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| Charley O 2005-09-30, 12:08 pm |
| "Virtualoso" <workarts@safe-mail.net> wrote in message
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> In article <ikh_e.85481$qY1.36370@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>,
> Charley O <gate1038spamfree@att.net> wrote:
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> I couldn't agree with you more about that gig not meant to encourage
> resentments. But I don't see how the basic formula of two alkies
> getting together "for the purpose of sobriety" is EXACTLY what AA most
> clearly does encourage, in spirit and act and fact.
Well "exactly" here is the guide in the pamphlet "The AA Group":
"Any two or three alcoholics gathered together for sobriety may call
themselves an AA group, provided that, as a group, they have no other
affiliation"
So you should be able to see how the basic formula is exactly what AA does
encourage.
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| Virtualoso 2005-09-30, 12:08 pm |
| In article
<Yfy_e.331889$5N3.196647@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>, Charley O
<gate1038spamfree@att.net> wrote:
> "Virtualoso" <workarts@safe-mail.net> wrote in message
> news:270920051303373506%workarts@safe-mail.net...
>
> Well "exactly" here is the guide in the pamphlet "The AA Group":
> "Any two or three alcoholics gathered together for sobriety may call
> themselves an AA group, provided that, as a group, they have no other
> affiliation"
>
> So you should be able to see how the basic formula is exactly what AA does
> encourage.
Righteo. I meant to type "isn't EXACTLY".
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