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 Throwback Thursday AA history post - Jay S on AA History (Part 1):  
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  Bill W.'s original Grapevine article introducing Tradition Four: Tradition Four Tradition Four is a specific application of general principles already outlined in Traditions One and Two. Tradition One states : "Each member of Alcoholics Anonymous is but a small part of a great whole. AA must continue to live or most of us will surely die. Hence our common welfare comes first. But individual welfare follows close afterward." Tradition Two states: " For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority -- a loving God as he may express himself in our group conscience." With these concepts in mind, let us look more closely at Tradition Four. The first sentence guarantees each AA group  local autonomy. With respect to its own affairs, the group may  make any decisions, adopt any attitudes that it likes. No overall or intergroup authority should challenge this primary privilege. We feel this ought to be so, even though the group might somet...
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Throwback Thursday AA history post - "Alcoholics Anonymous Landmarks and Milestones Part Four" presented by Drew H.: Drew H. AA Landmarks and Milestones Part Four