Old 03-14-2008, 12:57 PM
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Tommyh
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Central NC
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AA should be a Safe Haven for newcomers and the rest of us to recover,and help others,it is our responsibility to do it!

Several yrs ago,a friend of mine went to a retreat in SC.
He met a man from Florida and they talked a lot.The man told him of a inicident that happened in his former home group.
A man would come to meetings and he eventually hit on a few of the younger men in the group,during the meeting sometimes.One day the sicko hit on this young guy and he said no,well,the next day he hit on the younger guy again and the younger guy went to his car,got a pistol and went back into the meeting and shot him dead..
Probally destroyed the group.That is a sad case of a group sitting by doing nothing,a young man fed up with it,and a sicko allowed to continue to carry on his sick stuff..

Each group has the right and responsibility to do whatever it needs/wants to do to insure that kind of stuff from happening,including running the sickos off,and banning them from the meeting.It`s their choice.

Now you will hear a cry from folks who do not understand the traditions, "we cannot kick him out of AA"....when they say that,they do not understand..apathy I call it and plain ignorance of the traditions

tradition 3 is the only leg the sickos have to stand on and hide behind and try and justify their sicko behaviour.Unfortnately for them,it just ain`t enough.
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