Post by Caressa2 on May 18, 2004 17:25:43 GMT -5
Unique Gift
TRADITION FIVE:
Each group has but one primary purpose - to carry its message to the alcoholic who still suffers.
"Firmly bound by obligation are the members of Alcoholics Anonymous, who have demonstrated that they can help problem drinkers as others seldom can. The unique ability of each A.A. to identify himself with, and bring recovery to, the newcomer in no way depends on his learning, eloquence, or on any special individual skills. The only thing that matters is that he is an alcoholic who has found a key to sobriety. These legacies of suffering and of recovery are easily passed among alcoholics, one to the other. This is our gift from God, and its bestowal upon others like us is the one aim that today animates A.A.'s all around the globe."
© 1952, Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, pages 150-151
THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
My personal program has been based on this Tradition. This one and Tradition Three (The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking). except for me, I often substitute the word using.
Today I don't have recovery, if I don't give it away. But I must work my program daily, work the Steps daily, and apply them to my life because I can't give away what I do not have. I need to experience recovery and have a willing to participate in the Spiritual Process of this journey; if I don't, that would mean I thought I knew it all and I had nothing more to learn. If I am not willing to heal, to get better, and grow, then I am not accepting of this great gift the Creator bestowed on me.
TRADITION FIVE:
Each group has but one primary purpose - to carry its message to the alcoholic who still suffers.
"Firmly bound by obligation are the members of Alcoholics Anonymous, who have demonstrated that they can help problem drinkers as others seldom can. The unique ability of each A.A. to identify himself with, and bring recovery to, the newcomer in no way depends on his learning, eloquence, or on any special individual skills. The only thing that matters is that he is an alcoholic who has found a key to sobriety. These legacies of suffering and of recovery are easily passed among alcoholics, one to the other. This is our gift from God, and its bestowal upon others like us is the one aim that today animates A.A.'s all around the globe."
© 1952, Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, pages 150-151
THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
My personal program has been based on this Tradition. This one and Tradition Three (The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking). except for me, I often substitute the word using.
Today I don't have recovery, if I don't give it away. But I must work my program daily, work the Steps daily, and apply them to my life because I can't give away what I do not have. I need to experience recovery and have a willing to participate in the Spiritual Process of this journey; if I don't, that would mean I thought I knew it all and I had nothing more to learn. If I am not willing to heal, to get better, and grow, then I am not accepting of this great gift the Creator bestowed on me.
. I will be back looking for Lin and others.