"Two or three years ago the Central Office asked the groups to list their membership rules and send them in. After they arrived we set them all down. They took a great many sheets of paper. A little reflection upon these many rules brought us to an astonishing conclusion. If all of these edicts had been in force everywhere at once, it would have been practically impossible for any alcoholic to have ever joined Alcoholics Anonymous."
The first time I read that it woke me up. I was hounded by the AA "Nazis" of my town and though I went dry for 9 years I never attended an open meeting of AA. Who would I thought? and didn't. Thanks leeu that is a big lesson for me when working with others. (((hugs)))
