Alcoholics Anonymous should remain forever non-professional. We define professionalism as the occupation of counseling alcoholics for fees or hire. But we may employ alcoholics where they are going to perform those services for which we may otherwise have to engage non-alcoholics. Such special services may be well recompensed. But our usual A.A. "12th Step" work is never to be paid for.
12 Steps of AA
Step Eight
Step Eight
Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
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Tradition Eight
Alcoholics Anonymous should remain forever non-professional, but our service centers may employ special workers.
Long Form
Love
Unselfish concern that freely accepts another in loyalty and seeks his good to hold dear.
Unselfish concern that freely accepts another in loyalty and seeks his good to hold dear.
Eighth Step Prayer
—"We attempt to sweep away the debris which has accumulated out of our effort to live on self-will and run the show ourselves. If we haven’t the will to do this, we ask until it comes."
God, help me to become willing to sweep away the debris of self-will and self-reliant living. Thy will be done for this person as well as for me.
AMEN
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"We attempt to sweep away the debris which has accumulated out of our effort to live on self-will and run the show ourselves. If we haven’t the will to do this, we ask until it comes."
God, help me to become willing to sweep away the debris of self-will and self-reliant living. Thy will be done for this person as well as for me.
AMEN
Concept VIII
The trustees are the principal planners and administrators of over-all policy and finance. They have custodial oversight of the separately incorporated and constantly active services, exercising this through their ability to elect all the directors of these entities.
Long Form
The Trustees of the General Service Board act in two primary capacities: (a) With respect to the larger matters of over-all policy and finance, they are the principal planners and administrators. They and their primary committees directly manage these affairs. (b) But with respect to our separately incorporated and constantly active services, the relation of the Trustees is mainly that of full stock ownership and of custodial oversight which they exercise through their ability to elect all directors of these entities.