AA Thought for the Day
August 17, 2004
The Shield
Like other men and women,
we AAs look with deep apprehension
upon the vast power struggle about us,
a struggle in myriad forms that invades every level,
tearing society apart.
I think we AAs are fortunate to be acutely aware
that such forces must never be ruling among us,
lest we perish altogether.
The Tradition of personal anonymity
and no honors at the public level is our protective shield.
We dare not meet the power temptation naked.
Reprinted from The Language of the Heart, Page 207, from the Grapevine. Reprinted with permission of The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.
Thought to Ponder....
The Steps are there to protect me from myself;
the Traditions are there to protect AA from me.
Recovery Related Acronym
A N O N Y M O U S = Actions, Not Our Names Yield Maintenance Of Unity and Service.