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Thursday, 30 April 2015

Conference questions not quite up to par! (contd)


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Would Conference consider removing the line “Fundamentally, though, the difference between an electronic meeting and the home group around the corner is only one of format”, page xxiv the foreword to the fourth edition of the book Alcoholics Anonymous.

In November 2001 the fourth edition of the book Alcoholics Anonymous was released in the USA. The members disagreed with this sentence so much that it was voted at the General Service Conference in April 2002 to be removed. It was removed beginning with the 4th printing of the 4th edition.

I have spoken with the General Service Office in York and it has been confirmed that we follow most of what literature comes from the USA and certainly when the book Alcoholics Anonymous is reprinted so I was curious as to why we have not followed by taking the same line out. It is my belief that this line is erroneous as there is a massive difference between an electronic meeting and a home group around the corner.

Terms of Reference No. 7 Valid point and confirm that AA GB Big Book will follow the US Big Book and the matter is in hand.

Comment: Yep! Got to agree with this one. There's no substitute for living, breathing (immediately present) alcoholics even if some of them shouldn't be let anywhere near a newcomer (ie. cult). Yo win some, you lose some!

Cheers

The Fellas (Friends of Alcoholics Anonymous)

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