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Tradition Four [A Dozen Steps]

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“Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or A.A. as a whole.”

Page 146, 12&12;

“Over the years, every conceivable deviation from our Twelve Steps and Traditions has been tried. That was sure to be, since we are so largely a band of ego-driven individualists. Children of chaos, we have defiantly played with every brand of fire, only to emerge unharmed and, we think, wiser. These very deviations created a vast process of trial and error which, under the grace of God, has brought us to where we stand today.”

I love the descriptive language: “ego-driven individualists,” “children of chaos,” “defiantly.” All of which cement the idea that the words I’m reading surely must apply to me…

What certainly became the rallying cry back then was this that has been passed on to us;

“The A.A. group would have to stick to its course or be hopelessly lost. Sobriety had to be its sole objective. In all other respects there was perfect freedom of will and action. Every group had the right to be wrong.”

Sobriety - sole objective! And a principle I can incorporate into my personal life - “everyone has the right to be wrong!”

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