http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSOwatch/ GSOwatch Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:48:20 GMT Dennis http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSOwatch/message/6831 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSOwatch/message/6831 Hi David; Why does it not surprise me that there are bad translations? It was precisely bad translations that began the work of the AA Big Book Study Group in Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:21:14 GMT bbfreeaa http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSOwatch/message/6830 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSOwatch/message/6830 There are 1001 ways to get that message out there and help the drunks to our way of life. Very true Gary, but only ONE message. The "delivery" method is Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:03:54 GMT egrott2 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSOwatch/message/6829 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSOwatch/message/6829 Wow. You folks really have it going on! By God's grace, I've ceased fighting today and can't think of recasting the original conversation (from the "a case in Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:05:43 GMT David W. Robinson http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSOwatch/message/6828 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSOwatch/message/6828 Folks- You don't know the half of it. I jus thank God English is my native language and I have the ability to at least *read* the message, if not hear it. In Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:23:56 GMT Jim http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSOwatch/message/6827 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSOwatch/message/6827 There are two A.A.'s. The one that most people think is A.A., the meeting-based fellowship and then the one that Doctor Silkworth described. He saw a Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:26:04 GMT Dennis http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSOwatch/message/6826 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSOwatch/message/6826 Hi Gary; I have always liked the way you have described your group. Many members are now doing the same like Jim up in Washington. Getting back to basics in my Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:21:04 GMT Dennis http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSOwatch/message/6825 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSOwatch/message/6825 Hi Bill and group; I agree Bill. The message I hear locally in the meetings is "Just don't drink and go to meetings." That is not the AA message. A good friend Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:47:36 GMT Gary Becktell http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSOwatch/message/6824 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSOwatch/message/6824 Some groups carry the AA message with a lot of sweetness and attention to the newcomer and visitor, some do not. Some groups carry the AA message 7 days a Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:59:16 GMT bbfreeaa http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSOwatch/message/6823 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSOwatch/message/6823 I agree with much of what you wrote here Greg but I still contend that Tradition 5 was never intended to mean that we carry whatever message suits our whims. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:50:25 GMT Greg http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSOwatch/message/6822 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSOwatch/message/6822 You bring up a good point , Bill. I think if you ask any AA group what their primary purpose is, they will most likely reply with that part of the preamble Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:01:35 GMT sherry c. hartsell http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSOwatch/message/6821 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSOwatch/message/6821 There was no confused message delivered to the young man that was sherry in '67, it was delivered clearly, directly, and repeatedly. I thank my God every time Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:26:52 GMT Maryann Willis http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSOwatch/message/6820 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSOwatch/message/6820 I realized some years back that we had gotten so concerned about the newcomer's feelings that we babied the heck out of them so they wouldn't go away. If they Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:56:25 GMT bbfreeaa http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSOwatch/message/6819 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSOwatch/message/6819 I get a kick at times at the convoluted twist that some get out of the carry "its" message phrase. The notion that there are multiple "AA" messages is absurd. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:45:11 GMT David W. Robinson http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSOwatch/message/6818 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSOwatch/message/6818 Jim- I agree entirely. There is a reason when once upon a time (albeit a long, long time ago) one was not allowed into an AA meeting until they have done Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:23:12 GMT Jim http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSOwatch/message/6817 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSOwatch/message/6817 Party line? And what precisely could be our primary purpose? What should our message be? Go to meetings and don't drink, even if your ass falls off? Get into