Originally Posted by
Astro 
We also have a sign by the coffee machine that says "Sobriety is free, but coffee is $.25 cents". That's a bargain compared to Starbucks
and AA doesn't get it for free.
I like that. I'm gonna try something like that at my evening groups. The more group conscience meetings I attend, the more I realize that AA still has to pay the bills. I often wondered why the old timers would put $5 in the 7th tradition basket every week, now I know why.
Churches do great work, but they aren't free. I was told that although AA doesn't pay "rent," we do have to help with the gas and electric bills and, of course, the coffee.