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A GREAT PARADOX

These legacies of suffering and of recovery are easily passed

among alcoholics, one to the other. This is our gift from God,

and its bestowal upon others like us is the one aim that today

animates A.A.’s all around the globe.

TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 151



The great paradox of A.A. is that I know I cannot keep the

precious gift of sobriety unless I give it away. My primary purpose is

to stay sober. In A.A. I have no other goal, and the importance of this

 is a matter of life or death for me. If I veer from this purpose I lose. 

But A.A. is not only for me; it is for the alcoholic who still suffers. The

legions of recovering alcoholics stay sober by sharing with fellow alcoholics. 

The way to my recovery is to show others in A.A. that when I share with them, 

we both grow in the grace of the Higher Power, and both of us are on the road

to a happy destiny.

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GLOBAL SHARING

The only thing that matters is that he is an alcoholic who has found a key to sobriety. These legacies of suffering and of recovery are easily passed among alcoholics, one to the other. This is our gift from God, and its bestowal upon others like us is the one aim that today animates A. A.’s all around the globe.

~ TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 151 ~

The strength of Alcoholics Anonymous lies in the desire of each member and of each group around the world to share with other alcoholics their suffering and the steps taken to gain, and maintain, recovery. By keeping a conscious contact with my Higher Power, I make sure that I always nurture my desire to help other alcoholics, thus insuring the continuity of the wonderful fraternity of Alcoholics Anonymous.

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April 

A GREAT PARADOX


These legacies of suffering and of recovery are easily passed among alcoholics, one to the other. This is our gift from God, and its bestowal upon others like us is the one aim that today animates A.A.’s all around the globe.

TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 151

The great paradox of A.A. is that I know I cannot keep the precious gift of sobriety unless I give it away. My primary purpose is to stay sober. In A.A. I have no other goal, and the importance of this is a matter of life or death for me. If I veer from this purpose I lose. But A.A. is not only for me; it is for the alcoholic who still suffers. The legions of recovering alcoholics stay sober by sharing with fellow alcoholics. The way to my recovery is to show others in A.A. that when I share with them, we both grow in the grace of the Higher Power, and both of us are on the road to a happy destiny.

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