10-28-03

[rosie read and post]

October 28, 2003

Daily Reflections

AN UNBROKEN TRADITION

We conceive the survival and spread of Alcoholics Anonymous to
be something of far
greater importance than the weight we could collectively throw
back of any other cause.
TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 177

How much it means to me that an unbroken tradition of more
than half a century is a
thread that connects me to Bill W. and Dr. Bob. How much more
grounded I feel to be in
a Fellowship whose aims are constant and unflagging. I am
grateful that the energies of
A.A. have never been scattered, but focused instead on our
members and on individual
sobriety. My beliefs are what make me human; I am free to hold
any opinion, but A.A.'s
purpose -- so clearly stated fifty years ago -- is for me to
keep sober. That purpose has
promoted round-the-clock meeting schedules, and the thousands
of intergroup and central
service offices, with their thousands of volunteers. Like the
sun focused through a
magnifying glass, A.A.'s single vision has lit a fire of faith
in sobriety in millions of hearts,
including mine.

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