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From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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to view that page in the literature.1.
We gave up our positions and off we roared
on a motorcycle, the sidecar stuffed with tent, blankets, a change of clothes, and three huge volumes of a financial reference service.
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4.
When by devoted service to family, friends, business, or community we
attract widespread affection and are sometimes singled out for posts of greater responsibility
and trust, we try to be humbly grateful and exert ourselves the more in a spirit of love and service.
5.
Though Tradition Nine at first sight seems to deal with a purely practical matter, in its actual operation it discloses a
society without organization, animated
only by the spirit of service
-- a true fellowship.
6.
... service affairs.
The Conference Charter is not ...
BB
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form), p.575
VII. The Charter and Bylaws of the General Service Board are legal instruments, empowering the trustees
to manage and conduct world service affairs. The Conference Charter is not a legal document; it relies upon tradition and the A.A. purse for final effectiveness.
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8.
This fourth edition includes the Twelve Concepts for World Service and revises the three sections of personal stories as follows.
9.
The secretary sees that literature is on the table,
looks after the phone-answering service, answers the mail, and sends out notices of meetings.
10.
(*) The work of present-day staff members has no counterpart among the job categories of commercial organizations. These A.A.'s
bring a wide range of business and professional experience to their service
at The General Service Office.
11.
... service authority,
with the scope of such ...
BB
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form), p.575
X. Every service responsibility should be matched by an equal service authority, with the scope of such authority well defined.
12.
And no group, regional committee, or individual should ever take any action that might greatly affect A.A. as a whole without conferring with the trustees of the General
Service Board.
13.
VI. The Conference recognizes that the chief initiative and active responsibility in most world service matters should be exercised
by the trustee members of
the Conference acting as
the General Service Board.
14.
And no group, regional committee, or individual should ever take any action that might greatly affect A.A. as a whole without conferring with the trustees of the General
Service Board.
15.
... Service Board
and its service corporations, staffs, ...
BB
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form), p.574
III. To insure effective leadership, we
should endow each element of A.A. -- the Conference, the General
Service Board and its service corporations, staffs, committees, and executives -- with a traditional "Right of Decision."
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18.
... Service Board
are legal instruments, empowering the ...
BB
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form), p.575
VII. The Charter and Bylaws of the General Service Board are legal instruments, empowering the trustees
to manage and conduct world service affairs. The Conference Charter is not a legal document; it relies upon tradition and the A.A. purse for final effectiveness.
19.
... Service Board
of A.A. (the trustees) administers ...
BB
Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A., p.573
The General Service Board of A.A. (the trustees) administers A.A.'s General Service Office, A.A. World Services, Inc., and our monthly magazine, the A.A. Grapevine.
20.
(*) In 1954, the name of the Alcoholic Foundation,
Inc., was changed to the General Service Board of Alcoholics Anonymous, Inc., and the Foundation office is now the General Service Office.
21.
(*) In 1954, the name of the Alcoholic Foundation,
Inc., was changed to the General Service Board of Alcoholics Anonymous, Inc., and the Foundation office is now the General Service Office.
22.
(*) In 1954, the name of the Alcoholic Foundation,
Inc., was changed to the General Service Board of Alcoholics Anonymous, Inc., and the Foundation office is now the General Service Office.
23.
(*) In 1954, the name of the Alcoholic Foundation,
Inc., was changed to the General Service Board of Alcoholics Anonymous, Inc., and the Foundation office is now the General Service Office.
24.
(*) In 1954, the name of the Alcoholic Foundation,
Inc., was changed to the General Service Board of Alcoholics Anonymous, Inc., and the Foundation office is now the General Service Office.
25.
(*) In 1954, the name of the Alcoholic Foundation,
Inc., was changed to the General Service Board of Alcoholics Anonymous, Inc., and the Foundation office is now the General Service Office.
26.
27.
Then, in seeming contradiction, we proceed to create special service boards and committees which
in themselves are organized.
28.
... service boards
or committees directly responsible to ...
BB
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.562
Nine -- A.A., as such, ought never be organized; but we
may create service boards or committees directly responsible to
those they serve.
29.
Tradition Nine -- "A.A., as such, ought never be organized; but we may create
service boards or committees directly responsible to those they
serve."
30.
"A.A., as such, ought never be organized; but we may create
service boards or committees directly responsible to those they
serve."
31.
32.
33.
Eight -- Alcoholics Anonymous should remain forever nonprofessional, but our service centers may employ special workers.
34.
Tradition Eight -- "Alcoholics Anonymous
should remain forever nonprofessional, but our service centers may employ special workers."
35.
"Alcoholics Anonymous
should remain forever nonprofessional, but our service centers may employ special workers."
36.
37.
38.
The "short form" of the Concepts, which follows, was
prepared by the 1974 General Service Conference.
39.
In fact, the 2002 General Service Conference discussed
this issue and it was unanimously recommended that: "The text
in the book Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, written by Bill W., remain as is, recognizing the Fellowship's feelings
that Bill's writing be retained as originally published."
40.
Neither its General Service Conference, its Foundation Board,(*) nor the humblest group committee can issue a single directive to an A.A. member and make it stick, let alone mete out any punishment.
41.
... Service Conference
of A.A. has become, for ...
BB
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form), p.574
II. The General Service Conference of A.A. has become, for nearly every practical purpose, the active voice and the effective conscience of
our whole Society in its world affairs.
42.
The General Service Conference, the board of trustees, and group committees cannot issue directives to A.A. members or groups.
43.
It is in this spirit of service that we elect the A.A. group's informal rotating committee, the intergroup association
for the area, and the General
Service Conferences of Alcoholics Anonymous for
A.A. as a whole.
44.
... service corporations,
staffs, committees, and executives -- with ...
BB
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form), p.574
III. To insure effective leadership, we
should endow each element of A.A. -- the Conference, the General
Service Board and its service corporations, staffs, committees, and executives -- with a traditional "Right of Decision."
45.
... service directors,
executives, staffs, and consultants. Composition, ...
BB
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form), p.575
XI. The trustees should always have the best possible committees, corporate service directors, executives,
staffs, and consultants. Composition, qualifications, induction procedures,
and rights and duties will always be matters of serious concern.
46.
Moreover, it had performed a great service for Alcoholics Anonymous, because it had
been humbly willing to apply the lessons it learned.
47.
All such representatives are to be guided in the spirit of service, for true leaders in A.A. are but trusted and experienced
servants of the whole.
48.
All such representatives are to be guided in the spirit of service, for true leaders in A.A. are but trusted and experienced
servants of the whole.
49.
Twelfth Step work is never paid for, but those who labor in service for us are worthy of their hire.
50.
Our Twelfth Step is never to be paid for, but those who labor in service for us are worthy of their
hire.
51.
Service, gladly rendered, obligations squarely met, troubles well accepted or solved with God's help, the knowledge that at home or in
the world outside we are partners in a common effort, the well-understood fact that in God's sight all human beings are important, the proof that love freely given surely brings a full return, the certainty that
we are no longer isolated and alone in self-constructed prisons, the surety that we need no longer be square pegs in round holes but can fit and belong in God's scheme of things -- these are
the permanent and legitimate satisfactions of right living for which no amount of pomp and circumstance, no heap of material possessions, could possibly be substitutes.
52.
In this prodigy of service,
he was well assisted by Sister Ignatia at St. Thomas Hospital in Akron, Ohio, one of the greatest friends our Fellowship will ever know.
53.
... service leadership
at all levels is indispensable ...
BB
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form), p.575
IX. Good service leadership at all levels is indispensable
for our future functioning and safety. Primary world service leadership, once exercised by the founders, must necessarily be assumed by
the trustees.
54.
... service leadership,
once exercised by the founders, ...
BB
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form), p.575
IX. Good service leadership at all levels is indispensable
for our future functioning and safety. Primary world service leadership, once exercised by the founders, must necessarily be assumed by
the trustees.
55.
... service matters
should be exercised by the ...
BB
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form), p.574
VI. The Conference recognizes that the chief initiative and active responsibility in most world service matters should be exercised
by the trustee members of
the Conference acting as
the General Service Board.
56.
From childhood through
high school I was more or less forced to go to church, Sunday School and evening service, Monday night Christian Endeavor and sometimes to
Wednesday evening prayer meeting.
57.
(*) In 1954, the name of the Alcoholic Foundation,
Inc., was changed to the General Service Board of Alcoholics Anonymous, Inc., and the Foundation office is now the General Service Office.
58.
(*) In 1954, the name of the Alcoholic Foundation,
Inc., was changed to the General Service Board of Alcoholics Anonymous, Inc., and the Foundation office is now the General Service Office.
59.
(*) In 1954, the name of the Alcoholic Foundation,
Inc., was changed to the General Service Board of Alcoholics Anonymous, Inc., and the Foundation office is now the General Service Office.
60.
(*) In 1954, the name of the Alcoholic Foundation,
Inc., was changed to the General Service Board of Alcoholics Anonymous, Inc., and the Foundation office is now the General Service Office.
61.
(*) The work of present-day staff members has no counterpart among the job categories of commercial organizations. These A.A.'s
bring a wide range of business and professional experience to their service
at The General Service Office.
62.
(*) In 1954, the name of the Alcoholic Foundation,
Inc., was changed to the General Service Board of Alcoholics Anonymous, Inc., and the Foundation office is now the General Service Office.
63.
(*) In 1954, the name of the Alcoholic Foundation,
Inc., was changed to the General Service Board of Alcoholics Anonymous, Inc., and the Foundation office is now the General Service Office.
64.
If there is no Al-Anon listing in your local telephone book, you may obtain further information on Al-Anon/Alateen Family Groups by writing to its World Service Office, 1600 Corporate Landing Parkway, Virginia Beach, VA 23454-5617.
65.
... Service Office,
A.A. World Services, Inc., and ...
BB
Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A., p.573
The General Service Board of A.A. (the trustees) administers A.A.'s General Service Office, A.A. World Services, Inc., and our monthly magazine, the A.A. Grapevine.
66.
They are the custodians of our A.A. Tradition and the receivers of voluntary A.A. contributions by which
we maintain our A.A. General Service Office at New York.
67.
They are the custodians of our A.A. Tradition and the receivers of voluntary A.A. contributions by which
we maintain our A.A. General Service Office at New York.
68.
(A.A.'s General Service Office may be reached by writing: Alcoholics Anonymous, P.O. Box 459, Grand Central Station, New York, NY 10163. U.S.A.)
69.
How, then, can we have an unorganized movement which can and does create a service organization for itself?
70.
The minute we put our work on a service plane, the alcoholic commences to rely upon our assistance rather than upon God.
71.
72.
... Service provide
a group of related principles ...
BB
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form), p.574
Written by co-founder Bill W. in 1962, the Twelve Concepts for World Service provide a group of related principles to help ensure that various elements of A.A.'s service structure remain responsive and responsible to those they
serve.
73.
... service responsibility
should be matched by an ...
BB
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form), p.575
X. Every service responsibility should be matched by an equal service authority, with the scope of such authority well defined.
74.
These are the growing group's hierarchy of service -- self-appointed, of course, because there is no other way.
75.
... service structure
remain responsive and responsible to ...
BB
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form), p.574
Written by co-founder Bill W. in 1962, the Twelve Concepts for World Service provide a group of related principles to help ensure that various elements of A.A.'s service structure remain responsive and responsible to those they
serve.
76.
It is in this spirit of service that we elect the A.A. group's informal rotating committee, the intergroup association
for the area, and the General
Service Conferences of Alcoholics Anonymous for
A.A. as a whole.
77.
The experiment of quitting for a period of time will be helpful, but we think we can render an even greater service to alcoholic sufferers and
perhaps to the medical fraternity.
78.
When by devoted service to family, friends, business, or community we
attract widespread affection and are sometimes singled out for posts of greater responsibility
and trust, we try to be humbly grateful and exert ourselves the more in a spirit of love and service.
79.
80.
It is the difference between the spirit of vested authority and the spirit of service, two concepts which are sometimes poles apart.
81.
When a job still looked like a mere means of getting money rather than an opportunity
for service, when the acquisition of money for financial independence
looked more important than a right dependence upon God, we were still the victims of unreasonable
fears.
82.
83.
84.
But when we had declared that our Fellowship couldn't hire
service workers nor could any A.A. member carry our knowledge into other fields, we were taking the counsel of fear, fear which today has been largely dispelled in the light of experience.
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