","SUGGESTIONS FOR MEMBERS WISHING TO VISIT TREATMENT FACILITIES Why do AA Members go into Treatment Facilities?","And let us share a belief with you.","Down arrows to advance ten seconds.","SINCE this Step so specifically concerns itself with humility, we should pause here to consider what humility is and what the practice of it can mean to us.","Bring your own chair.","Preamble and a brief historical description of the birth and growth of Alcoholics Anonymous.","Over and over, families, friends, employers, doctors, clergymen, and judges have tried their hand at disciplining alcoholics.","We thank you from the bottom of our hearts for EVERYTHING you do for us!","We admitted we were powerless over food that our lives had become unmanageable.","Please be aware, it may be useful to follow the links below and incorporate their excellent suggestions to prevent further disruptions.","Doctors read medical papers about Alcoholics Anonymous and call for more information.","Please check your URL or use the search form below.","Our links do not constitute or indicate review or affiliation.","It keeps each one of us responsible for themselves.","Whether he had been to AA before?","This page also contains a downloadable, printable directory.","Relationships can go on benders too.","Do we discuss how we can best strengthen the composition and leadership of our future trusted servants?","THE ONLINE ZOOM AND TELECONFERENCE MEETINGS NOW REQUIRE A PASSWORD TO ACCESS.","What affect do my actions have on our relationship?","Although I have been sober a few years, am I still willing to servemy turn at AA chores?","Is the way I treat my mate likely to improve or enrich our relationship or make it worse?","When they have children, the grandchildren will automatically experience these results also.","The code will be updated based on your changes.","Throughout the world, immense and favorable publicity of every description has been the principal means of bringing alcoholics into our Fellowship.","Do we always try to treat each other with mutual respect and love?","In other words, we viewed ourselves as victims.","Ensure there is a back up copy of all files of the Web Site.","Does the Central Office need volunteers right now?","As a successful person in my field of work.","How important in my recovery is the feeling of selfrespect, rather than the feeling of being always under obligation for charity received?","The Web Site Committee may contract for these services as needed.","Power flows through the path of least resistance.","Included in your subscription at no additional cost!","The website and links are continuously updated.","Outside issues began to wreak havoc on early AA groups.","Do I charge my mate a fee for being in a relationship with me?","God and does not depend on another person.","Promotion is different than giving out information about an ACA meeting or event.","Could I put a little more into the basket on behalf of the new guy who can t afford it yet?","We will post on Our website as we receive the information.","It appears that women have a direct physical connection between sensory and emotional areas of their brain that is simply not there in men.","To make this website work, we log user data and share it with processors.","Electricity flows through the path of least resistance.","No endorsement exists, and none should be implied, nor inferred from the rental of the facilities.","The name alcoholism was not yet invented and the disease concept of alcoholism did not originate with Alcoholics Anonymous.","Is a group treasurer s report unimportant AA business?","Continue reading with free trial, link opens in a new window.","What his domestic arrangements are?","Your Scribd membership has expired.","We believed in quid pro quo as a way of life.","Your district is one part of a general service area.","Log in to use details from one of these accounts.","And, that later on, some of the groups adopted it for thei Home Group inventories.","Starting a New Meeting.","What does anonymity mean to me?","Do I exercise patience and humility in any AA job I take?","Many of us think the trick is to find the right person.","Do I insist that there are only a few rightways of doing things in AA?","Having our thoughts aligned within a group will cause our children to experience a positive environment.","Did you find this document useful?","Do you think AA is the first to have effectively dealt with alcoholism?","Videos or graphic images may not be downloaded, copied or duplicated without the express written permission of Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.","Chair and oversee Web Site Committee meetings and activities.","Are they an alcoholic?","Starting A New AA Group?","Times to say about the way I treat my mate?","Narcotic Anonymous Orientation Workshop presented by the.","Because a working relationship with God provides faith and faith removes fear.","Do we selflessly serve as leaders, guided by group conscience, or do we exert authority to seek power, property or prestige through governance?","Alcoholics Anonymous, now restored as citizens of the world, are going to back away from their individual responsibilities to act as they see the right upon issues of our time.","The forms will have on them, the book or pamphlet title and the cost, Group making the request, and contact information.","Unable to unpause account.","We believe that alcoholism is a family illness and that changed attitudes can aid recovery.","What are your concerns?","Do I make competitive AA remarks, such as comparing one group with another or contrasting AA in one place with AA in another?","Do we practice transitory and rotating leadership allowing dependence on the god of our understanding to lead, via group conscience, or do we govern through fixed and official leadership?","You can set this up from your online banking website and send payments straight to the CO bank account.","Am I not a member of a recovery program?","Do I ever cop out by saying, I m not a group, so this or that Tradition doesn t apply to me?","These were the original form of the Traditions and help us to see more of their spiritual intent.","Are there any other addicts present?","Do I have to save face in group discussion, or can I yield in good spirit to the group conscience and work cheerfully along with it?","The Concepts stated here are in the short form.","It is not the responsibility of either of us to decide what is good for the other.","One day, while discussing the temperance movement, it was decided that they should check it out.","We believe that our survival as a society is no less miraculous than our personal recoveries from a terminal illness.","Throughout that entire time, Polly was steadfast in her love and support and the thing I treasure most was her cheerfulness and attitude and her letting me know that she still loved me and had faith in me.","Believe us, during those times you will want kindness and understanding.","By a doctor, a clergyman, an exconvict?","Sobriety seems more like having a faucet drip water on the tongue rather than having someone shove a fire hose in your mouth.","Susannah Wesley Community Center.","Alcoholics Anonymous, AA, and the Big Book are registered trademarks of Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.","This action has been taken for reasons which should be most apparent to yourself.","We found that we had to rely upon the principle of attraction rather than of promotion.","How a group functions.","Thank you for your support!","How do we practice prudent use of our Seventh Tradition contributions and literature revenue?","This solves some scheduling issues between this script and the main highlander script.","ASL the syntax of standard English can be very difficult to understand.","They also got into politics and social issues.","Upload your documents or become a Scribd member to unlock full access.","TALKS The purpose of the pamphlet is to establish guidelines for talking in places such as DUI Schools.","Organization, Content, Function, and Maintenance of the Web Site.","Without values, there is no morality.","And that principle serves as one of the cornerstones of recovery as well as our traditions.","The format poses inventory questions followed by material from published sources of CA, NA, and AA.","Am I careful about throwing AA names around even within the Fellowship?","Iow does the treasurer feel about it?","And do I insist on things being done in those ways?","AA office you love can be hard.","No eating, smoking, or vaping in or around the booth.","What workers in other alcoholism agencies do?","Twelve Traditions Illustrated Based on the Grapevine series: presents both the spirit and the practical application of our traditions.","Each is their own person.","The Golden rule is, of course, do unto others as you would have them do unto you.","Primary world service leadership, once exercised by the founders, must necessarily be assumed by the trustees.","Intergroup to keep things up and running.","Below is a Tradition checklist published by central service.","As an individual, you want to reach your goal of sobriety.","Enter your comment here.","Being in charge is not all that important to either one of us.","As suggested by the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, you can pray or meditate by being still, quiet, stopping, reflecting and listening to your thoughts.","Ask yourself: Do I think of my partner and myself as a unit?","Anonymity or selflessness is a spiritual foundation of our way of life as mates, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities.","Some of us approach romance or marriage as though it were a game of some sort.","How to live successfully with others can be found within our traditions.","We set about our redemption in several ways.","It is our belief, and that of many others, that they lost their way because they had no guiding principles or traditions.","We believe that when God has information for one of us, He gives it to us directly or indirectly through a third person.","Do I set myself up as a judge of whether a newcomer is sincere or not?","Despite their very best intentions, others will ultimately fail from time to time.","If so, why do I need to do that?","We do not advocate emotional nudity.","As we talked about earlier, we all bring our baggage with us into relationships and most of us had a lot of baggage.","See the website show notes for more information.","Any abuse of email addresses found, address will be immediately suspended until the issue is resolved.","Yet not one person had offered a loan.","Most of them give freely of themselves, that their fellows may enjoy sound minds and bodies.","So we admire your willingness to take that chance.","Do I attempt to assume control of my partner and our relationship?","This helps prevent the divisiveness that can undermine not only the group but each member of the group.","We were afraid of rejection.","Dave likes backpacking, mountaineering, kayaking, rock climbing, working out at the gym.","We thank you for your time and your attention.","Anonymity is keeping silent when our partner makes a mistake.","Take this test and then you decide.","If we cannot understand and accept that notion, then we are clearly saying that our troubles are caused by other people or places or things.","Do I ever give the impression that there really is an AA opinion on Antabuse?","The principals they embody are universal, applicable to everyone, whatever your personal creed.","Our defiant individualism was the main reason we all failed in life and resorted to alcohol and drugs.","By trying a variety of meetings in your area, you can find one that suits you.","This feature is not supported for private documents.","Your Intergroup Central Office provides AAWS and Grapevine items plus our own Meeting Directory and a few small excerpts from Conference Approved material produced by us with permission of AAWS.","Can we see a direct link to our home group?","There is also the issue of control here.","We both freely and happily admit that everything we know about how to conduct a relationship with another human being was learned in Alcoholics Anonymous.","In fact, we avoid heated controversy completely.","Term: This is an appointed or volunteer position, acting in service, as outlined below.","We believe that if we are not responsible for ourselves, we cannot be an equal in our relationships.","Until further notice this meeting and all future meetings will be conducted on Zoom.","AA has saved his life.","Tradition Three: The only requirement for AA membership is a desire to stop drinking.","This may include flyers, brochures, booklets, audio or video presentations, speakers, panels of speakers, web pages, and information booths.","Get the app to read and listen anytime, anywhere.","But what could I say?","Our separateness is our mutual strength.","Do I always think about how or if my decisions will affect my partner?","Birthday Plan for individual contributions.","The following is a sample interview that has been put together to help show how to provide a positive approach to answering questions about Narcotics Anonymous.","Is There an Alcoholic in your Life?","This is not an accident.","It is our belief that when someone is asked point blank what he stands for, that person should be able to tell him.","Do I support, in every way I can, AA as a whole, or just the parts I understand and approve of?","Do I try to sound like an expert on things?","There seem to be underlying pockets of distrust in psychotherapy in Alcoholics Anonymous.","We cannot guarantee that all items are in stock at all times since we do not maintain a large inventory of low volume items.","Removing from Saved will also delete the title from your lists.","We actually banned a guy from our meeting who had been coming to AA for nearly two decades after we found out that he never had a drink before in his life.","Indianapolis Intergroup office is closed.","Anonymity is a positive attitude, not complaining when things are not just as we would have them.","If so, what is it?","Do I share with AA all of me, the bad and the good, accepting as well as giving the help of fellowship?","Web Site Committee as conditions warrant.","Do you often ask for advice?","Do I sometimes try to get some reward even if not money for my personal AA efforts?","It was decided that, should you so desire, you may appear before members of this Committee and state your attitude.","We believe He realizes that to help us when we can help ourselves is to cripple us and to compromise his greatest of all gifts: free choice.","This is the regular meeting of the group of Alcoholics Anonymous.","Try to remember that though God has wrought miracles among us, we should never belittle a good doctor or psychiatrist.","Who or what was my role model for a healthy relationship?","Other duties, regarding the Web Site, as delegated.","Thanks for your feedback!","In my own AA life, have I had any experiences which illustrate the wisdom of this Tradition?","Visitors to any linked websites should not use or rely on the information contained therein until they have consulted with an independent financial professional.","Silkworth stated that the chronic alcoholic must experience an entire psychic change if he is to survive this fatal malady.","Is my relationship growing more healthy or getting sicker?","Selection and contracting with a Domain Registrar and Web Host Provider.","Yet AA has thus far succeeded.","Am I absolutely trustworthy, even in secret, with AA Twelfth Step jobs or other AA responsibility?","Do I listen when my mate has something to say?","It is never personal authority.","Triangle Club except as tenants.","BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW!","You are commenting using your Twitter account.","We now try to be patient, tolerant, with regard for the others feelings.","Does my group consider the welfare of nearby groups in its actions and decisions?","If you think you have been blocked in error, contact the owner of this site for assistance.","As a group prepares to make a decision, all sides must be given an opportunity to speak without judgment or derision.","Do I set a positive leadership example?","Included in your membership!","Is my own behavior accurately described by the Traditions?","Living up to these principles takes work and dedication, but so does becoming a part of AA.","What else can we expect our nature as alcoholics to be?","You spread the happy word.","You are commenting using your Facebook account.","Do I criticize or do I trust and support my group officers, AA committees, and office workers?","Do I really understand that my troubles are of my own making?","Unfortunately, we find members and their partners who are getting healthy individually but who are in relationships that are far from robust.","AA in Colorado Springs, CO.","Do I feel like there are only certain ways to do things?","You will see the trees bend in the wind.","Do we manipulate the traditions through uninformed, ill informed or manipulative opinions, exerting personal leadership or do we remain open minded, actively learning about tradition and willing to change our minds to achieve unity?","Is my ego so strong that I must have credit for more than I do?","This account has expired.","Information sent out as soon as received.","Alcoholics Anonymous is a voluntary, worldwide fellowship of men and women from all walks of life who meet together to attain and maintain sobriety.","Do I set myself up as a judge of whether a newcomer is sincere or phony?","The Cooperation with Professional Community Committee is to liaison with the professional community to further public awareness of Alcoholics Anonymous.","General Service Conference or in our local service structure?","The earning member of the relationship may begin to feel that their only purpose is to be a paycheck in the relationship.","Am I willing to explain firmly to a newcomer the limitations of AA help, even if he gets mad at me for not giving him a loan?","Psychotherapy informs and can open the door to healing.","This is especially true in the person who cannot feel whole without a love partner in their life all the time.","Am I publicly critical of my mate?","AA cannot survive without contributions.","Coming out of Treatment?","What is Drug Addicts Anonymous?","Am I a giver or a taker?","Our relationship ought never be organized or under the control of only one partner.","PMTradition Four: AA as a whole.","Sometimes we need to flow with what is going on.","The short form of the Concepts are listed here.","Last Message and Dr.","Do we hold regular group conscience meetings encouraging everyone to participate?","The tenth concept of service takes the process one step further and specifies what kind of inventory I should be writing about: The responsibilities for which God has given me authority.","Is my brand of AA attractive so that other drunks might want it?","Do we practice rotating leadership, stepping out of office regardless if we believe others are not available, not willing and not qualified or do we remain frozen in office?","Step the next newcomer without regard to who or what is in it for me?","Cooperate with local, district and area committees.","Do I always bear in mind that, to those outsiders who know I am in AA, I may to some extent represent our entire beloved Fellowship?","Have we had a spiritual awakening?","You are about to leave our site to visit an external link, are you sure you want to proceed?","How Does a Person Who Is Atheist or Agnostic Pray?","Meetings are now available with American Sign Language services for the Deaf.","This information is both for people who may have a drinking problem and for those in contact with people who have, or are suspected of having, a problem.","Everything you want to read.","In my own AA life, have I any experiences which illustrate the wisdom of this Tradition?","Since we no longer have him with us, we look forward to less friction and more harmony at our club.","This allows the dominator to feel indispensable and important and without realizing it, he or she then assumes a managing and controlling attitude.","So that line of thinking is a dead end.","An outside issue is anything outside of my relationship with God through sobriety.","Please bring a dish to pass.","The best relationship are those where dependence is mutual, independence is equal, and obligations are reciprocal.","Many groups failed and most of the men and women died in their alcoholism as a result.","The end result usually turns out the same.","The primary purpose of this site is to carry the message contained within the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous.","It amazes me how easily she does some things that are so difficult for me.","Alcoholic in Your Life?","US and Canada AA Resources at AA.","You can add your own CSS here.","In most areas, any group that so wishes can belong to the local intergroup, which is supported by contributions from its member groups.","So we must ponder carefully the experience others have already had of trying to work and live together.","Sunday, will be our monthly District meeting.","Thank you for your rating!","His judgemental fanclub that bothers me.","We strive to be uncomplicated.","Employers learn that great corporations have set their approval upon us, and wish to discover what can be done about alcoholism in their own firms.","To help ourselves through helping others.","We do this by practising The Twelve Steps, by welcoming and giving comfort to families of alcoholics, and by giving understanding and encouragement to the alcoholic.","Arrange systems for groups to exchange speakers.","To preserve anonymity, no last names are used.","Do I try to be boss?","Do I ever try to get a certain AA group to conform to my standards, not its own?","We are debt free, we own no property.","Underscore may be freely distributed under the MIT license.","Know someone else who could use this document?","We need to be on still better terms with medicine, religion, employers, governments, courts, prisons, mental hospitals, and all enterprises in the alcoholism field.","What am I willing to sacrifice for our relationship?","What is the Solution to Alcoholism?","This event has passed.","When we are together we are very powerful.","Do I think my relationship is attractive to others?","The Web Site Chairperson may contact the submitter to verify the event.","FROM THE GENERAL SERVICE OFFICE OF GREAT BRITAIN.","And is that my opinion or my partners?","However, we reserve the right to remove any personally identifiable information, such as last names and home phone numbers from the flyers.","To be rigid is to break.","In my mind, do I prejudge some new AA members as losers?","Like personal recovery, we shall always have to work to maintain it.","In moments of confusion or unbalance, stop, ask yourself or the higher power for the right way to proceed.","Is it ever wise for a group to lease a small building or endorse an outside event?","What makes all this possible?","Do I sometimes promote AA so fanatically that I might make it seem unattractive?","You may say that doing so makes you feel better.","The values we refer to are fidelity or loyalty, commitment, honesty, integrity, fairness, equity, virtue, and the meaning of love.","Visit our Accessibilities page for more information.","And the something we do is frequently going to be contrary to the way we feel.","It works when other activities fail.","We sometimes become restless, irritable, and discontented.","To make a fundamental shift in perspective, we must first take some kind of action.","In group discussions, do I sound off about matters on which I have no experience and little knowledge?","They are not crutches for one another.","If yes, do I know what that amount is?","Do I feel that it is my place to govern?","OA and AA literature are primary references for working the Steps.","Do I remember that AA oldtimers, too, can be alcoholics who still suffer?","For many AA members, they say they have discovered their higher power and form a better understanding of that power.","They didn t regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it.","Other duties as delegated by vote of the Web Site Committee.","God as He may express Himself in our group conscience.","Does our group ever use money from the basket for dinners or events or for memorials for members who have passed on?","Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.","How can my partners being in touch with reality help me.","CU\u00c1LES SON LAS DOCE TRADICIONES Y POR QU\u00c9 SON TAN IMPORTANTES?","Neither of us can make loans without the others prior knowledge and agreement.","Indianapolis and surrounding area communities through school, news media, civic groups, business organizations, clergymen, doctors, alcoholic treatment centers, hospitals, judges, and court programs.","PRAYING FOR OTHER PEOPLE SESSION ONE HOW TO PRAY FOR OTHER PEOPLE When friends get together, they talk about their problems.","We will post all updates, as we get, them on our website.","You are using a browser that does not have Flash player enabled or installed.","But then I began to see rotation in action, and i learned the difference between ruling and serving.","Do my actions say that I have a desire to be in this relationship.","Is it more important to get a big AA collection from a few people, or a smaller collection in which more members participate?","Anon has one purpose: to help families of alcoholics.","How can we stay united and focused?","God can be described as a religious being, or for atheists and agnostics, it can simply mean the group dynamic experienced as a member at an AA meeting or even another individual.","Watch for messages back from the remote login window.","Am I so insecure that I must always have praise for my actions and ideas?","The kids would think AA is useless and be less likely to seek it when they need to seek sobriety.","As always, call us anytime with questions and we will be happy to help in any way!","Corrections committee and the Treatment committee service commitments by month.","There is however a lot of room for gratitude, humility, willingness, love, forgiveness, understanding, joy, and freedom.","Invalid character in name.","Final Conference Report, a full account of proceedings.","What his other problems are?","Welcome to the Monday Night Relapse Prevention Meeting of Crystal Meth Anonymous.","Concept VIII: The trustees are the principal planners and administrators of overall policy and finance.","Earlier in our marriage, we tried psychotherapy, individually and as a couple.","Do I make an effort to understand what AA employees do?","Are we careful to avoid public controversy?","Was this page helpful?","Most importantly, we can easily deceive ourselves and our motives.","It means we practice honesty, humility, compassion, tolerance, and patience with everyone, whether we like them or not.","AA is and how it works.","What Is Overeaters Anonymous?","With that being said, all members of the group must be willing to accept the majority opinion and work together to put any decision into action.","We have become now peaceful with that idea.","Yet where are they today?","This committee reviews and oversees pertinent financial concerns, budgets, and accounting.","Do I give relationships a bad name?","We become potential victims for the managers and controllers of the world.","If we resist, it becomes more painful.","Imagine all the restrictions lifted and we finally get to go back to our groups only to find the landlord locked the doors for failure to pay.","Why is it important in a relationship that both members are independent spiritually, emotionally and physically?","If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it.","Do my utterances always reflect the Tenth Tradition, or do I give AA critics real ammunition?","What would AA be without this Tradition?","World Services and are used with permission.","This website is not endorsed nor approved by Alcoholics Anonymous World Services Inc.","We will cover approximately three chapters of reading material per week, with associated questions.","The Traditions are a way for the groups within a Twelve Step fellowship to keep from destroying themselves.","Do I have an immature need for attention and recognition?","The traditions are sort of like the AA torah.","The request is badly formed.","Do I really understand that I have a part in everything and that whenever I am upset, there is something wrong with me?","In my opinions of and remarks about other AAs, do I imply that membership requirements go beyond the desire to stay sober?","Note: This following note was passed on to me, a few years back, so it is added here, as well.","If my relationship with my partner were not guided by this tradition, what would it be like?","Am I careful not to identify myself or others as members of AA when I post certain things on social media, such as Facebook, Twitter or Instagram?","We think that we are okay because we think that we are fulfilling a vital role.","Twelve Steps illustrated an easy to read version of AA Twelve Steps.","Do the words match the actions?","Can I listen to my partners feelings with an open mind?","What would happen to if AA as a whole disappeared?","Your Scribd membership was canceled.","These Traditions are a natural progression of the principles provided for us in the Twelve Steps.","Feel free to go to any meeting anywhere, the only requirement for membership is that there be a problem of alcoholism in a relative or friend.","She did not say what will I do.","They have served us well.","If you know of a group closure that is not listed on the site, please call us and let us know.","Does my attitude, behavior, and appearance attract the kind of person that I would like to have with me?","Understanding Anonymity Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities.","The newsletter is provided digitally on the www.","It provides individual members to staff health fair booths and other entities as they may appear.","It needs to be spontaneous, unpretentious, unrehearsed, and candid.","Is there a spiritual foundation to our relationship?","Do I go to enough AA meetings or read enough AA literature to really keep in touch?","She is her own person.","The page where these guidelines will reside on the web site.","Introductory pamphlet describing the kind of people AAs are and what AAs have learned about alcoholism.","For without some degree of humility, no alcoholic can stay sober at all.","You can now make contributions and payments online!","Should we handle this great instrument badly, we shall be shattered by the ego manifestations of our own people.","Is AA for me?","Anon Intergroup, and from many other AA and Alanon friends all over the world.","We must remember that active participation by both members in the relationship is vital to its growth.","What in AA history gave rise to our Tenth Tradition?","Fried Chicken will be served.","If that is so, then for us to get better, we must get people, places, or things to change.","Anon Family Groups are an anonymous fellowship, so what is said in a meeting is held in confidence and your anonymity is protected at all times.","Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio and films.","It is not strange therefore that the only real authority to be found in AA is that of spiritual principal.","Do I breach this or any of its supporting Traditions in subtle, perhaps unconscious, ways?","You might also ask God to allow you to see the other person through His eyes.","Do I assume responsibility or do I try to take on authority?","Without realizing it we can create situations in which we place ourselves in the role of helper, fixer, or enabler.","Do we pass that conscience on to the district, area, or the local intergroup meetings?","We have learned that lessons can be learned from everyone.","You have exceeded the Google API usage limit.","Hardly one of our crowd now shows any dissipation.","Ensure there is a back up copy of all files of the Web Site available.","Sharing a public link to a document marked private will allow others to view it.","Do I try to be the boss?","Inside Tradition Eleven: Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio, and films.","This title is also in a list.","She is bright, has a nimble mind, and a lot of enthusiasm for life.","Provides a list of practical questions about how the traditions can be practiced on a daily basis.","Serving Indian River, St.","Am I willing to explain firmly to a newcomer the limitationsof AA help, even if he getsmad at me for not giving him a loan?","Our leaders are but trusted servants, they do not govern.","Kit; in addition, the Final Conference Report.","Without that essential growth our spiritual illness began to dominate us again, the obsession returned and a loss of sobriety was sure to follow.","Learn the best ways to manage stress and negativity in your life.","Thank you for loving this.","The page you were looking for may have been moved, updated or deleted.","Talkspace, Betterhelp, and Regain.","When we are in the early stages of recovery, we naturally become impatient for more, more, faster, faster.","Can I distinguish clearly among them?","What is an outside issue?","Rarely were any of our expectations met.","Because we are mostly autonomous, it is up to us individually to avoid any action that might harm our relationship.","Polly and Dave truly, deeply love each other.","Am I guilty of promotion rather than attraction?","Trying to sound as if I were merely asking you can take care of these other problems yourself.","We continue to see nuances to their wording that cast new perspectives on our daily living.","AA should be done?","You check the literature rack to make sure your group is offering all the sobriety tools available.","Is AA For Me?","Many of us chant these words along with the reader whenever the Twelve Traditions are read.","My question then is this: Would you want to have a relationship with anyone who would answer such an ad?","AA meeting on tape flyer: Tapeworms correspondence group by tape for those cannot attend regular AA meetings.","How expensive is my love and companionship?","Access this document and millions more.","This report lets individual meetings know what they have paid, what the individual meeting has in reserves and owes, and what monies, if any, are owed to them by the Triangle Club.","Hang in there folks!","It has the tone of a sales pitch or a guarantee that cannot be delivered.","The Twelfth Step asks us to apply principles in all our affairs; the Twelfth Tradition suggests we apply them to our relations with everyone.","There is some spillover from her actions that I get to enjoy.","Suggested Telephone Meeting Format We have found that consistent use of this format keeps meetings focused on OA recovery, reinforces our program, and encourages unity.","The only requirement for AA membership is a desire to stop drinking.","Our answer has been the steps and traditions of AA.","Do I use silence as a refuge or punishment while expecting my mate to read my mind?","How Can We Help?","Coordinate the efforts of intergroup committees.","In a way, yes.","If you are thinking mostly about yourself, you are not likely to have a relationship with another person that will bring you joy and happiness.","Therefore, a great responsibility fell upon us to develop the best possible public relations policy for Alcoholics Anonymous.","Wrongful use of the site and this access privilege can result in removal of access to the site.","It Sure Beats Sitting in a Cell An illustrated pamphlet which presents the experience of seven inmates who found AA while in prison.","The tone of these activities must remain close to supplying information instead of being promotional.","While they were originally intended as suggestions for individual use, many AA groups have since adopted them and use them as a basis for wider discussion.","Existing subscribers will continue to receive their mailed copies until their current subscription runs out.","For our group purpose, there is but one ultimate authority: A loving God as he may express Himself in our group conscience.","Where it all begins.","If html does not have either class, do not show lazy loaded images.","Another way to say this is that we must have the ability to become unselfish.","Am I managed and controlled by the purse strings?","Suggested Meeting Format We have found that consistent use of this format keeps meetings focused on OA recovery, reinforces our program, and encourages unity.","Do I help my group in every way I can to fulfill our primary purpose?","Because of this sick, exaggerated need, the person fails to find a lasting relationship and thus goes from person to person trying to find themselves and some security through someone else.","Is AA for you?","On our meetings page you can find a meeting that is close to you, where you will meet others like you.","We must fully concede that our troubles are of our own making.","The link you have selected is located on another server.","In case you do not with to appear, we shall consider the matter closed and that your membership is terminated.","Please talk to your groups and see if there is anything WE as District can do to be service to them.","There are times when each of us thinks the other is dead wrong about something.","Am I a patient and uncritical listener?","They need no promotion.","AA derive their authority from a loving god expressing himself within the informed group conscience.","When one partner speaks for the relationship without consulting the other member, they take on responsibilities to which they have no claim.","AA has a program for living in a way that lets us enjoy our lives.","Do I sometimes promote AA so fanatically that I make it seem unattractive?","The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking.","Should the meeting secretary intervene to remind AA members about this Tradition if a member starts criticizing one political party compared to others or favoring a religion over others?","Share knowledge with friends.","Our history indicates that we were unable to find recovery in groups that disregarded these principles.","Am I gentle with those who rub me the wrong way, or am I abrasive?","Informal guide tells how a group works most effectively, how a new group can be started, and how each group can be linked to AA as a whole.","The only problem we ever really have is separation from God.","Organizations such as schools, treatment facilities and employee assistance programs call to request speakers from AA.","Ideas about personal hygiene, dress, behavior.","You will then receive an email that helps you regain access.","How generous was I when tanked in a barroom?","Schedule or call Web Site Committee meetings, recording minutes and submitting those in writing to the District.","Being needed to be needed seems to be one of the symptoms of our disease.","Each partner is free to choose their own way of functioning, yet this freedom carries the responsibility of preserving the unity of the relationship as a whole.","Is my security at risk?","Are there online meetings?","Do I do my share?","Rating will help us to suggest even better related documents to all of our readers!","This downloadable Intergroup contributions form will be useful when making contributions to the Washington Area Intergroup Association, the General Services Office in NY, and the Washington Area General Services Assembly.","Traditions, can also cast a great deal more detail on their meaning.","How each Tradition addresses these ego traps is a subject too extensive for this brief article and can be addressed in articles specific to each Tradition.","Whenever either of us comes into possession of money, we put it in our bank account.","Anon is the most cherished and valuable quality that our societies have.","We encourage each other to follow our passions and because of that, neither one of us ever feels cheated.","Are you the right person?","Do I care if others see every aspect of how I treat my mate?","Traditionally, Rotation keeps AA members from becoming frozen in office.","Anon Outreach Committee with decades of experience writing about alcoholism.","Do you think in terms of our house, our cars, our bank account, our dogs, our furniture?","For example, if John Doe uses his full name in an interview, he should not name his recovery group.","Is my relationship treated with care in public?","We need to be on the path of least resistance.","Flexible strength is better than inflexible.","Is there some kind of alcoholic whom I privately or publicly do not want in my AA group?","Why is it a good idea for me to place the common welfare of all AA members before individual welfare?","THE AA GRAPEVINE INC.","How important is liking myself to my relationship.","The main thing is that he be willing to believe in a Power greater than himself and that he live by spiritual principles.","Before You Take That Bite Before you take that bite, read this pamphlet and remember today you have a choice.","Birthday plan records are maintained.","Having a solid relationship with a Higher Power within is vital to expressing unity in a relationship.","There are also a variety of LGBT recovery meetings throughout DC, Maryland and Virginia.","The Steps are a way for the individual addict to survive his or her addiction.","How generous was I when drunk in a barroom?","Copies of the Report are available to groups upon request.","Of Internationalists miles from port?","Appendix I, Alcoholics Anonymous.","Most of the time, he who is most interested does.","Subscribers can read and download full documents.","He stuck out his hand and squeezed mine.","We each are able to be responsible for our own growth.","We each actively encourage the other to follow their bliss and their heart.","We urge you to be wary.","The inquiring voices are not all alcoholics or their families.","AA groups in hospitals and prisons?","COURT AND SIMILAR PROGRAMS WHAT KINDS OF PROGRAMS DOES THIS GUIDELINE COVER?","DO I do good things for my relationship anonymously?","Insure payments of fees are made on time regarding Domain Registration, Web Hosting, etc.","Am I willing to help a newcomer go to any lengthshis lengths, not mineto stay sober?","When we ask God what we are to do, one day at a time, and then go about trying to do His will, we do not endanger our relationship.","How many more alcoholics died because there was no group to which they could go for a solution to the fatal illness of alcoholism?","Your credit card information is invalid.","AA and the Gospel Rev.","Please enter your password to sign in.","Does my group always consider the welfare of the rest of AA?","What is a Conference Advisory Action?","And when it comes to chores, we try to share.","Polly is very feminine and has little interest in such things.","How can I survive successfully in the world by taking my own inventory and promptly admitting it when I am wrong?","Why I Prepared This Guidebook A Look at Willpower Am I Different?","We are each responsible for taking care of ourselves, but we are enhanced by our association with each other.","Within six months, there were several hundred members and within a few years, there were thousands.","Am I a healing, mending, integrating force in our marriage or am I divisive?","You will see that tree branches are flexible.","Washingtonians took in their success and power became such that they felt empowered to address problems other than alcoholism.","Am I able to share my feelings with my partner?","Do I do all I can do to support AA financially?","So, after all of this teeing up, lets go through the traditions and see how we may apply their underlying ideas to our relationships.","Alcoholics Anonymous as a Resource for Professionals Information for medical and other professionals Alcoholics Anonymous offers the suffering alcoholic help in attaining and maintaining sobriety.","Any relationship is going to be assailed from time to time by misfortune: someone will lose a job; a bit of gossip will float in; illness will come along; financial hardship will strike; a parent will grow old and need help.","What Are The Twelve Traditions And Why Are They So Important?","Tickets are sold for upcoming AA events, and correspondence is answered.","Monitoring performance to make your website faster.","This group believed in the principles of first century Christianity, that is, one Christian sharing with another.","Therefore, no society of men and women ever had a more urgent NEED for continuous effectiveness and permanent unity.","For example, many of us were always afraid to be seen as we really were.","If you love someone, you treat them like you love them.","Become a Scribd member for full access.","Or, because of my own insecurity, is it critical to my ego that I be right?","Have I paid enough attention to the book Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions?","ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism.","You should find your partner intellectually stimulating, emotionally attractive, and sexually enticing.","There are days when one or the other of us become lazy about upholding our part of a relationship.","Usually, most of us find courtesy easily practiced with strangers or those outside our relationships yet when we are dealing with the most precious persons in our lives, we sometimes leave simple kindness out of our manner.","Supporting, Declining Outside Contributions.","Grapevine copyrights, service marks, and trademarks uses and permissions.","If you are the site owner, click below to login.","Service Material from the General Service Office We have some great news!","We now understand that part of our motivation was one that we think is fairly routine in AA.","We alcoholics see that we must work together and hang together, else most of us will finally die alone.","The Alcoholics Anonymous groups oppose no one.","The Group Booklet, Revised.","Keep drinks under the table.","We are certain of it.","When we have life problems it is good for us to be flexible.","The site will also provide a link to Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.","Do I ever try to get a certain AA group to conform to standards, not its own?","We thank you ALWAYS for your continued support and are grateful for each of you!","Do I look for credit in my AA jobs, praise for my AA ideas?","We are convinced that a spiritual mode of living is a most powerful health restorative.","The linked site contains information that has been created, published, maintained, or otherwise posted by institutions or organizations independent of this organization.","Neither of us is an extension of the personality or attitude or being of the other.","Tradition five also asks us to give comfort, encouragement, and understanding to our partner.","AA and are each and every one of them is willing to die for their way.","Anon or Alcoholics Anonymous, they then should not identify themselves except by first name only.","Dysfunctional behavior from my family of origin.","So it is important that we do whatever it takes to communicate with each other.","While they were originally intended primarily for individual use, many AA groups have since used them as a basis for wider discussion.","Our experience with psychotherapy had mixed results.","How does the treasurer feel about it?","We even had difficulty in groups that too loosely interpreted these Traditions.","One woman was scared by him very badly and accused him of sexual harassment.","Are groups still meeting in person?","Do we practice rotating leadership assuring anonymity in service or do we have leadership exhibiting personal endeavors and individual personalities?","Chips, medallions, and outside published material may be obtained at shops in the county which carry such items.","My name is and I am an alcoholic and your Secretary.","Unity requires harmonious cooperation.","The AA Group Informal guide tells how the group works most effectively, how the new group can be started, how each group can be linked to AA as a whole, and group inventory information.","Do we understand how the roles of nontrustee directors and nontrustee appointed committee members help serve and strengthen the committee system?","Explains clearly what anonymity means both within and outside AA.","One problem we have had is that neither of us likes confrontation.","Report to Committee all issues involving operation, maintenance, function, content, and communication with the Web Site.","The Traditions provided us a way to not kill each other.","Cancel whenever you want.","Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.","Loss of sobriety is what followed when they failed to pursue this humble way of life.","Polly is my rock and that is a very unifying characteristic.","Area Delegate to the General Service Conference.","Some alcoholics will stay around AA only if we have a TV and card room.","The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.","Fortunately, we found Alcoholics Anonymous and we have changed.","None of us got here knowing how to be a good partner.","Being publicly critical gets to be a habit and, in our opinion, is one of the symptoms of alcoholism.","God, not from having to have someone in our life in order to feel to feel okay about ourselves.","The alignment of thoughts in groups of people will cause One Mind to form.","The Web Site Committee Chair will pay annual fees for registration of the domain name and for web hosting services.","Or help with a job?","The risk for doing this however is that resentments can build up.","Of a group in Rome or El Salvador?","This is kind of tough.","It describes what AA.","What was the problem?","This is a load to carry into a relationship.","Do I resort to emotional blackmail?","Do I criticize my mate?","Do I spout platitudes about love while indulging in and secretly justifying behavior that bristles with hostility?","Why doesn t every AA group need a constitution and bylaws?","We have no money or property.","The report had an impact and from that arose a movement called the Washingtonians.","The Twelve Traditions Illustrated.","In this program of daily spiritual growth we found a way to avoid a perhaps long, slow, and painful death; alone and in our addiction.","Your browser sent a request that this server could not understand.","Unity begins with each individual.","Many home groups are still paying rent even though their meetings cannot convene.","This sheet tells what to expect from Alcoholics Anonymous.","You already love this today.","If you seek solace in a bottle or in bars, you may have other problems going such as a broken relationship or crumbling marriage, a criminal history or generally, a life in turmoil.","We are going to spend the next few pages briefly looking at the history of the traditions: There is a point to be made here that is very important.","It promotes a relationship of healthy equals.","Do I place our common welfare first?","It contains all there is in great measure if you let it.","There is no one person whose sobriety is more or less important then anyone elses.","There is no room in our primary purpose for ego, pride, arrogance, selfishness, or unwillingness.","There is a difference between making information available and promoting the program.","Am I a peacemaker?","OK for her to go away for the weekend to speak at a convention.","Am I mature enough to understand and use all elements of the AA programeven if no one makes me do sowith a sense of personal responsibility?","And are they my ways?","The other reason is that values and traditions are needed to guide us in the way we treat each other.","Must cheerfully endure for long periods without interactive communication other than occasional grunts.","Are we willing to do what it takes to insure that our democracy of world service will work under all conditions?","There was an error.","We all have it.","How do we achieve a Minneapolis?","Old San Francisco Rd.","Please watch for updates for all Districts and Committees.","Attend regular Web Site Committee meetings.","Online meeting updates can now be found in our meeting directory.","The study and practice of these principles helps us to increase the humility necessary to keep pace with the progression of our spiritual malady.","We are too insecure.","In this respect, we do not enter into public controversy because we know that our society will perish if it does.","Group Services provides materials and information to assist in registering groups and districts with all service entities.","The alcoholics learned these lessons the hard way, out of their experience.","Further, meeting schedules are updated and printed, reports to the fellowship are compiled and printed.","In the Big Book it says we must let go of all our old ideas or the results will be nil, meaning these old ideas are destructive and prevent a happy existence.","Unity means sharing views and not insisting on promoting our own way as the only way.","Notify me of new comments via email.","As we have said, neither of us is the boss.","As individuals, we can and should work with those that promise success even a little success.","We have all had to learn, sometimes slowly and painfully, how to do better.","Adult Children of Alcoholics World Service Organization, Inc.","What is the real importance of me among more than a million AAs?","This list is provided for your convenience for general information about the items we carry.","Am I sometimes divisive?","With his usual foresight, Bill had looked around the program some ten years after he and Dr.","Twelve Traditions unanimously by standing vote.","AA may be able to function upon the power of its own fundamental principles rather than upon the prestige or inspiration of a highly personalized leadership.","The relationship of the tenth tradition to the tenth step is this: I can be at peace and avoid outside issues by taking my inventory and not yours.","The spirit of this tradition is that we accept another person as they are, putting both the Golden and Silver Rules into practice within the relationship.","Verify, with groups requesting to post, the validity of a request to post a function or event flyer.","How should your mate be treated?","We hope that these traditions enrich your life as much as they have ours.","Yes many groups and individuals have created an online platform to hold meetings.","We are each in charge of our own anonymity.","Your heart knows everything.","Can I be true to my own beliefs?","Various Area Intergroups with hotline phone numbers.","Let the storm flow over you, and then pop back up.","The Grapevine, AA Grapevine and La Vina are registered trademarks of AA Grapevine, Inc.","OK to let the government subsidize AA groups in hospitals and prisons?","He is the medical director at Alcohol Recovery Medicine.","You can find the group closures on our website under the MEETING APP tab.","When is the last time I anonymously gave away a Grapevine subscription?","Do I set myself up as a judge of my partners intentions or sincerity?","Can I remember that giving is a position of control and that receiving is a position of powerlessness.","We have had couples ask us about money.","This is especially true when the one being dominated is afraid and unsure of themselves and want someone else to be responsible for all the decisions.","Most of the Traditions are designed to support that work.","We must live our way into good thinking.","Good Evening ladies and gentlemen.","Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our Traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities.","Do we experience through rotating leadership at all service levels, a kind of democracy rarely possible elsewhere or do we experience an authoritarian and fixed leadership interfering with our true ultimate authority?","We learn a lot from each other.","Neither of us must do anything to limit the options of the other to avoid being hurt or frightened.","We have become secure within ourselves and our relationship so we do not feel such an attitude is threatening.","It is futile to think we will find anything in being a victim other than depression and a grinding, oppressive sense of defeat.","Concept Xl: The trustees should always have the best possible committees, corporate service directors, executives, staffs, and consultants.","Do I try both to help them and to learn from them?","If our marriage, indeed our lives, were ever going to work, we had to change.","Fellowship and the delegates and board members that make up our General Service Conference, as well as to do public information, corrections and other service.","What does my mate have to do to keep my ego fluffed up.","They are the precepts of AA or the embodiment of values for which AA stands.","Is my AA sobriety attractive enough that a sick drunk would want such a quality for himself?","This page contains District Committee reports, requests for volunteers, and other service related articles and expressions.","Each partner is able to do their own part without asking or expecting the other to do it for them.","Groups can schedule a day and time to come purchase literature with Erin.","Elwood Wooster in New England and was successful for a time in helping people to get sober.","What Happened to Joe?","What happens when one partner in the relationship is getting noticeably better and the other is not?","This site uses Akismet to reduce spam.","Do I complain about the decisions that my group makes, even though I do not attend the business meetings where these decisions are made?","We are very sorry that occurred and assure you that all of us regret it very much.","Now bringing you back.","Please check your email.","Am I aware of all those to whom I am responsible in any AA job?","The questions are challenging and set me back on my heels.","AA group need a constitution and bylaws?","Do I sometimes promote AA so fanatically that I make it seem attractive?","Although I have been sober a few years, am I still willing to serve my turn at AA chores?","We need guard with special care the anonymity of all AA members.","This is important in protecting the relationship and its unity.","Each individual in the community must align their thoughts with what other members are thinking.","This understanding has allowed us to relax our tight unrealistic expectations of each other.","It adds to our dignity and stature when we are able to avoid saying things we will surely regret.","Next time you get into a heated argument with your mate, listen very carefully and you will hear his or her mind snap shut.","These are difficult problems to deal with and are the breeding ground for anger and resentments.","We take security and responsibility for your data seriously.","This is the way the ancestors told us we need to be.","Concept Vll: The Charter and Bylaws of the General Service Board are legal instruments, empowering the trustees to manage and conduct world service affairs.","Do I demand precise equality?","We do not assume responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of the information contained therein.","The point is AA members discover through participation in the program that there is a power greater than themselves, and they have seen that power at work.","No partner can assume the position of speaking for the other without first having consulted him or her.","Kit with some items available for download.","Neither of us knows when the other should call their sponsor or go to a meeting.","She did not say how much will it cost.","Neither of us can meet all of the needs of the other.","Or, heaven help me, even on humility?","More information about this error may be available in the server error log.","Have I learned how and when to step aside gracefully when I begin to overstep my bounds?","Our common welfare should come first; personal progress depends upon AA unity.","Do I approach my marriage unselfishly or do I depend on my mates language, looks, race, education, age, appearance, job, or other such things for my own self esteem?","Or do I, with pious preludes such as just for the sake of discussion, plunge into argument?","Perhaps searching can help.","Yet the support a drug addict would get at an AA meeting from alcoholics is not the same as he would get at a Narcotics Anonymous meeting with other addicts.","Do I try to sound in AA like an expert on alcoholism?","AA documents and memorabilia.","These contributions are purely voluntary.","The list was on an old crinpled up and yellowing, slighly ripped piece of paper that I could barely read.","In the Big Book, it says we can become restless, irritable, and discontented.","District Officers, Committee Chairs, Webmaster, and Event Sponsors.","AA Literature and Audiovisual Material for Special Needs.","Unity cannot automatically preserve itself.","After all, the next time the roles will be reversed and it will be the others turn to be a jerk.","They have all failed in attaining longevity.","Our liquor was but a symptom.","All seven members voted for expulsion.","If every person in the community thinks this way, then we will always make strong decisions.","Who Is an Addict?","This committee coordinates all special events throughout the year, publicizes each one and documents each event for the use of the Committee in following years.","Anon offers hope and recovery to all people affected by the alcoholism of a loved one or friend.","Abraham Lincoln spoke at one of their gatherings so they were successful and accepted in society without any kind of stigma.","Partial list of Fellowships.","Is there some kind of alcoholic whom I privately do not want in my AA group?","Press again to undo.","And if so, do I communicate with my partner and come to agreement?","If we did, we would just squabble over it.","Following the recommendation from this years conference, check out this post where you can download a PDF of the Traditions Checklist.","Nobody in our house wants to be in charge.","This phone number format is not recognized.","If you are beginning to suspect that we think relationships should have mutually agreeable values and should be based on principles or traditions, you are right.","This material is presented in the spirit of Alcoholics Anonymous: that is, one alcoholic sharing with other alcoholics for fun and for free.","We wanted to be on the fast track to Realized Ultimate Reality Sobriety.","Polly and she once before me.","This email address is already registered with Scribd.","Polly and I have a joint bank account.","If anything, just the opposite is true.","Our third tradition states that the only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking.","What Does Anonymity Mean?","When our egos swell, our sobriety becomes unstable.","Can I let my partner disagree with my ideas without feeling rejected and without getting defensive?","Tradition Alert: What Can My Group Do?","Promotion involves making promises of results.","Press the space key then arrow keys to make a selection.","The concept was refined in the ensuing years as AA continued to grow and greater emphasis was placed on maintaining uniformity among chapters.","Do I make an effort to understand my partners opinions and views?","Exercise your sense of humor.","That is the question we are trying to answer in this workshop.","We will also need to take a look at the baggage we bring into our relationships.","Besides, feelings are temporary unless stated publicly.","Must remain calm and unflappable during loud immature sometimes crude or vulgar outbursts and must quickly overlook and forget all threats and false bravado.","Who made o smart?","From that bank account, we pay our bills and then share the rest.","They may feel that this absolves them of any kind of blame for mistakes or failure.","How Does It Function?","Add your own Mailchimp form style overrides in your site stylesheet or in this style block.","Please provide your email so we can finish setting up your account.","What has rotation to do with anonymity?","If not available, add a vanilla event listener.","Used with permission of AAWS, Inc.","By doing our best to adapt these traditions and their underlying concepts of good attitude, humility, communication, fearlessness, love, tolerance, courtesy, and honesty, we have seen not only our marriage benefit but all of our other relationships as well.","AA help, even though they may get mad at me for not giving them a loan?","We need to take a look at some common negative or undesirable feelings and try to figure out how to change our perspective.","We are not professional carpenters or plumbers or housekeepers or laundresses.","New York is continuing to support all levels of service.","Study Meeting Format Note: This format may be used as part of a Step study or as part of an OA meeting.","CONTRA STUDY Flyer Contra Study Schedule.","Beyond the obvious physical and hormonal differences, they differ as well in the organization of their thoughts and emotions.","We are talking about what one does, and more specifically, what one does when he is alone and nobody is watching or will ever find out.","When one of us does something or says something that is harmful or hurtful, it is often because we are unhappy with something about ourselves and could possibly need compassion instead of judgment or an angry response.","Report: Brian noted that the group contributions page will be included in the next Recovery Times but was not available for this issue.","We cannot give strong support unless we become mighty men.","Access to this resource on the server is denied!","What values are we talking about?","It is that information that we share with you now.","And if so, do I monitor my share as closely as I monitor my mates?","You are commenting using your Google account.","District Committee Contacts page may be created to show local contact information, if deemed appropriate.","How we achieve the solution.","Must happily accept constructive criticism regarding dress, personal habits, vocabulary, hygiene, driving, language, housekeeping, laundry methods, cooking, and clothes folding.","Alcoholics Anonymous should remain forever nonprofessional, but our service centers may employ special workers.","In a personal situation, I was without a job for about a year and a half.","Your Scribd gift membership has ended.","All of these things help determine our nature as individuals.","Do I encourage and support my partner?","Money is, or should be, uncomplicated and a sign of unity is how infrequently money is a topic of heated discourse in your house.","As always, such freedom brings responsibility.","Olson Our Saviour s Lutheran Church Pipestone, Minnesota Introduction Who here has ever been to an AA meeting?","The item could not be added to your cart because there are not enough in stock.","Add your CSS code here.","What goes on at National Office?","It is far better that we do one thing well than many things poorly.","Live for the Glory of God The Disciple s Response to the Excellence of God How would you like to be remembered?","Update payment for full access.","The Twelve steps and Twelve Traditions are guides for personal growth and group unity.","Am I an Alcoholic?","Which do I give more of to my partner: Positive strokes or negative zingers?","This site uses cookies to improve your experience.","If you are following the guidance and will of God, as you understand him, you are more able to participate in a healthy loving relationship.","What is the purpose of this book?","We each are entitled to our own opinion on outside issues.","Committee members may be taken to approve the requested event for posting to the Events page of the web site.","AA and these type of questions put me in awe of its integrity.","Your Paypal information is invalid.","Our public relations policy is based upon attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio and films.","Do you think the idea that alcoholism is a disease originated with AA?","Life can contain your hearts.","Nor could any other human being govern the alcoholics obsession to drink, his drive to have things his own way.","We were absolutely inseparable and our whole existence was moonlight and passion.","Why is it important that we not get involved in outside enterprises?","Tradition One: AA unity.","The one who is hungry cooks.","Am I in my group a healing, mending, integrating person?","Look at the tabloids.","Your payment is overdue.","While this is not the place to fight that war, the Big Book seems to be relatively clear on the matter.","However, action will change the way we think which will, in turn, change the way we feel.","And nothing is more frightening or feels more emotionally hazardous than facing uncertainty when your heart is on the line.","Was it always this way?","The site may publish additional content, as approved by the District.","The Plaque on Dr.","Would I rather be right than happy?","Do I still try to boss things in AA?","Click the help icon above to learn more.","The Twelve Concepts are guides for service.","What if my group is short on funds?","Page RECOVERY TIMES Vol.","Books, audiobooks, and more.","Is it more important for a group to get a big AA collection from a few people, or a smaller collection in which more members participate?","NEED SOMEONE TO TALK TO?","It is only within the framework of AA that we can remember that whenever either of us is upset, there is something personally wrong.","We realized that to live free each day meant that we had to learn to practice the principle of humility.","Access from your area has been temporarily limited for security reasons.","The same is true when one person in the relationship is overly dependent on the other for their emotional well being.","Their services are often indispensable in treating a newcomer and in following his case afterward.","Attraction means we put information out where individuals seeking it have possible access to it.","At the bottom of the page will be links to email addresses to contact the Webmaster, DCM, and Committee Chairs.","IS AA FOR YOU?","Do I take responsibility for my own spiritual, emotional, and physical needs?","We know each other well so we know where the others Achilles tendon is.","No copyrighted material shall be purposefully posted herein without the express permission of those individuals or institutions possessing ownership of said copyrights.","Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions.","If You are a Professional.","Partners compliment one another.","Perhaps most importantly, there was not the slightest trace of unselfishness and spirituality in our approach to romance, marriage, children, or stepchildren.","The when, where, what, how, and why of that belief, based on our own actual experience, is what this workshop is all about.","Tradition Two: For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience.","Or do I have secrets?","If you are still trying that, give it up.","Can I be flexible?","Can I give my partner the right to be wrong?","Have I a personal responsibility in helping an AA group fulfill its primary purpose?","Things are seldom precisely equal.","This will obviously affect the basket.","If you CAN give but choose not to, just keep comign back.","What is my part?","At this point we have frozen all of our volunteers and volunteer needs for the office EXCEPT answering after hour phones.","But this does not mean that we disregard human health measures.","Is AA for You?","We go everywhere looking for you: asylums, hospitals, jails, detox and treatment centers.","Will they in any way compromise or subvert the alliance that we have worked so hard on.","Tradition Five: Each group has but one primary purpose to carry its message to the alcoholic who still suffers.","Most of what we will be sharing with you is based on our personal adventures, both before and since our marriage.","Do I support AA as a whole in every way I can, or just the parts that I understand and approve of?","AA and the Gospel Introduction Lutheran Service Book; Pastoral Care Companion What is Alcoholics Anonymous?","PM Eastern Standard Time.","The District may choose to restrict the publishing of any telephone numbers as circumstances warrant, except Intergroup numbers.","If GSO runs short of funds some year, wouldn t it be okay to let the government subsidize AA groups in hospitals and prisons?","They are also providing online meetings on platforms that may have associated costs.","Our common welfare should come first.","Clergymen see articles in their church journals and also make inquiries.","Here are some of the most useful pamphlets that AA has created to help answer the most common questions out there.","Do I have personal integrity?","Do you know what we would do for each other?","What the man had said made perfectly good And, by getting drunk, I had illustrated perfectly the special sense behind Five.","As we grew in recovery, we began to see the benefits of applying them to our personal and professional lives.","If all the people think of helping one another, then the community will be service oriented and powerful results will be enjoyed.","Generally speaking, it informed but did not really heal.","The owner of this site is using Wordfence to manage access to their site.","Could such a structure stay intact?","Used unselfishly and well, it can produce results surpassing our present imagination.","Do you know an Alcoholic?","Are You An Alcoholic?","We need to unite ourselves.","Am I willing to help a newcomer go to any lengths his lengths, not mine to stay sober?","Please enter your email address.","Hence our name ought never be drawn into public controversy.","Does the thought of God being in charge of our relationship cause me any discomfort or do I like and rely on that idea?","In our view, it is easy for the member of the relationship that is bringing in the finances, or the greater amount of finances, to control through the purse strings.","Around the turn of the century, another movement got started called the Emmanuel movement.","Is it good for a group to lease a small building?","What must my mate do to accommodate my insecurity?","They knew a new freedom and a new happiness.","Some days, we are both intolerable or uncompromising and the desire is all there is.","There is strength in Unity.","For anyone who thinks he or she may have a problem with alcohol.","Am I in my group a healing, mending, integrating person, or am I divisive?","Web Site Committee Members and the Webmaster.","Many believe that the Traditions apply only to the group.","We ask for permission before placing meetings flyers or leaving ACA material at these places.","Anon Family Groups can help.","Ask yourself, God, or a higher power for the right answers to get you through the day.","Do I admire and approve of my mate?","Do I insist that there are only a few right ways of doing things in AA?","Should the group make a contribution?","They characterize what we believe is fair and just.","Am I willing to twelfthstep the next newcomer without regard to who or what is in it for me?","We admire each other for different reasons.","If you have one hundred people who live together, and if each one cares for the rest, there is One Mind.","As we have just said, attempts to control are so futile as to be almost laughable and lead only to anger, rebellion, and resentments.","You canceled your free trial.","God has abundantly supplied this world with fine doctors, psychologists, and practitioners of various kinds.","The federal or state government?","Update your payment information immediately to avoid losing access to your subscription.","When we thoroughly followed the path of all the Steps and began to apply them in all areas of our lives, we found their practical application manifested as the Traditions.","We have prospered by having no opinion on outside matters and not being drawn into controversy.","Does my own behavior accurately mirror the Traditions?","Central Office also assists Group Secretaries in all matters of group business.","There is no other reason for a group to exist except to find, seek out, go to the still suffering sex addict who wants and needs what we have to offer.","Do I put down some AA activities as if I were superior for not participating in this or that aspect of AA?","We were afraid of ridicule.","We were afraid of being laughed at.","When I chafe about any particular Tradition, do I realize how it affects others?","Guide to Better Twelve Step Discussions.","Choosing a selection results in a full page refresh.","Available through the AA Grapevine website at www.","Is this content inappropriate?","We recommend moving this block and the preceding CSS link to the HEAD of your HTML file.","How would an accurate ad in the personals column read if you were seeking a mate?","If you want to know whether or not you are loved, ask your heart.","This tradition is also an exhortation to have fun, be playful, lighten up.","Do I do unifying things?","Should the Grapevine sell advertising space to book publishers and drug companies, so it could make a big profit and become a bigger magazine, in full color, at a cheaper price per copy?","How about AA members who live in my area or neighborhood?","Should my fellow group members and I go out and raise money to endow several AA beds in our local hospital?","Tolerance of poor hygiene and flatulence a plus.","Section I: Getting Started.","An AA group ought never endorse, finance, or lend the AA name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property, and prestige divert us from our primary purpose.","This control can become ropes to bind the other partner.","The AA Grapevine, Inc.","Do I really listen to my mate and show respect for those opinions and views?","Do I fulfill all AA responsibilities in such a way as to please privately even my own conscience?","He is free to do these things or anything else as long as it does not hurt Polly in any way.","Organization carries with it a certain level of safety.","Step appears at top of each page with simplified text under picture.","Relationships can decompose under such stress.","We individually convey our beliefs and philosophy through attraction rather than promotion.","Fix your billing information to ensure continuous service.","Are We Passing It On?","Please contact each group individually for specific guidelines.","We will get through this!","Often, one partner is a dominating individual.","Links to other websites neither imply endorsement of, nor affiliation with, those entities.","God, treat me tomorrow the way I treat my mate today.","THE PARABLE OF THE TALENTS The kingdom of heaven is like a man traveling to a far country, who called his own servants and delivered his goods to them.","Iumbly asked Iim to remove our shortcomings.","Tradition Nine: AA, as such, ought never be organized; but we may create service boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve.","Putting principles before personalities teaches us to treat everyone equally.","Have I read the book Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions?","What is the problem.","Are You an Alcoholic?","The site also provides information to the general public about AA in our District, and about AA in general.","Concept IX: Good service leadership at all levels is indispensable for our future functioning and safety.","With all this in mind, it follows that a relationship ought never be organized.","Meeting Schedule Announcements Donate to the Triangle Club Today and Double Your Impact!","Anonymity is saying encouraging things to our loved ones; showing gratitude for small favors, etc.","Sometimes provide information on treatment facilities, hospitals and halfway houses.","Some will teach us how to be and others will teach us how not to be.","Canada General Service Office.","Do I think that because something is good for me personally that it is also good for my mate?","What does one do?","Much more than documents.","Operating without a definite purpose became difficult.","The Steps were a way to reduce our egos such that God could be present in our lives.","Access an unlimited number of full length books, audiobooks, and other content.","What gets done at National Office?","There should be attachment in all three areas.","Neither of us is a certified expert on alcoholism, the twelve steps, sex, marriage, medicine, child psychology, spirituality, or humility.","Quit Before the Miracle Happens!","REA, Rules Enforcement Authority.","Of Loners in Alaska?","Where Do I Go from Here?","There is no human alive that does not ultimately have feet of clay.","We have a friend who says that all emotional baggage must fit under the seat.","Is the Central Office still open?","Do I believe that one or the other partner should be in charge based on their gender?","It contains ALL of our money.","Iow generous was I when tanked in a barroom?","As we can no longer pass a physical basket, we are working to find ways to support the Fellowship at all levels, from our groups to Intergroups and Central Offices, from our Districts and Areas to the General Service Office itself.","Water flows down the mountain through the path of least resistance.","Science is suggesting, in other words, that we men can never think like a woman or feel like a woman.","How It Works for Addiction Professionals and their Clients Scientific Method vs.","If I could convert Hitler, I could change the course of history.","Even though we are now sober, we still resonate with these early traits which caused us to resist authority.","Term: This is an appointed position, acting in service only, as delegated by the Web Site Committee, and so, tasked by the Committee Chairperson.","Functional behavior from my family of origin.","Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous.","Am I gentle with those who rub me the wrong way, or am I sometimes abrasive?","Through prayer and meditation, members can attempt to raise their consciousness of that power and draw on it to continue their personal journey of recovery.","Do I share with AA all of me, the bad and the good, accepting as well as giving the help of the fellowship?","Am I committed to and do I encourage my mates spiritual, professional, and individual growth and freedom?","But then is that, after all, not its promise?","Tradition Twelve: Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our Traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities.","As such, Tradition One can be applied to your family as much as to your group.","Do we try to reach important decisions by thorough discussion, vote and, where possible, substantial unanimity?","Twelve Traditions apply to the life of the Fellowship itself.","Praise for my AA ideas?","Am I ashamed of being a recovered, or recovering alcoholic?","We have a false sense of security when we are needed in this way.","Ideas for this workshop came from published material and friends in the AA and Alanon community.","How do I feel when my partner criticizes the way I am trying to live my recovery program?","When each partner of the relationship understands that they are responsible for their own survival and progress, a greater spiritual strength flows into each and the relationship is made doubly strong.","CC over the phone by calling either of the numbers above.","Looking for something else?","The below translations are only a guide to help individuals better understand the concepts in each pamphlet.","The question is: Am I the right person?","This number will connect you with your local AA office or phone service.","The purpose of this blog is to enhance unity by encouraging discussion of one element of Tradition Two: The Principle of Rotation.","Do I feel that my mate belongs to me?","Press the refresh button on your browser.","Do I know where my local meeting directory comes from?","Can I give my partner the right to be right?","If you want to share, select Copy Link, and send the link to others.","If you identify with some of these statements, it is important to know that help and hope for friends and families of alcoholics can be found at a meeting near you.","The Grapevine, and AA Grapevine are registered trademarks of The AA Grapevine, Inc.","Is AA For You?","Generated variants of custom accent color.","Am I in this relationship just to feel needed or loved?","Am I absolutely trustworthy?","Enjoy popular books, audiobooks, documents, and more.","Do I carefully avoid injuring my mate emotionally, physically, or spiritually?","Trusting to have the pleasure of having you with us in the very near future, I wish to remain sincerely yours.","Members usually use their first name only in meetings.","General Service Conference for their use on this site.","Conference and Conference Advisory Actions?","We are proud of each other.","Almost without exception, the failure to control an alcoholic by force or intimidation has been complete.","New To Alcoholics Anonymous?","With true alcoholic wisdom, they decided that only one of them need to go and he could then report his findings back to the group.","Ensure that payment is made, by delegated person or persons responsible for payment of all fees regarding operation, maintenance, and upkeep of the Web Site, in a timely manner.","Grapevine, these principles were reduced to writing by the founders and early members as the Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous.","State Reason for the Visit: To carry the message of Alcoholics Anonymous, and describe what it is and what it is not.","Organization leads to attempts at control, the nemesis of a happy relationship.","Can I admit to my innermost self that my problems are of my own making?","My name is and I am an addict.","Am I always careful to keep the confidences reposed in me as an AA member?","Can I go about my affairs without giving my partner advice on how he or she should conduct theirs?","It has allowed us to abandon many Old Ideas.","The booth must be staffed at all times.","NOT a written language.","It handles requests by area schools and the media, as well as civic and business groups.","If this is what is required to carry the message to them, should we have these facilities?","Ours is a program of attraction, not promotion.","Tradition Five: Each group has but one primary purposeto carry its message to the alcoholic who still suffers.","Have I learned to step out of an AA job gracefully and profit thereby when the time comes?","Your account is at risk.","Rush explored the subject in some depth in his paper but few, except those who delve into the history of AA ever heard of him or his paper.","Click to customize it.","Do I look for credit in my AA jobs?","Before making a decision to attend in person please see the meeting list disclaimer below.","Contains a directory of regular AA meetings.","Group Handbook For The Secretary.","Contribute to the work of the GSO at aa.","Where would I be?","Or can I just treat this new member simply and naturally as one more sick human, like the rest of us?","As you have probably heard many times, we cannot think our way into good living.","Understand it, visualize it, go on.","So we had to get down to causes and conditions.","Do we strive for equity?","We must always remember that we have personal and relational defects and that these defects are forever lurking in the background ready to pounce.","All of these marriages inexorably ground down into dreary failure.","Alcoholics Anonymous at work in my home group?","Literature still needs to be published and distributed, calls need to be answered, online platforms still need to be updated, and support operations sustained.","We do not drag our relationship into public controversy.","Unlock the full document with a free trial!","Caution should always be used to protect the anonymity of AA members.","Oahu Intergroup of Hawaii, Inc.","Most of us do not have to think twice about this question.","Step work on a geographical basis so that newcomers are assured of help.","Or does it appear shabby?","Another aspect of this tradition, that of attraction, is that we need to be physically attractive to our partner.","Am I mature enough to understand and use all elements of the AA program even if no one makes me do so with a sense of personal responsibility?","If there is no truth, there are no lies.","Conference meeting in April.","Do I expect or need my partner to see and feel the same as me on issues?","What does this mean in practical terms?","THEME: We always need to pray!","Do we practice rotation in all our service positions?","Meetings are to be held on a regularly scheduled basis, or, if necessitated, to be called on an emergency basis.","When dealing with the media, the traditions of AA say that members maintain anonymity, for the good of the fellowship more than their own protection.","Thus the whole can become of transcending importance over any part; continued unity and success can then mostly depend upon god as we understand him working vitally in thousands of hearts rather than a few.","But we have seen remarkable transformations in our bodies.","Buffalo Intergroup Treatment Commitments Practical experience shows that nothing will so much insure immunity from drinking as intensive work with other alcoholics.","Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism.","When I do not trust AA s current servants, who do I wish had the authority to straighten them out?","When Ebby visited Bill Wilson in Townes Hospital, it was the message of the Oxford Group that he carried.","Is our group meeting its wider Seventh Tradition responsibilities?","Can I do good things for my relationship anonymously?","One Mind is Unity.","Do we recognize the need for group officers?","Do I allow my partner the dignity to fail?","Being in touch with all of these things allows us to be free.","Do I treat my mate one way in public and another in private?","Several years ago, a friend and I were discussing how much fun it would be to take a month off and go to Nepal and hike up to Everest base camp.","We are now also friends, helpmates, confidantes.","And, I remember reading about it on the front page of a newspaper, the following day.","It contains information that is publicly available.","Do I try to be understanding when my mate rubs me the wrong way or does something that upsets me or am I abrasive and rageful?","Alcoholics Anonymous, Grapevine and La Vi\u00f1a?","Click here for more national online meetings.","Oxford group got started under a man named Frank Buckman.","We happily coexist with their ministry.","Have I ever imposed on any AA member for a special favor or consideration simply because I am a fellow alcoholic?","There was a problem authenticating your Google Maps API Key.","That we individually have a part in everything that goes on.","Enthusiasm for our relationship ebbs and flows.","This kind of behavior can create sick dependencies in those we try to help.","Fellowship has come together to provide ongoing support.","As the Twelve Steps lay the spiritual path of recovery for individual members, the Twelve Traditions provide the principles that keep the group healthy and grounded.","We both try very hard not to take cheap shots at each other.","This is why the Elders say, when we make decisions, we must first consider the good of the people.","Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.","Yes most group are now meeting in person.","During any given period, she may get a little more or a little less than me but we believe that over any long period, it works out even.","The Steps provided us a way to not kill ourselves.","Do I ever put down some AA activities for not participating in this or that aspect of AA?","BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.","Am I ashamed of being a recovered, or recovering, alcoholic?","Am I mindful to respect the anonymity of other AA members who may work in my place of employment or my industry?","It is the set of the will for the welfare of another.","Does our group understand the importance of all points of view being heard before a vote is taken?","Club Treasurer when needed.","The District and Groups may submit content change proposals to the Web Site Committee for review.","Do I try to manage and control through the purse strings?","One of the principles of Community is Unity.","Have I learned to step out of an AA job gracefullyand profit therebywhen the time comes?","If not, what needs changing?","Some intergroups elect members to serve as area liaisons and welcome their participation in intergroup meetings.","Saturday, and groups and members will be coming from all over Southern California, to the meeting.","How to get started.","Does either of us have emotional scars from repeated heated controversy and struggles for power and control.","At a time like this, what do I think a loving mate would do?","Bible Verses About Love: The Bible is full of great verses and passages about the topic of love.","Can I point to at least one thing, right now, that determines the degree of healthy independence I have?","Contains the names, dates, locations, and brief descriptions of upcoming fellowship and service events, and may contain links to event flyers.","This web site is neither approved nor endorsed by Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.","AA is essentially free.","Before the Traditions were published many groups were on their own.","Contribute to the OIG with your smart device using Cash.","Literature Committee for distribution by the General Service Office.","Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path.","Do I sometimes try to get somerewardeven if not moneyfor my personal AA efforts?","And you are free to totally ignore all our suggestions without forfeiting your membership.","Him to do what he does best: guide his children.","This too shall pass!","We have come to see the Steps as life saving and the Traditions as life sustaining.","Maintain and monitor the Web Site as delegated.","We allow them to do it when they hit bottom.","Discover everything Scribd has to offer, including books and audiobooks from major publishers.","Financial Support: Current experience indicates that many groups provide financial support for their general service representatives to attend service functions.","What can I do to change?","Do I accept responsibility for myself?","This includes the Annual Banquet, and any other events as they may appear.","Whether they have been to AA before?","When we are dependent upon someone else for our well being, we are vulnerable prey for sick relationships.","Jimmy was then living in San Diego, and Jimmy, Jack and Bill got together.","That email is too long.","With that in mind, they have been widely used in helping us learn how to be in better relationships with everyone in our life.","What would my mate say if asked whether or not I loved her?","Without it, they cannot live to much useful purpose, or, in adversity, be able to summon the faith that can meet any emergency.","In its conduct, this Web Site will follow the Twelve Steps, Twelve Traditions, and Twelve Concepts for World Service.","Tradition Four: Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or AA as a whole.","Our lives and the lives of all to come depend squarely upon it.","It is important that we understand the gravity of these Traditions and honor how we got them.","Fellowship, including our organized service structure, is facing enormous challenges, locally and globally.","We were afraid of humiliation.","Alcoholism is an illness that affects people of all ages, the rich, the poor, men and women.","All of these movements enjoyed some success.","It doesn t matter how long, or how much you drink.","The biggest reason we banned him though, was that he kept trying to aggressively recruit sponsors, especially women, and kept preaching to everyone exactly what the BB says and exactly how they should be following the program.","Individual meetings regularly submit monies collected at meetings and insert them in the club safe in the kitchen.","We need the increasing good will of editors, writers, television and radio channels.","Society it serves, it will always remain democratic in thought and action.","Flexibility is taught by nature.","Central Office maintains a full stock of AA Conference approved literature, tapes and display materials.","There are a couple of reasons for this: One is that we have to have something to rely on when our lives fall off into the marginal to unbearable area.","Do I helpmy group in every way I can to fulfill our primary purpose?","What is the real importance of among more than a million AAs?","Do I judge my partner in anything?","We believed that life was situational and conditional.","Would you be willing to share your experiences using AA.","Yet we alcoholics can be led, we can be inspired, we can and do yield to the will of God.","Am I careful about throwing AA names aroundeven within the Fellowship?","Is my partner ever embarrassed or humiliated by my appearance or actions?","Business Meeting is held the last Thursday of each month.","How do we tolerate misguided members?","Our thinking must become, how does this affect us rather than how does this affect me.","Roland Hazard and Ebby Thatcher were members and it was essentially the Oxford Group credo that both credited for their sobriety.","We have come to understand that there is no fast track and we have abandoned any such hopes.","Do these traditions accurately describe my behavior?","Christianity as they understood it.","If my group has its own website, have we considered this Tradition when we designed it, how accessible it is, and the type of content that it offers?","UK Service with Permission.","Join our email list and we will send you the latest Seeds of Service Newsletter each quarter.","Our leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern.","Central Office is Physically closed but open Virtually.","That was our style in other marriages and it never worked out.","We try to always be courteous.","These publicity outlets need to be opened ever wider.","Do I share my knowledge of AA tools with other members who may not have heard of them?","When others tried to pressure us, we also drank.","Notify me of new posts via email.","Need Help with a Drinking Problem?","This committees purpose is to develop greater group representation at the monthly intergroup meetings.","The problem will disappear.","What we have is a relationship based on recovery.","They are clear warning signs as to how our respective egos can get caught in a trap.","Need help with a drinking problem?","Sorry, we are unable to log you in via Facebook at this time.","See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.","What Does NYIG Do?","Do I deceive myself by thinking how unselfish and giving I am when in reality I am giving only when I can do it on my own terms?","Sometimes, one partner is very content to allow the other to dominate the relationship.","Do I complain about certain AAs behavior especially if they are paid to work for AA?","Please cancel your print and try again.","How grateful we were to find that the alcoholics had once again blazed a trail for us to follow.","Do I resist formal aspects of AA because I fear them as authoritative?","But your general service district is the second link in an entirely different chain, which extends much farther.","Is my brand of AA so attractive that other drunks want it?","Both are meant to provide you the framework by which to live your life, not just stop drinking.","Already have an account?","Do I insist on being the leader.","Please feel free to call me anytime with questions, I will be happy to help!","We have found our personal and professional lives much less tumultuous and chaotic as we improve on our ability to execute their instructions.","The reality is that even though meetings, Twelfth Step services and operations have shifted to a virtual environment, expenses continue to accumulate during this crisis, which underscores the importance of practicing the Seventh Tradition.","We allow each other to have different ideas, concepts, beliefs, and feelings.","Now about health: A body badly burned by alcohol does not often recover overnight nor do twisted thinking and depression vanish in a twinkling.","And if our spirits are to soar, they must be free.","Does my personal behavior reflect the Sixth Traditionor belie it?","When this tradition is practiced, a state of humility exists because the authority is a Higher Power.","Society in its world affairs.","So we need to ask ourselves: What baggage do I bring into my relationships?","Some of them bring our attention to the things that can distract us from that work.","And for that: I am responsible.","You can take one arrow and break it in half.","Anonymity is the ability to do good for goods sake without having to take credit or receive special strokes.","AA Group Secretary Handbook.","These updates may reflect changes to the site itself, District and committee activities, web site Standing Content or Other Content, and other changes.","Give your hearts, but not into each others keeping.","They are our guidelines for behavior.","Literature Committee to be distributed by the General Service Office.","Is my fear triggered?","She is fun to be with.","One cannot successfully be dishonest with a mate for very long.","If you are a new, we welcome you and hope that you will find here the help and support that we have found.","We, who have recovered from serious drinking, are miracles of mental health.","To such folks we are eager to remind them that the group is comprised of individuals.","Have a wonderful and sober day!","Tradition One: Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon AA unity.","Does my identity and feelings of self worth depend upon my relationship with my mate?","This is a program for people who want it.","District so chooses, including, but not limited to, various Committee members.","Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities.","We must communicate and agree.","Somehow, giving voice to them in public gives them authenticity and longevity.","No one is too young to have trouble with alcohol.","It is our experience that God does not do for us what we should and can do for ourselves.","As individual members of a group our actions reflect the health of our home group by our adherence or lack of adherence to these principles.","How a group functions How to get started.","Should the secretary of our group serve on the mayor s advisory committee on alcoholism?","We often lied about where we were, what we were doing, or who we were with.","The aim of Tradition One is to ensure cohesion while honoring all voices in an open dialogue.","Service Material from the General Service Office Service Concept VII CONCEPTS CHECKLIST Concept Vll: The Charter and Bylaws of the General Service Board are legal instruments, empowering the trustees to manage and conduct world service affairs.","Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the AA name ought never be drawn into public controversy.","Meetings Triangle Club Full Meeting List A list of current meetings at the Triangle Club can be found at any time on the right side of this website or by downloading a printable version of the Triangle Club Meeting List.","It has since become more.","What would happen to me if AA as a whole disappeared?","The first two years we were married we were totally obsessed with each other to the exclusion of nearly every other person or thing in our lives.","What is motivating me when I try to be all things to my partner?","You may find this info on www.","All others are welcome to join the meeting and listen.","Try using your email address instead.","Intergroup Central Office of Santa Clara County, Inc.","AA or more important then the group; that anonymity is held as sacred, and, most importantly, that AA meetings are always geared to the newcomer.","Get Scribd for your mobile device.","Groups have repeatedly tried other activities, and they have always failed.","Waianae Satellite City Hall.","Alcoholics Anonymous is indispensable.","Do I put down other members behavior when it is different from mine, or do I learn from it?","The underlying principle is simple: if the group is drawn into controversy or becomes dominated by individuals, the unity of the group will be jeopardized.","There are at least three areas in a relationship where I believe there must be union: The intellect, the emotions, and the genitals.","To those now in its fold, Alcoholics Anonymous has made the difference between misery and sobriety, and often the difference between life and death.","Or do you think in terms of my car, my money, my phone, my stuff?","If you loved me you would.","These offices are established to carry out common functions that are best handled by a centralized office, and it is usually maintained, supervised, and supported by these groups for their common interest.","Please try again later.","In my opinions of and remarks about other AAs, am I implying membership requirements other than a desire to stay sober?","SPRINGYPAA is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.","Concerning such matters they can express no views whatever.","Do my needs for comfort or a feeling of safety limit my partners options?","As one who accumulated great wealth and possessions.","Polly about it that night when I got home.","Images are still loading.","Resentments, fear, and other problems occur from this type of attitude and action.","DID YOU GROW UP WITH A PROBLEM DRINKER?","If so, what evidence can I offer to substantiate that I have sound judgment?","Triangle Club can be found at any time on the right side of this website or by downloading a printable version of the Triangle Club Meeting List.","To deal with that from her a time or two, we just answered her questions.","This concerns personal hygiene.","What Is the Narcotics Anonymous Program?","Mike, designed to make the Big Book come alive.","Please help Hong Kong Intergroup by completing a questionnaire.","Although I have been sober a few years, am I still willing to serve my turn with AA chores?","What their domestic arrangements are?","Concept Vl: The Conference recognizes that the chief initiative and active responsibility in most world service matters should be exercised by the trustee members of the Conference acting as the General Service Board.","Higher Power for the other.","This is especially true of members who feel sidelined or minimized; these are the ones who are most likely to drift away or leave the program altogether.","What is our criteria for election?","In the event of a tie vote, the chairperson, guided by the spirit of service to the group, shall cast the deciding vote.","How it is laid out.","Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon AA unity.","Every effort will be made to avoid posting flyers with personal phone numbers listed for contact information.","Customers who bought this product also purchased.","How should a good mate act toward their partner?","Neither of us is a reflection of the other.","And then, one of the women we eventually helped had first come to us after another group had had her arrested and removed from one of their meetings while drunk and being a bit challenging.","Do I take hostages in my relationships?","Do I pretend to agree with my partner just to keep things going?","Tradition Eleven: Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio, and films.","Is There an Alcoholic in the Workplace?","Unity demands a willingness to listen to the ideas, feelings, and opinions of the other with an open mind.","We can only say how ACA has improved our own lives.","We are, however, not each others first spouse.","Anonymity is being happy doing good without expectations of reward or return.","Finally, anonymity in a relationship is that ability to do something good and not have to advertise it.","Meeting chairs and meeting treasurers should read the How the Triangle Club Handles Money from Groups as well as the Triangle Club Guidelines.","If you are interested in starting a meeting at the the Triangle Club, please download the Triangle Club Meeting Application Form, complete it and give it to the Club Manager or send it by email or mail.","He claimed unfairness of the Committee and asked to be heard before the entire group.","In my mind, do I prejudge some new AA members as those who likely will not make it?","Most of the information is available in more detail in literature published by AA World Services, Inc.","How should one talk about their mate or their relationship?","Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume.","Become a Scribd member to read and download full documents.","How important is it for me to be right?","Central Office and inter groups.","Only those who have read the assignment and have written answers to the weekly questions will be asked to read their answers to the group.","This site is sponsored by the Harrisburg Area Intergroup of Alcoholics Anonymous.","We were continually frustrated at not knowing what our role as a spouse was or should or could be.","What happens if that person relapses?","You will receive mail with link to set new password.","In the end, the Twelve Traditions provide the foundation by which individuals can navigate the Twelve Steps.","We can only extend an invitation to attend a meeting.","And certainly when it comes to our children, autonomy is out of place.","Your inquiry is confidential and anonymous.","Am I informed about AA as a whole?","Apache Server at virtualhost.","Tradition Eight: Alcoholics Anonymous should remain forever nonprofessional, but our service centers may employ special workers.","Twelve Concepts for NA Service.","Our Common Welfare Comes First.","Can we make online contributions?","What about gossip and taking other members inventories?","The long form of the Intergroup Meeting minutes for May is available at Central Office or the IGR meeting.","To the pamphlet AA Tradition How It Developed?","Do not hesitate to take your health problems to such persons.","What would happen to me if my mate disappeared?","So how do we integrate a set of principles or values into our lives that we can and will live by and what should they be?","Due to workload, a local service system of this type seems to work better if it is handled separately from the work of the area general service committee.","There are always, it seems, people who go to meetings, drink the coffee and stuff their faces with free food, who do have the means to give a dollar or two to the basket, and yet choose not to give anything.","God s love for us is a perfect example and starting place to study on love.","What their other problems are?","Who made me so smart?","Tradition Ten: Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the AA name ought never be drawn into public controversy.","Do I ever resist formal aspects of AA because I see them as authoritative?","As we grew in this program, as we progressed in this spiritual path, we came to some natural conclusions about recovery from a seemingly hopeless state of mind and body.","They have custodial oversight of the separately incorporated and constantly active services, exercising this through their ability to elect all the directors of these entities.","Dear Parents Welcome to Bible Time for Kids.","These are universal experiences."]