http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AA12n12/ Twelve and Twelve Quote of the Day Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:36:14 GMT amemberofalcoholicsanonymous http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AA12n12/message/1545 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AA12n12/message/1545 "The same stern threat applies to the group itself. Unless there is approximate conformity to AA's Twelve Traditions, the group, too, can deteriorate and die. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:03:47 GMT amemberofalcoholicsanonymous http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AA12n12/message/1544 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AA12n12/message/1544 "Neither could AA itself function without fulltime workers. At the Foundation and inter-group offices, we couldn't employ non-alcoholics as secretaries; we had Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:12:28 GMT amemberofalcoholicsanonymous http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AA12n12/message/1543 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AA12n12/message/1543 "To my surprise, the response of the groups was slow. I got mighty sore about it. Looking at this avalanche of mail one morning at the office, I paced up and Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:12:19 GMT amemberofalcoholicsanonymous http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AA12n12/message/1542 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AA12n12/message/1542 "'How much does your scheme cost?' I was thankful I could tell him, 'Nothing at all.' His next question: 'What are you getting out of it?' Of course, my answer Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:06:16 GMT amemberofalcoholicsanonymous http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AA12n12/message/1541 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AA12n12/message/1541 "Why did AA finally drop all its membership regulations? Why did we leave it to each newcomer to decide himself whether he was an alcoholic and whether he Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:28:46 GMT amemberofalcoholicsanonymous http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AA12n12/message/1540 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AA12n12/message/1540 "Now comes the election. If the founder and his friends have served well, they may--to their surprise--be reinstated for a time. If, however, they have heavily Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:08:23 GMT amemberofalcoholicsanonymous http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AA12n12/message/1539 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AA12n12/message/1539 "Countless times, in as many cities and hamlets, we reenacted the story of Eddie Rickenbacker and his courageous company when their plane crashed in the Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:26:45 GMT amemberofalcoholicsanonymous http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AA12n12/message/1538 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AA12n12/message/1538 "At Step Six, many of us balked--for the practical reason that we did not wish to have all our defects of character removed, because we still loved some of Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:14:45 GMT amemberofalcoholicsanonymous http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AA12n12/message/1537 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AA12n12/message/1537 "As we have seen, self-searching is the means by which we bring new vision, action, and grace to bear upon the dark and negative side of our natures. It is a Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:24:35 GMT amemberofalcoholicsanonymous http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AA12n12/message/1536 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AA12n12/message/1536 "Before we ask what a spot-check inventory is, let's look at the kind of setting in which such an inventory can do its work. It is a spiritual axiom that every Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:51:11 GMT amemberofalcoholicsanonymous http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AA12n12/message/1535 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AA12n12/message/1535 "After taking this preliminary trial at making amends, we may enjoy such a sense of relief that we conclude our task is finished. We will want to rest on our Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:40:32 GMT amemberofalcoholicsanonymous http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AA12n12/message/1534 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AA12n12/message/1534 "Some of us, though, tripped over a very different snag. We clung to the claim that when drinking we never hurt anybody but ourselves. Our families didn't Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:14:55 GMT amemberofalcoholicsanonymous http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AA12n12/message/1533 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AA12n12/message/1533 "True, most of us thought good character was desirable, but obviously good character was something one needed to get on with the business of being Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:17:20 GMT amemberofalcoholicsanonymous http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AA12n12/message/1532 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AA12n12/message/1532 "It is nowhere evident, at least in this life, that our Creator expects us fully to eliminate our instinctual drives. So far as we know, it is nowhere on the Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:31:04 GMT amemberofalcoholicsanonymous http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AA12n12/message/1531 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AA12n12/message/1531 "This practice of admitting one's defects to another person is, of course, very ancient. It has been validated in every century, and it characterizes the lives