dAAve is not alone with his discovery of the disdain some folks feel for our Traditions. I think the 12 and 12 spells out the nature of this disdain rather well. From page 184 – “Because A.A.’s Twelve Traditions repeatedly ask us to give up personal desires for the common good” calls just about all of us on the carpet because we are self-centered and self-serving. We don’t want to sacrifice our “stuff” for others! Welcome to the world of old thinking…
Inconsiderate, disrespectful, uncaring through self-centeredness, no sense of spirituality, lack of conscience etc. etc. Where do you believe folks …read more

dAAve left us a strong comment about his attempts to raise the Traditions as a topic at an AA meeting and being rebuffed by those who complain that the Traditions are not pertinent to their sobriety.
I feel exactly as dAAve does.
From January 31 in our Daily Reflections “Our Common Welfare Comes First;”

The old-timer (when I got sober dAAve, the old-timers were old!) told me “they” had handed me/us a legacy. I looked at him confused, not knowing what he meant.
The Eleventh Tradition: “Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio, and film.”
From page 183 in the 12 and 12, the last paragraph;