Tradition Nine: AA, as such, ought never be organized; but we may create service boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve.

• Do I still try to boss things in AA?
• Do I resist formal aspects of AA because I fear them as authoritative?
• Am I mature enough to understand and use all elements of the AA program – even if no one makes me do so – with a sense of personal responsibility?
• Do I exercise patience and humility in any AA job I take?
• Am I aware of all those to whom I am responsible in any AA job?
• Why doesn’t every AA group need a constitution and bylaws?
• Have I learned to step out of an AA job gracefully – and profit thereby – when the time comes?
• What has rotation to do with anonymity? With humility?

Sooo – have you needlessly extended finished discussions? Do you perpetually attempt to continue to “get your point across?” When your fellows are sitting and squirming out of their chairs because the GSR meeting has been over for fifteen minutes and you’re still rambling, are you ignoring them? BTW – the next meeting is waiting for you to finish so they can conduct their normal meeting but you’re holding their meeting room hostage.

Perhaps you’ll remember that this Tradition says: “to those they serve” not vice versa…

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