The ONLY Requirement (you don't have to adopt ANYone's beliefs to recover)

[progree]

3. Thanks for the complements. I'm glad it went over well

Too many groups -- in my experience and from what I hear on email lists -- think there are lots of additional requirements, akin to boot camp.

I was set off by reading in the MIRUS (The Minneapolis AA Intergroup's Newsletter) a reposting of some Grapevine article that said:

"All of us know members who suffered from both alcoholism and drug addiction. These people have always been welcome as long as Alcohol is the primary problem."

{{emphasis mine}}

I wrote them one heck of an email suggesting they take a look at Tradition 3 again. Tradition 3 is not some starting point for groups adding additional requirements. It doesn't say "Tradition 3 - One of our requirements is a desire to stop drinking". I never got a response back.

On the dual-addicted, by the way, I read something on the wall of one of the Alano clubs a letter from GSO or somesuch that the dual-addicted are welcome as A.A. members (so long as they have a desire to stop drinking), but to keep the focus on alcohol in our shares. I have no problem with that, given the Primary Purpose and that the organization is named ALCOHOLICS Anonymous.

(I hope I'm not setting off a controversy, I really don't mean too).

Thanks for the 3/26/13 email, Stuart, very much appreciated.