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Amends
"Somehow, being alone with God doesn't seem so embarrassing as
facing up to another person. Until we actually sit down and talk aloud
about what we have so long hidden, our willingness to clean house is
still largely theoretical. When we are honest with another person,
it confirms that we have been honest with ourselves and with God."
Twelve Steps and
Twelve Traditions, p. 60
Copyright 1952 by A.A.W.S. Inc.
Thought
to Consider . . .
It is the highest form of self-respect to admit
mistakes and to make amends for them.
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H O W = Honest, Open, and
Willing
Hang Together Forever
From: "When AA Came of Age"
On Sunday morning – the last
day of the [1950 International] Convention – I found those Twelve Traditions
still on my mind. Each of them I saw is an exercise in humility that can guard
us in everyday AA affairs and protect us from ourselves. If AA were really
guided by the Twelve Traditions, we could not possibly be split apart by
politics, religion, money, or by any old-timers who might take a notion to be
big shots. With none of us throwing our weight around in public, nobody could
possibly exploit AA for personal advantage, that is sure. For the first time I
saw AA’s anonymity for what it really is. It isn't just something to save
us from alcoholic shame and stigma; its deeper purpose is actually to keep those
fool egos of ours from running hog wild after money and public fame at AA's
expense. It really means personal and group sacrifice for the benefit of all AA.
Right then I resolved to learn our Twelve Traditions by heart, just as I had
learned the Twelve Steps. If every AA did the same thing and really soaked up
these principles we drunks could hang together forever.
1985, AAWS, Inc.
Alcoholics
Anonymous Comes of Age, page 43