More About Alcoholism Tk 1
PREAMBLE This is the text of an old preamble that used to be used at AA Meetings. It was found floating around USENET. From what we can tell it was never “official” AA literature. If anyone can give us a better idea of where it came from, please write and we will pass it along to the other readers. ——————————————————————————– We are gathered here because we are faced with the fact that we are powerless over alcohol and unable to do anything about it without the help of a Power greater than ourselves. We feel that each person’s religious views, if any, are his own affair. The simple purpose of the program of Alcoholics Anonymous is to show what may be done to enlist the aid of a Power greater than ourselves regardless of what our individual conception of that Power may be. In order to form a habit of depending upon and referring all we do to that Power, we must at first apply ourselves with some diligence. By often repeating these acts, they become habitual and the help rendered becomes natural to us. We have all come to know that as alcoholics we are suffering from a serious illness for which medicine has no cure. Our condition may be the result of an allergy which makes us different from other people. It has never been by any treatment with which we are familiar, permanently cured. The only relief we have to offer is absolute abstinence, the second meaning of AA There are no dues or fees. The only requirement for …
About Alcoholism: alcoholism.about.com Music: “music for airports” By Brian Eno www.enoshop.co.uk My photo link: www.doninchelsea.myphotoalbum.com My other link: www.doninlondon.myphotoalbum.com Email me: [email protected] I do not represent Alcoholics Anonymous, I share how fellowship helps me keep safe one day at a time.