7th Tradition
Tradition Seven Short Form: Every A.A. group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions. Here's a quote from the legacy of service Page 100 from the AA Service Manual. “In the midst of this exciting turn of affairs, the Conference agreed that the Alcoholic Foundation ought to be renamed the General Service Board of Alcoholics Anonymous, and this was done. The word “Foundation” stood for charity, paternalism and maybe big money. A.A. would have none of these; from here out we could assume full responsibility and pay our expenses ourselves.” So, the reason we changed the name of the "Alcoholic Foundation" to the "General Service Board" when we adopted the 7th Tradition is because words like "foundation and donation" can imply a charitable organization. The 7th Tradition, like all the rest, is a spiritual principle. One of the ways I've been taught to support the principle of the 7th Tradition is to try not to use the wo...