"The earth was created by the assistance of the sun, and it should be left as it was... The country was made without lines of demarcation, and it is no man's business to divide it..."

Chief Joseph  Nez Perce

 

 

 

We are people who normally would not mix. But there exists among us a fellowship, a friendliness, and an understanding which is indescribably wonderful. We are like the passengers of a great liner the moment after rescue from shipwreck when camaraderie, joyousness and democracy pervade the vessel from steerage to Captain's table. Unlike the feelings of the ship's passengers, however, our joy in escape from disaster does not subside as we go our individual ways. The feeling of having shared in a common peril is one element in the powerful cement which binds us. But that in itself would never have held us together as we are now joined. 

Big Book  pg. 17

 

 

Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon A.A. unity.

Big Book  pg. 562

 

 

Note: There are over two million members of Alcoholics Anonymous worldwide and about 100,800 groups in over 150 countries.

 

 

 

 

Creator help me to remember the unity that binds us, keep me from drawing lines in the dirt to separate us.