Alcoholics Anonymous - The Primary Purpose Group Elmira, NY


WHAT HAPPENED? 3

There is a tendency to want to place the blame for our predicament on the treatment industry and professionals.  They do what they do and it has nothing to do with what we in Alcoholics Anonymous do.  That is their business.  That is not where to place the blame and also is in violation of our Tenth Tradition.  The real problem is that the members of Alcoholics Anonymous, who were here when the “clients” began coming to our Fellowship did not help the “clients” understand that our Program had been firmly established since April 1939.  And that the guidelines for the preservation and growth of our Fellowship were adopted in 1950.  That they must get rid of their new “old ideas” and start practicing the Twelve Step Program of Alcoholics Anonymous as it was given to us.  That until they had taken the Steps and recovered, they had nothing to say that needed to be heard except by their sponsor.  But that didn’t happen.  To the contrary, the old timers failed in their responsibility to the newcomer to remind them of a vital truth, “Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path.  Those who do not recover are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program.”  We have permitted untreated alcoholics and non-alcoholics to  sit in our meetings and lay out their problems, ideas and opinions.  We have gone from, “Rarely have we seen a person fail” to “Seldom do we see a person recover”.

So there we are.  We have had 30 years of unbelievable success by following the directions in the Big Book.  We have had 30 years of disappointing failure by wanting to hear from everyone.  We now have something to compare. 

We now know what the problem is and we know what the solution is. Unfortunately, we have not been prompt to correct the faults and mistakes which have been created by what would appear to be large doses of apathy and complacency.  The problem we are trying to live with is needlessly killing alcoholics.  The Solution?  The Power, greater than ourselves, that we find through our Twelve Steps promises recovery for those who are willing to follow the clear-cut directions in the Big Book. 

Do you want to be a part of the problem or a part of the solution?  Simple, but not easy; A price has to be paid.

Cliff B. - (214) 350-1190                                                      e-mail -BBB164@aol.com

What can we do?     Gresham's Law


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