AA Thought for the Day

For the first time I saw AA's anonymity for what it really is.
It isn't just something to save us from alcoholic
shame and stigma;
its deeper purpose is actually to keep those fool egos of ours
from running hog wild after money and public fame
at AA's expense.
It really means personal and group sacrifice
for the benefit of all AA.
Right then I resolved to learn our Twelve Traditions by heart,
just as I had learned the Twelve Steps.
If every AA did the same thing
and really soaked up these principles
we drunks could hang together forever.
Bill W., March 1967.

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 A = Adventurers Anonymous