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RufusACanal · 10-20-2007, 02:53 AM

No.

I only go back to 1977 and the Old Timers I have met since then say the same and some of their answers are not digestible to many today. Reading the historical accounts of those first few hundred can help bridge that gap if enough folks sincerely want to change AA and the diluted message passed today. Denial has crept into our rooms across America and many would rather parrot phrases then change their lives or help change the lives of others. Why is this? Because they have all of the answers.

"Recovered from a seemingly hopeless condition."

You see if you are recovering, you will always have a readymade excuse for failure. This recovering baloney is simply a mask for a modesty I would quickly scrap from the bottom of my shoe. We are soft. We are politically correct. We have self interest. We have rights. We are dying. God is a door knob now. Relapse is part of recovery! Completing step work takes years now. Anybody can be a Sponsor overnight now; just add ego. Let’s have everyone come to our closed meetings! Sure let’s talk about drugs in our closed meetings! Let's go to a meeting to get laid! Would you sign my card, the courts made me come.
Acceptance the key?

“Rarely, have we seen a person fail, who have thoroughly followed our path”, is still true today. Just look at the frigging path we have left for the newcomer.

10-20-2007, 02:53 AM	#2 (permalink)
RufusACanal Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Birmingham, AL Posts: 1,927	No. I only go back to 1977 and the Old Timers I have met since then say the same and some of their answers are not digestible to many today. Reading the historical accounts of those first few hundred can help bridge that gap if enough folks sincerely want to change AA and the diluted message passed today. Denial has crept into our rooms across America and many would rather parrot phrases then change their lives or help change the lives of others. Why is this? Because they have all of the answers. "Recovered from a seemingly hopeless condition." You see if you are recovering, you will always have a readymade excuse for failure. This recovering baloney is simply a mask for a modesty I would quickly scrap from the bottom of my shoe. We are soft. We are politically correct. We have self interest. We have rights. We are dying. God is a door knob now. Relapse is part of recovery! Completing step work takes years now. Anybody can be a Sponsor overnight now; just add ego. Let’s have everyone come to our closed meetings! Sure let’s talk about drugs in our closed meetings! Let's go to a meeting to get laid! Would you sign my card, the courts made me come. Acceptance the key? “Rarely, have we seen a person fail, who have thoroughly followed our path”, is still true today. Just look at the frigging path we have left for the newcomer.