Old 02-04-2010, 06:23 PM
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navysteve
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Here lies the crux of the problem in modern day AA meetings. Back in the 40's & 50's there was one AA message, that which is contained in the first 164 pages of the Big Book (see 3rd Edition inside jacket).
This is the problem of the revisionist. The notion that at one time AA's were carrying "THE" message. Read some AA history other than Dick B or Wally P. One thing is constant in AA:

There are no new problems- All of the nonsense that goes on in meetings today went on very early in many groups. And just like today, there were strong groups and loose confederacies. The evolution of the 12 traditions is evidence of the facts about AA not having one message. The traditions were not incorporated by the fellowship until the 50's. Why was that????

Acknowledging that we did not have a golden age where all was well is not AA bashing . The message has been getting twisted around since its inception. The evidence of our loving and powerful God is that through all of our BS it still gets through!


if we start to set requirements for our membership (based on what delusoinal folks tell us) we might miss a few real alcoholics whose lives will depend on membership.
Amen! And if we trust that God really is everything ( Yeah its in the book) then we don't have to worry about those non-real-alcoholics watering down our watered down Oxford Group message ( that was watered down Christianity itself)
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