Heart and Spirit

It is time to pay attention to ego. Plain and simple. Practice Steps 2, 3, and 11. Then, by God’s grace, be myself.

Referencing comments from the crosstalk topic and conference approved literature, there is a quote from one of my older posts that Glenn C. put together at Hindsfoot;

“I am trying to avoid sounding overdramatic about this issue, but an A.A. which no longer follows the traditional A.A. program laid down by the good old-timers, will lose its heart and spirit, and its power to transform human lives and lift lost souls out of the miry pit where they had lain them down to die. The good old-timers took what they received from God and passed it on to us. We in turn must take their message and pass it on to the next generation of newcomers, or we will have failed to carry out the task which God assigned us.

How could it conceivably be “against the rules” in A.A. to read what these good old-timers wrote, and the books that they advised newcomers to read? Let’s start using some simple common sense. The authentic tradition of the good old-timers — the ones who were proved to be channels of grace by the hundreds of lives they saved — is the most accurate touchstone we possess for judging the worth of our message and our practices today.”

I trust what those old bast**ds gave me because it has worked for almost 19 years. Someone with 25 years may see it differently and that might be okay except that their concerns seemed to have been based in unfounded fears (my perception of someone else’s perception).

I can’t apologize for what I believe in and has saved my life and probably my soul, so I won’t. I will not allow myself to be a part of the removal of AA’s heart and soul because I refused to use simple common sense. And I will continue to champion what I was taught, what was unconditionally passed on to me.