TRADITION
SIX CHECKLIST
MY
ANSWERS
facility
or An AA group ought never endorse, finance, or lend the AA name
to any related outside enterprise, lest problems of money,
property, and prestige divert us from our primary purpose.
1.
Should my fellow group members and I raise money to endow several
AA beds in our local hospital?
As an
individual or a group of individuals they is no problem raising
money for hospital beds for alcoholics But it is not all right to
use my groups name of the name of Alcoholics Anonymous for any
purpose other than carrying the message to other alcoholics
2.
Is it good for a group to lease a small building?
Many club
houses do rent buildings for functions of fellow member of AA
this is not a problem until they start calling it an AA club
house or an AA group although AA groups can meet at these club
houses as long as they are self-supporting and do not refer to
the club as there group
3
Are all the officers and members of our local club for AAs
familiar with "Guidelines on Clubs" (which is available
free from GSO)?
Had question
for me because I do not belong to a club for AAs my thought
would be if they are not familiar with the Guideline on
Clubs they should contact GSO and get this information so
they do not make a negative impact on our twelve traditions
4.
Should the secretary of our group serve on the mayor's advisory
committee on alcoholism?
Only if the
secretary is serving as an advisor on the committee on alcoholism
not as a group secretary or for that matter any other position
held in AA we all are free to do as we wish as individuals but
should not use the groups name or the AA name to perform service
for any outside enterprise
5.
Some alcoholics will stay around AA only if we have a TV and card
room. If this is what is requires to carry the message to them,
shouldnt we have these facilities?
A very easy question to answer its we
do not provide entertainment for recovery we proving a way out
using the twelve step of recovery carrying the message of
alcoholics anonymous it they need to be entertained then in my
opinion they just are not ready to go to any lengths to stay
sober and even a TV and card room will not help them stay sober
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The checklist is a reprint from June 1970 Grapevine