Reprinted from Feb./Mar. 1990 issue of Box 4-5-9. The 85,000 groups comprising A.A. today [108,000 in 2011] hold what co-founder Bill W. called “the ultimate responsibility and final authority for our world services.” But where does this ever-lengthening chain of responsibility begin? Who has the authority to make it happen? The entire structure of…
A.A.’s Twelve Concepts for World Service Looking back from the vantage point of over 75 years, it can be difficult to imagine how uncertain A.A.’s existence was in its early days. Difficult problems related to money, property and prestige plagued the early members and the question of how this group of alcoholics could best get…
I recently heard a great analogy about being in A.A; it is like having a RV trailer. In the trailer, you’ve got your home group, your sponsor and sponsees, A.A. meetings, the Grapevine and all the A.A. events you regularly attend. Life is good. In the back of the trailer is a door that…