Chapter 4 We Agnostics
"In the preceding chapters you have learned something of alcoholism"
Step 4
"Make a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves"
Tradition 4
"Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or A.A. as a whole"
Concept 4
Throughout our Conference structure, we ought to maintain at all responsible levels a traditional “Right of Participation,” taking care that each classification or group of our world servants shall be allowed a voting representation in reasonable proportion to the responsibility that each must discharge ”
Serenity Prayer
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
Only you can decide whether you think A.A. is for you. Try to keep an open mind on the subject. If the answer is YES, we will be glad to show you how we stopped drinking ourselves.
A.A. does not promise to solve your life's problems. But we can show you how we are learning to live without drinking "one day at a time." We stay away from that "first drink." If there is no first one, there cannot be a tenth one. And when we got rid of alcohol, we found that life became much more manageable.
Meaning of the Circle-Triangle Symbol
The circle stands for the world of AA and the
triangle stands for AA's Three Legacies of
Recovery, Unity and Service, within our wonderful new world, we have found freedom from our fatal obsession.
That we have chosen this particular
symbol is perhaps no accident. The priest and seers of antiquity regarded the circle enclosing triangle as a means of warding off spirits and evil and AA's circle and triangle of Recovery, Unity and Service has certainly meant the same to us and much more.
(AA Comes of Age, Bill W. 1955 Speech)
