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JamesCT · JamesCT

8. Adult Children of Alcoholics should remain forever non-professional, but our service centers may employ special workers. A concession that people for specific functions may be needed.

hotrod · hotrod

TRADITION EIGHT 8 TRADITION EIGHT 8 Alanon Twelve Step Work Should remain forever Non-Professional but Our Service Centers May Employ Service Workers. Courage to Change (Page 137) We come together as a fellow ship of equals. Where no one is in charge and no one is an expert. Every memb...

JamesCT · JamesCT

7. Every ACA group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions. If a group is beholding to an outside means of support, then there is pressure to change the group's message to suit its benefactor. This is to protect ACA from that.

hotrod · hotrod

4 th Step: Made a Searching and Fearless Moral Inventory of Ourselves Courage to Change Page 158 How easy it can be to justify our own unacceptable behavior!! Perhaps we excuse ourselves, claiming that we were provoked or had no choice. Or we dismiss our actions by telling ourselves that Everyone...

hotrod · hotrod

Seventh Step (7)Every Groups Ought to be Fully Self Supporting Declining outside Contributions COURAGE TO CHANGE PAGE (251)There is more to maintaining a fully self-supporting Al Anon group than just paying the rent. Continuity of service is important to our common welfare. I will think abo...

JamesCT · JamesCT

6. An ACA group ought never endorse, finance or lend the ACA name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property and prestige divert us from our primary purpose. Money can lure people's eyes off the true mission of a cause, substituting itself for the actual point. Th...

yolerbob · yolerbob

Good evening, I am new to this and not really sure how it works. I just know that I need to talk to someone that is going through what I am. I have a sister who is an alcoholic and her drinking is affecting me and my family. I don't want her to feel as if I'm judging her and I don't want to isolate her but I don't...

mariposalily · mariposalily

I cannot get into the online AA meetings--does anyone have a phone number I could call or any information on how to participate in the meetings? I have tried to get on multiple times during the Month of May, 2012. This would help very much as I have limited transportation to meetings from my rural hom...

JamesCT · JamesCT

1. Our common welfare should come first, personal recovery depends on ACA unity. I have been asked to post the twelve traditions of ACA, but I am not versed on them or what they mean, to be perfectly honest. So I welcome your opinions and discussions. This first tradition definitely could use some ex...

JamesCT · JamesCT

5. Each group has but one primary purpose - to carry its message to the adult child who still suffers. As is the case with any organized human endeavor, sometimes the purpose of the gathering can get lost in the people, their personalities, and their agendas. We need to be mindful that this is the purpos...

hotrod · hotrod

Each Alanon Family Group has but One Purpose; to Help Families of Alcoholics. We do this by:Practicing the Twelve Steps of AA Ourselves, by Encouraging and Understanding Our Alcoholic Relatives, and By Welcoming and Giving Comfort to Families of Alcoholics. Courage to Change Page 42Trad...

hotrod · hotrod

TRADITION FOUR (4) Every Group Should be Autonomous, Except in Matters Affecting Another Group or AlAnon or AA as a WholeOne Day at a Time in Al Anon-----Page 305Al Anon is not an organization, it has no managers, or bosses. It is a fellowship of equals, held together in close union by something call...

BethL · BethL

I just came into AlAnon recently. This disease is a generational one in my family and I'm just becoming fully aware of my responsibility to and for myself. I've begun studying Steps one and two and feel I'm current this far...any insights for preserving one's sanity while watching a child destroy him...

hotrod · hotrod

TRADITION THREE (3) The Relatives of Alcoholics When Gathered Together, for Mutual Aid, May Call Themselves an Alan on Family Group Provided that as a Group They Have no Other Affiliations. The Only Requirement for membership is that there is a Problem of Alcoholism in a Relative or FriendCoura...

JamesCT · JamesCT

4. Each group is autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or ACA as a whole. We cooperate with all other 12-Step programs. It's important that we let people do things their way in their group. Each grouping of people has their own style. And we specifically need to work hand in hand with the o...

JamesCT · JamesCT

3. The only requirement for membership in ACA is a desire to recover from the effects of growing up in an alcoholic or otherwise dysfunctional family. We need to remember that this is not an exclusive club and that social inclusion is not the reason we're here. This is about getting better and helping a...

hotrod · hotrod

TRADITION TWO (2) For Our Group Purpose there is but One Authority, a loving God as He May Express Himself in Our Group Conscience. Our Leaders are But Trusted Servants They Do Not Govern. Courage to Change Page 215We strive to conduct our meetings as a fellowship of equals and to practice rotation...

hotrod · hotrod

Tradition One (1)Our Common Welfare Should Come First; Personal Progress for the Greatest Number Depends on Unity One Day at a Time in Alanon Page 322 If I have made myself part of an Al Anon Group to get help, wouldnt I be defeating MYSELF if I allowed what we call personality clashes to interfer...

dott · dott

Step Ten - Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it. From: Paths to Recovery pg. 104 (copyright 1997, by Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc Limited use by express written permission of Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc.) As we work Step Ten on a regl...

JamesCT · JamesCT

2. For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority - a loving God as expressed in our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants, they do not govern. Read God as Higher Power. IMO, this tradition says that we should be less concerned about the ultimate authority of the organizat...

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	Tradition 8 - Adult Children of Alcoholics (Preview) 8. Adult Children of Alcoholics should remain forever non-professional, but our service centers may employ special workers. A concession that people for specific functions may be needed.	JamesCT	1	856	Aug 25, 2012 by DavidG
	ALANON TRADITION 8 (Preview) TRADITION EIGHT 8 TRADITION EIGHT 8 Alanon Twelve Step Work Should remain forever Non-Professional but Our Service Centers May Employ Service Workers. Courage to Change (Page 137) We come together as a fellow ship of equals. Where no one is in charge and no one is an expert. Every memb...	hotrod	1	5028	Aug 25, 2012 by DavidG
	Tradition 7 - Adult Children of Alcoholics (Preview) 7. Every ACA group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions. If a group is beholding to an outside means of support, then there is pressure to change the group's message to suit its benefactor. This is to protect ACA from that.	JamesCT	3	921	Aug 4, 2012 by DavidG
	STEP 4 ALANON (Preview) 4 th Step: Made a Searching and Fearless Moral Inventory of Ourselves Courage to Change Page 158 How easy it can be to justify our own unacceptable behavior!! Perhaps we excuse ourselves, claiming that we were provoked or had no choice. Or we dismiss our actions by telling ourselves that Everyone...	hotrod	9	16766	Jul 27, 2012 by hotrod
	Alanon Tradition 7 (Preview) Seventh Step (7)Every Groups Ought to be Fully Self Supporting Declining outside Contributions COURAGE TO CHANGE PAGE (251)There is more to maintaining a fully self-supporting Al Anon group than just paying the rent. Continuity of service is important to our common welfare. I will think abo...	hotrod	1	5313	Jul 27, 2012 by DavidG
	Tradition 6 - Adult Children of Alcoholics (Preview) 6. An ACA group ought never endorse, finance or lend the ACA name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property and prestige divert us from our primary purpose. Money can lure people's eyes off the true mission of a cause, substituting itself for the actual point. Th...	JamesCT	1	1089	Jul 18, 2012 by DavidG
	I'm new to this. (Preview) Good evening, I am new to this and not really sure how it works. I just know that I need to talk to someone that is going through what I am. I have a sister who is an alcoholic and her drinking is affecting me and my family. I don't want her to feel as if I'm judging her and I don't want to isolate her but I don't...	yolerbob	1	980	Jul 11, 2012 by JamesCT
	Online AA meeting participation access (Preview) I cannot get into the online AA meetings--does anyone have a phone number I could call or any information on how to participate in the meetings? I have tried to get on multiple times during the Month of May, 2012. This would help very much as I have limited transportation to meetings from my rural hom...	mariposalily	1	922	Jul 9, 2012 by Magpie
	Tradition 1 - Adult Children of Alcoholics (Preview) 1. Our common welfare should come first, personal recovery depends on ACA unity. I have been asked to post the twelve traditions of ACA, but I am not versed on them or what they mean, to be perfectly honest. So I welcome your opinions and discussions. This first tradition definitely could use some ex...	JamesCT	10	1949	Jul 6, 2012 by DavidG
	Tradition 5 - Adult Children of Alcoholics (Preview) 5. Each group has but one primary purpose - to carry its message to the adult child who still suffers. As is the case with any organized human endeavor, sometimes the purpose of the gathering can get lost in the people, their personalities, and their agendas. We need to be mindful that this is the purpos...	JamesCT	1	933	Jul 3, 2012 by DavidG
	Alanon Tradition 5 (Preview) Each Alanon Family Group has but One Purpose; to Help Families of Alcoholics. We do this by:Practicing the Twelve Steps of AA Ourselves, by Encouraging and Understanding Our Alcoholic Relatives, and By Welcoming and Giving Comfort to Families of Alcoholics. Courage to Change Page 42Trad...	hotrod	2	5479	Jul 3, 2012 by hotrod
	ALANON TRADITION 4 (Preview) TRADITION FOUR (4) Every Group Should be Autonomous, Except in Matters Affecting Another Group or AlAnon or AA as a WholeOne Day at a Time in Al Anon-----Page 305Al Anon is not an organization, it has no managers, or bosses. It is a fellowship of equals, held together in close union by something call...	hotrod	4	7167	Jun 25, 2012 by hotrod
	Adult children who are alcoholics (Preview) I just came into AlAnon recently. This disease is a generational one in my family and I'm just becoming fully aware of my responsibility to and for myself. I've begun studying Steps one and two and feel I'm current this far...any insights for preserving one's sanity while watching a child destroy him...	BethL	1	945	Jun 21, 2012 by hotrod
	TRADITION 3 ALANON (Preview) TRADITION THREE (3) The Relatives of Alcoholics When Gathered Together, for Mutual Aid, May Call Themselves an Alan on Family Group Provided that as a Group They Have no Other Affiliations. The Only Requirement for membership is that there is a Problem of Alcoholism in a Relative or FriendCoura...	hotrod	4	8201	Jun 19, 2012 by Desirae
	Tradition 4 - Adult Children of Alcoholics (Preview) 4. Each group is autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or ACA as a whole. We cooperate with all other 12-Step programs. It's important that we let people do things their way in their group. Each grouping of people has their own style. And we specifically need to work hand in hand with the o...	JamesCT	1	973	Jun 18, 2012 by DavidG
	Tradition 3 - Adult Children of Alcoholics (Preview) 3. The only requirement for membership in ACA is a desire to recover from the effects of growing up in an alcoholic or otherwise dysfunctional family. We need to remember that this is not an exclusive club and that social inclusion is not the reason we're here. This is about getting better and helping a...	JamesCT	1	833	Jun 5, 2012 by DavidG
	Tradition 2 ALANON (Preview) TRADITION TWO (2) For Our Group Purpose there is but One Authority, a loving God as He May Express Himself in Our Group Conscience. Our Leaders are But Trusted Servants They Do Not Govern. Courage to Change Page 215We strive to conduct our meetings as a fellowship of equals and to practice rotation...	hotrod	6	7397	Jun 4, 2012 by hotrod
	Tradition 1 alanon (Preview) Tradition One (1)Our Common Welfare Should Come First; Personal Progress for the Greatest Number Depends on Unity One Day at a Time in Alanon Page 322 If I have made myself part of an Al Anon Group to get help, wouldnt I be defeating MYSELF if I allowed what we call personality clashes to interfer...	hotrod	7	9242	Jun 4, 2012 by hotrod
	Step 10 -Al-Anon (Preview) Step Ten - Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it. From: Paths to Recovery pg. 104 (copyright 1997, by Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc Limited use by express written permission of Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc.) As we work Step Ten on a regl...	dott	9	14834	May 26, 2012 by Fina
	Tradition 2 - Adult Children of Alcoholics (Preview) 2. For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority - a loving God as expressed in our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants, they do not govern. Read God as Higher Power. IMO, this tradition says that we should be less concerned about the ultimate authority of the organizat...	JamesCT	3	1129	May 24, 2012 by flopadopilus
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