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I did a little poking around. This topic has been brought to the conference 5-6 times since the mid 70s.
Is there a need? I honestly don't know how I feel about that. I do know that one of the main misunderstandings for newcomers is that they will be converted or it's just a prayer thing. A lot of minds close right up when the word God is mentioned.
Personally, I think most all of those elderly/young/gay/other pamphlets serve a purpose for the greater community. Once in AA however, the message is best carried by the recovered alcoholic. We can't rely on a pamphlet to do it.
In a lot of ways, I think that drawing further distinctions or 'uniqueness' distances overselves from the primary purpose of AA. Same solution, same program, same steps, whether you're male or female, straight or gay, young or old, Christian or atheist, rich or poor. There is such difficulty with thinking that I need to find 'my program' because I'm so different from all the rest of you. That delusion that I need to find what works for me as an individual. Then again, I'm a white American middle-aged straight male, so it's easy for me to say.
Maybe just one pamphlet that says we have a solution if you have a problem with alcohol. Wait, I think there already is one for that.
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