What a Group Is
This is the only requirement for A.A. group membership
What is "a desire to stop drinking"? (p.13)
These are the things you need to start a new A.A. group (name at least 2).
What are:
two or three alcoholics
the cooperation of other A.A. members
a meeting place
a coffee pot
A.A. literature and meeting lists
other supplies? (p.17)
These carry the major responsibility for carrying the A.A. message into the community and around the world.
What are service committees? (p.25)
This is what GSR stands for
What is General Service Representative? (p.22)
A meeting only for those who have a desire to stop drinking
What is a Closed meeting? (p.13)
What are the District Committee, Area Committee, and General Service Office? (p.17)
This person works to help hospital and treatment center staffs better understand A.A., and may even take a meeting into a treatment facility.
What is Treatment Committee Liaison? (p.25-26)
These are the places that GSRs represent their groups.
What are district meetings and area assemblies? (p.22)
This is where an A.A. member would accept service responsibilities, try to sustain friendships, and exercise their vote. Known as "the strongest bond between the A.A. member and the Fellowship."
What is an A.A. Home Group? (p.15)
This Tradition tells us what to avoid when naming an A.A. Group - such as using a location in the name, which may give the appearance of an affiliation
Tradition Six (p.17)
What is Public Information Committee Liaison? (p.26)
Many groups provide this for their GSRs to attend service functions.
What is financial support? (p.22)
This Tradition's long form states, "Any two or three alcoholics gathered together for sobriety may call themselves an A.A. group, provided that, as a group, they have no other affiliation."
What is Tradition Three? (p.12)
These are the typical "officers" or "trusted servants" that a group has. (name at least 3)
Who are: a Chairperson, Secretary, Treasurer, GSR, Grapevine representative, and Literature representative? (p.20-23)
This principle ensures that group tasks, like nearly everything else in A.A., are passed around for all to share.
What is the Principle of Rotation? (p.28)
GSRs are known as "the guardians of" this.
What is "the Traditions"? (p.22)
According to Tradition Five, each group ought to have this one primary purpose.
What is "that of carrying its message to the alcoholic who still suffers"? (p.12)
A Group's funds are typically used for these expenses. (name at least 3)
What are rent, A.A. literature, local meeting lists, coffee and refreshments, and support for all A.A. service entities? (p. 21)
The _____________ is the collective voice of the group membership. The voice is heard when a well-informed group arrives at a decision.
What is the group conscience? (p.28-29)
This is the newsletter that all GSRs receive from GSO.
What is Box 4-5-9. (p.22)