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“Concept I:Final responsibility and ultimate authority for A.A. world services should always reside in the collective conscience of ....”
a. first class trustees
b. our whole Fellowship
c. most active members
b. our whole Fellowship
What year trusteeship was created, first called the Alcoholic Foundation, renamed in 1954 the General Service Board.
a. 1938
b. 1936
c. 1948
a. 1938
“A.A.’S LEGACY OF SERVICE,” BILL W. (1951) Our Twelfth Step—carrying the message—is the basic service that the A.A. Fellowship gives; this is our principal aim and the main reason for our existence. Therefore, A.A. is more than a set of principles; it is a society of alcoholics in action. We must carry the message, else we ourselves can wither and those who haven’t been given the truth may die.
What does it mean to be a member os society of alcoholics IN ACTION
Because the ultimate responsibility and final authority for world services resides with the groups, rather than with the trustees, the General Service Board or the General Service Office “Alcoholics Anonymous has been called an ... (AA Group, p. 8.)
a. most democratic organization
b. society of drunks
c. upside-down organization
c. upside-down organization
“The A.A. Service Manual,” is a current and evolving version of earlier document, first drafted by Bill in 1951. How was this original document called?
a. 12 steps and 12 traditions
b. Handbook for service
c. The Third Legacy Manual
c. “The Third Legacy Manual,”
“The entire structure of AA depends upon the participation and conscience of the individual groups and how each of these groups conducts its affairs has a ripple effect on AA everywhere.” (AA Group p. 8)
give an example from your service experience of this "ripple effect"
“The A.A. groups are to be the final authority; their leaders are to be entrusted with delegated responsibilities only.” The outside world cannot imagine an organization run this way, but Bill calls it “a spiritualized society characterized by enough enlightenment, enough responsibility, and ........ to insure that our democracy of world service will work . . . .”
a. enough love of man and of God
b. enough luck
c. enough enthusiasm and will power
a. enough love of man and of God
The A.A. groups today hold ultimate responsibility and final authority for our world services—those special elements of over-all service activity which make it possible for our Society to function as a whole. On behalf of Dr. Bob, the Trustees and A.A.’s old-time leaders, Bill W made the transfer of world service responsibility to our entire Fellowship. This happened at:
a. at the St. Louis International Convention of 1955.
b. the first national meeting, hosted by the 44 Cleveland groups on June 9-10, Cleveland, Ohio
c. International Convention on the 25th Anniversary of Alcoholics Anonymous in 1960, Long Beach California
a. St. Louis International Convention of 1955.
A service sponsor can be defined as one alcoholic who has made some progress in recovery and/or performance in service and who is willing to share this experience with another alcoholic who is just starting the journey.
share with the group your experience with finding and working with a service sponsor