Tradition Check List #4

[MajestyJo]

Tradition Ten:

"Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the A.A. name ought never be drawn into public controversy."

http://www.sobernclean.com/aatraditionten.html

http://www.cyberrecovery.net/NA/TraditionTen.html

1. Do you give the impression that there really is an "AA opinion" on Antabuse? Tranquilizers? Doctors? Psychiatrists? Churches? Hospitals? Jails? Alcohol? The federal or state government? Legalizing marijuana? Vitamins? Al-Anon? Alateen?
2. Can I honestly share my own personal experience concerning any of those without giving the impression I am stating the "AA opinion"?
3. What in AA history gave rise to our Tenth Tradition?
4. Have I had a similar experience in my own AA life?
5. What would AA be without the Tradition? Where would I be?
6. Do I breach this or any of its supporting Traditions in subtle, perhaps unconscious, ways?
7. How can I manifest the spirit of this Tradition in my personal life outside AA? Inside AA?

From AA Grapevine


Tradition Eleven:

"Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio, and films."

http://www.lovelandnet.com/rule62/12x12/tradition_11.htm

http://www.cyberrecovery.net/Tradition11.html

1. Do I sometimes promote AA so fanatically that I make it seem unattractive?

2. Am I always careful to keep the confidences reposed in me as an AA member?
3. Am I careful about throwing AA names around even within the Fellowship?
4. Am I ashamed of being a recovered, or recovering, alcoholic?
5. What would AA be like if we were not guided by the ideas in Tradition Eleven? Where would I be?
6. Is my AA sobriety attractive enough that a sick drunk would want such a quality for himself?

From AA Grapevine


Tradition Twelve:

"Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities."


http://www.cyberrecovery.net/Tradition12.html

http://draonline.org/trad0.html

http://www.adultchildren.org/lit/Traditions.s

http://nawol.org/2008_trad12.htm

1. Why is it a good idea for me to place the common welfare of all AA members before individual welfare? What would happen to me if AA as a whole disappeared?
2. When I do not trust AA's current servants, who do I wish had the authority to straighten them out?
3) In my opinions of and remarks about other AAs, am I implying membership requirements other than a desire to stay sober?
4) Do I ever try to get a certain AA group to coform to my standards, not its own?
5) Have I a personal responsibility in helping an Aa group fulfill its primary purpose? What is my part?
6) Does my personal behavior reflect the Sixth Tradition - or belie it?
7. Do I do all I can do to support AA financially? When is the lst time I anonymously gave away a Grapevine subscription? (or other literature)
8. Do I complain about certain AAs' behavior - especially if they are paid to work for AA? Who made me so smart?
9. Do I fulfill all AA responsibilities in such a way as to please privately even my own conscience? Really?
10. Do my utterances always reflect the Tenth Tradition, or do I give AA critics ream ammunition?
11. Should I keep my AA membership a secret, or reveal it in private conversaton when that may help another alocholic (and therefore me)? Is my brand of AA so attractive that other drunks want it?
12. What is the real importance of me among more than a million AAs?

- Tradition Checklist from the AA Grapevine (1969 - 1971)

Originally intended primarily for individual use, many AA groups have since used them for wider discussions.

We are advised to practice these principles.


My favorite line in all the questions is the following one:


Quote: Is my brand of AA so attractive that other drunks want it?