From time
to time we get emails complaining that this group or that is included
in our cult 'Where to Find'. (GB and US). People don't generally like
it and indeed who would! Cults are NOT A GOOD THING! However meetings
end up being listed for a number of reasons but predominantly because
reliable sources have confirmed that cult groups are operating at
those locations whilst posing as being part of AA (eg. Road to
Recovery Plymouth etc) and/or they are included in one of a number of
directories floating around the internet. We check these directories
fairly regularly for updates and if a group/meeting is listed there
it pretty much automatically goes into our Where to Find (especially
if it's associated with the Primary Purpose gang!) Now it may well
be the case that a group has disentangled itself from such
associations and therefore the listing is out of date … but then as
we know from our own experience … all actions have consequences! So
if group members are foolish enough or so ignorant of the traditions
in the first place that they elect to have their details included in such
a directory (ie. affiliate themselves with an outside organisation)
then they can expect to be listed in our directory. Even if they
subsequently detach themselves from such an affiliation and have
their details removed they will still remain in our directory but
with an update to that effect. The simplest course of action
therefore is NOT to affiliate in the first place! Or to put it even
more simply – stick with the guiding principles of AA! We believe
that every single problem that AA is currently facing (and we mean
EVERY SINGLE ONE) is in some respect down to OUR FAILURE to abide by
the principles that WE created whether it be the self-PROMOTING
activities of the CIRCUIT SPEAKER brigade, interference in prescribed
medication regimes (outside issues), sexual predation (13 stepping),
literature sales subsidies (in breach of Tradition 7) ….. the list
goes on .. but not quite ad infinitum.
Think on that!
Cheerio
The Fellas (Friends of Alcoholics Anonymous)
PS We are well aware that some groups may be operating 'under the radar' so to speak on this one. Once discovered however the same principle applies. If you get into our directory you're likely to stay there!
Think on that!
Cheerio
The Fellas (Friends of Alcoholics Anonymous)
PS We are well aware that some groups may be operating 'under the radar' so to speak on this one. Once discovered however the same principle applies. If you get into our directory you're likely to stay there!
