![]() ![]() Have I today imposed on any AA member for a special favor or consideration simply because I am a fellow alcoholic?.Am I willing to explain firmly to a newcomer the limitations of AA help, even if he gets mad at me for not giving him a loan?.Do I ever cop out by saying, “I’m not a group, so this or that Tradition doesn’t apply to me”?.Tradition Five: Each group has but one primary purpose – to carry its message to the alcoholic who still suffers. Do I share my knowledge of AA tools with other members who may not have heard of them?.Am I willing to help a newcomer go to any lengths – his lengths, not mine – to stay sober?.Do I always bear in mind that, to those outsiders who know I am in AA, I may to some extent represent our entire beloved Fellowship?. ![]() Do I put down other members’ behavior when it is different from mine, or do I learn from it?.Does my group always consider the welfare of the rest of AA? Of nearby groups? Of loners in Alaska? Of internationalists miles from port? Of a group in Rome or El Salvador?.Do I insist that there are only a few right ways of doing things in AA?. ![]() Tradition Four: Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or AA as a whole. When someone turns up at AA needing information or help (even if he can’t ask for it aloud), does it really matter to me what he does for a living? Where he lives? What his domestic arrangements are? Whether he had been to AA before? What his other problems are?.Am I over impressed by a celebrity? By a doctor, a clergyman, and ex-convict? Or can I just treat this new member simply and naturally as one more sick human, like the rest of us?.Do I let language, religion (or lack of it), race, education, age, or other such things interfere with my carrying the message?.Do I set myself up as a judge of whether a newcomer is sincere or phony?.Is there some kind of alcoholic whom I privately do not want in my AA group?. ![]()
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