MY THOUGHTS
ON TRADITION TWO
Tradition Two
"For our group purpose, there is but one ultimate
authority - a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience."
Where
does A.A. get its direction? Well I know today it comes from the group’s
conscience because it’s thru the group that the whole of AA is run
Aa
has no president having authority to govern it no treasurer who can compel the
payment of any dues no board of directors who can cast an erring member into
outer darkness
No member can give another an order and
enforce the person to conform to that members way of thinking thank God aa is
an upside down fellowship where the individual member has the right to be wrong
When
we read Tradition Two we learn that the sole authority in AA is a loving God as
He may express Himself in the group conscience
For
me to get sober and stay sober I had to find this power greater than myself I
found this power the God of my understanding all loving and forgiven
I
did come to depend upon my new found God He is a source of strength and a
source of positive acceptance of my malady the cunning baffling disease of
alcoholism
Today
I do have an inner security I found a sense of purpose I never knew before As
the days pass I learned from daily experience what my character defects and
short comings were and became willing that they be removed by my God
Each
group, as well as each member is a special entity none quite like any other AA
groups are basically the same looking for the same sense of purpose helping
another alcoholic
Every
AA group has a conscience it is the collective conscience of its own membership
following the guidelines of AA as a whole
I
know my home group recognize its own defects of character and one by one thru
the groups conscience has removed or lessened there negative impact on aa as a
whole
The
groups receive right direction by tending to its own affairs Trial and error
produces group experience and out of corrected experiences comes tradition
The
Greater Power is working through a clear group conscience our growing AA
Traditions will prove to be the will of God for us all
AA
found it needs little need for man-made rules or regulations despite the fact
that we do veer off at times on tangents
With
respect to its own affairs, the collective conscience of the group will almost
surely demonstrate its dependability
The
group conscience will, in the end, prove a far more infallible guide for group
affairs than the decision of any individual member however good or wise he may
be
Our active leadership is of service thru
our trusted servants rotation of duties we enjoy a kind of democracy in the
respect that we may unique in society
Therefore
we of Alcoholics Anonymous are certain that there is but one ultimate
authority, "a loving God as he may express himself in our group
conscience."
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