A B C
Almost from the beginning, we have been positive that face-to-face work with the alcoholic who suffers could be based only on the desire...
A. ...to stay sober.
B. ...to help and be helped.
C. ... to make friends.
B ...to help and be helped.
P 166 p2
Alcoholics simply will not listen to a .... twelfth-stepper.
paid
P 166 p2
We have discovered that at the point of professionalism, money and spirituality do not mix.
True or not
True
P166 p1
Every time we have tried to professionalize our Twelfth Step, the result has been exactly the same:
A. Our single purpose has been defeated.
B. Our unity has been compromised
C. We could not keep our prospects sober
A. Our single purpose has been defeated.
P 166 p 1
...Even more important, an empty club couldn't answer its telephone, but it was an open invitation to a drunk on a binge who possessed a spare key. So somebody had to look after the place full time. If we hired an alcoholic, he'd receive only what we'd have to pay a nonalcoholic for the same job. The job was not to do Twelfth Step work; it was to make Twelfth Step work..... It was a service proposition, pure and simple.
... possible
P 168 p0
... Sacks of letters on every conceivable A.A. problem ranging from a lonelyheart Eskimo to the growing pains of thousands of groups must be answered by people who know. Right contacts with the world outside have to be maintained. A.A.'s lifelines have to be tended. However to avoid "professionalization" of AA we never hire AA's to do such jobs.
True or not true
Not true
Sacks of letters on every conceivable A.A. problem ranging from a lonelyheart Eskimo to the growing pains of thousands of groups must be answered by people who know. Right contacts with the world outside have to be maintained. A.A.'s lifelines have to be tended. So we hire A.A. staff members. We pay them well, and they earn what they get.
p169 p1
A university wanted an A.A. member to educate the public on alcoholism. A corporation wanted a personnel man familiar with the subject….are such activities to be branded as professionalism under A.A. tradition?
A. We think the answer is "Yes"
B. We think the answer is "No"
C. We think the answer depends on how long AA member is sober
B. We think the answer is “No".
The violation in these instances was not professionalism at all; it was breaking anonymity. A.A.'s sole purpose was being compromised, and the name of Alcoholics Anonymous was being misused.
P170 p1
Our Twelfth Step is never to be paid for, but those who labor in service for us are...
...worthy of their hire.
...At the Foundation ( General Service Office nowdays) and intergroup offices, we couldn't employ nonalcoholics as secretaries; we had to have people who knew the A.A. pitch.
True or not true
True
p 169 p1