MY THOUGHTS ON TRADITION THREE
Tradition three
The only requirement for A.A. membership is a desire to stop
drinking
I
must change with the tide, and show the newcomers of today their experiences
must be shared in their own way not mine
I
must give people the same kind of unconditional love forgiveness, understanding
and most importantly tolerance the same things I received when I arrived at the
doors
Change
is an absolute growth is optional I must continue to grow with the rest of you
or I will parish in a sea of drug addiction like so many others did before me
Yes!!!
Addiction from the drug alcohol as well as street drugs or prescription drugs
WE cannot hide behind a screen and only look at one part of our problems
To
tell someone especially a newcomer in an open forum like on the floor of a
speaker meeting or in an open discussion meeting they don't belong can only add
to their bewilderment
It
is embarrassing and humiliating to have someone being ostracized because they
are different than some of us my son was treated this way in a meeting he was
sharing his ESH on the podium
My
son a full blown alcoholic trying to share his experience what happen to Him
how he found the doors of aa like so many others in aa today he started out
with drugs and turned to alcohol
As
he was sharing what happened to him a bleeding deacon told him to sit down
because THEY did not care about his drugs he had three months sober from
alcohol and was trying the aa way of life
He
has never gone back to an aa meeting since this happened and now he needs a
liver transplant because of cirrhosis did this bleeding deacon help him stay
sober?????????????
When
I hear these comments at meetings "you don't belong I don't want to here
about drugs I know how hopeless and despairing this can be to that person
suffering from the dual addiction of alcohol and drugs
He
felt like he was to be cast out before anyone could get to know who or what he
was these remarks could cause the death of a person who needs all our help to
overcome the very disease we all suffer from
To
me as a member of AA for the past thirty-two years it is embarrassing and
humiliating to have someone being ostracized because they are a little
different than me
Tradition
three shows us that we've thrown away all membership rules and regulations that
might keep you out I want you to have the same chance for sobriety that I had
AA decided to be inclusive.... never
exclusive so for me if you say you belong it is good enough for me I Welcome
all to aa for it is what this tradition is all about
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