Is it proper or does it make sense for an AA Group to vote that Only Home Group Members May Celebrate Annual Sobriety Anniversarys at that the Monthly Anniversary Meeting? Shouldn't ANY active member be allowed to celebrate regardless of group affiliation? I think that is excluding people am I wrong? I am desparate for an answer because I have been told I cannot celebrate my seven year anniversary because I am not a home group member.
2006-07-18 14:51:17 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Mental Health
The important thing is that you've got 7 years, not where you celebrate it. What's wrong with your home group?
AA groups are semi-independent, they can make up rules about such things and you can either go along with the rules or not attend. If this group is that important to you, why isn't it your home group?
I'll be celebrating 5 years in two weeks; I plan on buying my coin in a recovery book store or online like I have the past three years. I don't do meetings but I like to be able to flash the coin at those who tell me I'm doing it wrong. It's the only thing I've found that makes them shut up.
2006-07-20 05:40:47 · answer #1 · answered by raysny 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm 5 years sober. Every group is autonomous and conducts it's own. I assume that this decision was reached by group concience (popular vote) That will probobly remain the way it is.
Congratulations. I've seen many people fall and it's very ugly. Don't let this get you down. I don't even celebrate my anniversaries cuz I'm actually doing now what I should have been doing all along. But then again, I'm a little odd.
CONGRATULATIONS to YOU
2006-07-19 00:31:56 · answer #2 · answered by profile image 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have 18 years of recovery via AA. A home group is the ONE group that you attend on a regular basis, become "known" to the members and that you will be accountable to, and have spent a good deal of time with. So only home group members are allowed certain privileges of the group in question. My understanding that it is all about accountability and longevity. Have you asked them how to become a home group member?
2006-07-18 21:59:18 · answer #3 · answered by Marlane 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is wrong!
If you can not get them to understand that it is wrong to exclude anyone, especially in an organization that is suppose to include anyone that wants help, then I would find a new group.
You last resort is to report them to the national office. Maybe someone needs to investigate what is going on in that group. I bet you will find that there are more problems that just the one you are having.
BTW - CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
I am very proud of you, keep taking it One Day At A Time
2006-07-18 21:59:42 · answer #4 · answered by sportsmom1000 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I feel like an AA is a cult. They have many of the same qualities and they think that everyone who drinks is an alcoholic.
2006-07-18 22:11:28 · answer #5 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say go to your local intergroup get a copy of the bylaws and go through the traditions do your research and then ask them the reasoning if its not resolved or the answer is not satisfactory then go to intergroup
2006-07-18 22:05:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋