"Someone must speak for them. I do not
see a delegation for the four footed. I see no seat for eagles. We forget and
we consider ourselves superior, but we are after all a mere part of the
Creation."
Oren Lyons Onondaga
So
at the outset, how best, to live and work together as groups became the prime
question. In the world about us we saw personalities destroying whole peoples.
The struggle for wealth, power, and prestige was tearing humanity apart as
never before. If strong people were stalemated in the search for peace and
harmony, what was to become of our erratic band of alcoholics? As we had once
struggled and prayed for individual recovery, just so earnestly did we commence
to quest for the principals through which A.A. itself might survive.
Twelve
Steps & Twelve Traditions pgs. 130
& 131
Each
member of Alcoholics Anonymous is but a small part of a great whole. A.A. must
continue to live or most of us will surely die. Hence our common welfare comes
first…
Our
membership ought to include all who suffer from alcoholism…
Twelve
Steps & Twelve Traditions pg. 189
Great Mystery help us to be kind to our fellow travelers.