Originally Posted by
keithj 
Hmmm. funny how the 'through the teaching and practicing of the 12 Steps' part seems to have been dropped from our current, popular preamble.
And it shows.
This is what's on the 'blue card', read at every meeting I've everattended.
THE PRIMARY PURPOSE “BLUE” CARD.
THIS IS A CLOSED MEETING OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS
This is a closed meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous. In support of A.A’s singleness of purpose, attendance at closed meetings is limited to persons who have a desire to stop drinking. If you think you have a problem with alcohol, you are welcome to attend this meeting. We ask that when discussing our problems, we confine ourselves to those problems as they relate to alcoholism.
(The 1987 General Service Conference made this statement available as an A.A. service piece for those groups who wish to use it.)
General Service Office, Box 459, Grand Central Station, New York, NY 10163
Yea, Keith, it shows.