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Saturday, October 10, 2009

We Must Hang Together, or Surely We Shall All Die Alone | 生活 = 和 + 耐藥性

AA's Declaration of Unity


This We Owe to AA's future-
'to place our common welfare first;
To keep our Fellowship united,
For on A.A. unity depends our lives,
and the lives of those to come'.


|...AA is not fun and games, boys and girls.  Every day somebody in that clubhouse is fighting for their life. Alcoholics Anonymous is a deadly serious business. Maybe we can save the fun and games for after we save a few lives?

If you are not fighting for your life, perhaps you can at least try to exercise a little basic human courtesy, sit still and be quiet while others seeking to save their lives can listen for a message of depth and weigh?.  You know - the real alcoholics seeking recovery from - that's right, alcoholism - the reason we're in that room in the first place, by the way.

There's no shame in embracing mediocrity;  that is your right.  However, when your behavior endangers other peoples lives, you have my full and certain attention.  We have 15 meetings left together, and I for one shall have my game face on.  Allowing 'older' members of AA to endanger newcomers lacks a certain rectitude;  well, that is both atrocious and easily addressed.  Nothing humbles like humiliation.

God created the world in six days - I think a certain table can be rounded in much less time than that by a mere mortal. This one is going to be so easy to rectify we shall address this and pick up yardage.

There is an old newspaper adage that comes to mind: 


"Never pick a fight with a man who buy's his ink by the barrel".
-Mark Twain

Are we having fun yet?


COG, 1st Cl.
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Welcome as a witness to a fools journey out of the darkness. I welcome all tidings - you are all my teachers on this path toward a meaningful and purposeful sobriety.

COG, 1st Cl.