I spent a good part of the day doing research into AA's Warranty 5:"that its actions never be personally punitive nor an incitement to public controversy"
Of course, the only way I could figure out how to do that was to look at all that I could find on the web about where AA had been personally punitive or in the throws of public controversy.
...there is a lot...
One of the things I love most about AA history (distant past and recent) is that, at our core, from the very beginning, we have been and probably always will be a bunch of drunks. We don't deserve this recovery program. From the get-go, we have been eager to either sell it, hide it, or burn it down. From Bill and Bob on (but especially Bill), we have been first, last and always - drunks.
Please don't get me wrong.
I really love this thing (AA) and I an grateful for and honor the suffering and hard work that has gone on through our AA history to preserve our message and our fellowship.
But the only explanation that I can come up with as to why we've survived 74+ years is God's grace.
And, I think based on that we might survive into the future as well - that's my hope...
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Ed, I'm glad it's you who enjoy doing the research. If it was left to me--it would not get done.
But your work is commendable. Your conclusion--well I reached that without the research I guess.
Just that I am so grateful, and God gives me stuff to do (as He does you) and I give it my best shot--usually. And then He teaches me more--or again, whichever...
It is my hope too. And sometimes I lose it. I am grateful for your humility and your understanding that we could never deserve this incredible blessing of recovery.
Ed, I hope that AA will continue into the future also. I don't want to see it change in such a way from its origins that it no longer is a refuge for the sick and suffering. It's people like you who understand the history and will keep it going.
We can be humble and deserving at the same time.
Left to my own devices, I am apt to screw things up.
God showed me who was really in charge the day He gave me the gift of sobriety.
I believe AA is a God-given and God-maintained program.
Prayer Girl
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