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November
Tradition 11 · 30 readings
Tradition 11
"Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio and films."
Read the Long Form (pp. 563–566). The short form on pp. 561–562 is the one everybody quotes — but the Long Form is where the Traditions actually say what they mean. Tradition 3's "no other affiliation" clause, for instance, exists only in the Long Form. That single clause is why no treatment centre can own an A.A. group. Most of what circulates online skips it.
And a distinction worth keeping straight: the Traditions are governance, not theology. They bind A.A. groups and the Fellowship — not individuals, and not outside businesses. They were adopted in 1950 to keep A.A. from being owned or co-opted. They are not a rulebook for your personal life.
And a distinction worth keeping straight: the Traditions are governance, not theology. They bind A.A. groups and the Fellowship — not individuals, and not outside businesses. They were adopted in 1950 to keep A.A. from being owned or co-opted. They are not a rulebook for your personal life.
November 1
The Credit
the threat
November 2
I Don't Want to Capitalize on Humility
before the tradition
November 3
Whether or Not the Name Is Given
the threat today
November 4
Thirty-One People and a Cake
how a group breaks it
November 5
The Face That Costs Nothing
how it gets captured
November 6
Bill the Broker
the threat
November 7
Two Ways to Break It
before the tradition
November 8
Too Quiet to Be Found
the threat today
November 9
The Recording Stayed Up
how a group breaks it
November 10
Filmed Beside It
how it gets captured
November 11
Carried Away With the Desire to Serve
the threat
November 12
There Was No Dr. Armstrong
before the tradition
November 13
Not in the Meaning of This Tradition
the threat today
November 14
A Stranger on a Deadline
how a group breaks it
November 15
Statistics Do Not Move Money
how it gets captured
November 16
On Celluloid
the threat
November 17
At All Hazards
before the tradition
November 18
It Was Tottering and It Had to Fall
the threat today
November 19
By Episode Forty
how a group breaks it
November 20
The Machine Only Carries the Ones Who Do
how it gets captured
November 21
Well, Why Not
the threat
November 22
The Best Protective Gadget
before the tradition
November 23
He Is Almost Never Only Carrying Himself
the threat today
November 24
Six Hundred and Forty Dollars
how a group breaks it
November 25
Trained Doubters
how it gets captured
November 26
May Have Signed
the threat
November 27
A Society Composed Largely of Promoters
before the tradition
November 28
Somebody Has to Sit With Them
the threat today
November 29
Two Hundred Strangers
how a group breaks it
November 30
People We Do Not Control
how it gets captured
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