![]() ![]() This has created some confusion when non-alcoholics inadvertently show up at meetings that are supposed to be for alcoholics only, or when people with other addictions seek AA’s help. Though AA’s avowed mission is to carry its message to alcoholics, the fellowship does not really have a one-size-fits-all definition of alcoholism. “The General Service Conference in New York also produces this effect upon those who attend. While each A.A.’s interest should center principally in those about him and upon his own group, it is both necessary and desirable that we all get a larger vision of the whole. gatherings like conventions, thinking they might prove too exhibitionistic. “We used to be skeptical about large A.A. We forget that, should we lose our unity, the millions of alcoholics who still ‘do not know’ might never get their chance. Consequently, we sometimes take this one great gift for granted. “Though many of us have had to struggle for sobriety, never yet has this Fellowship had to struggle for lost unity. I pray that I may keep my feet upon the path that leads upward. ![]() I pray that I may walk in companionship with God along the way. Work all the way with God and with other people, along the path of life, wherever it may lead you. Do not let your contact with Him be broken for too long a period. Make a good companion of God, by praying to Him often during the day. Do not push God so far into the background that He has no effect on your life. Walk all the way with another person and with God. What a great gift has been given me by A.A.! I do not deserve it. I no longer wander alone over the face of the earth. Where would I go without them? Where would I be without them? Where would I find the sympathy, the understanding, the fellowship, the companionship? Nowhere else in the world. In the Fellowship of A.A., I entrust God with the ultimate authority of “running the show.” Trust is my watchword, I trust others who lead. I must remind myself that I am the trusted servant of others, not their “governor,” “teacher,” or “instructor.” God guides my words and my actions, and my responsibility is to heed His suggestions. When I am chosen to carry some small responsibility for my fellows, I ask that God grant me the patience, open-mindedness, and willingness to listen to those I would lead. ![]() For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority-a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience. ![]()
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