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The Rewards?

a friend brought up a issue and said the Rewards sometimes read at the end or start of a AA meeting are NOT AA literature...truthfully i have no idea...if ya know for sure lemme know =)

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Permalink Reply by Tommy on February 6, 2010 at 6:25pm: it's just something written by an alcoholic in the late 40s - it's a poem. I must confess I've never heard this poem (not WSO approved ) read at a meeting.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by evergreen78 on February 6, 2010 at 6:41pm: What rewards? I've never heard of any such thing. Maybe I need to get out more! ;); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by auralaya on February 6, 2010 at 7:25pm: Me neither, Evergreen...I don't know what the "Rewards" are. Unless they're the "Promises", in which case they are neatly hidden with the Big Book.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by auralaya on February 6, 2010 at 7:26pm: Maybe this? http://www.barefootsworld.net/aa12rewards.html; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Tommy on February 6, 2010 at 7:57pm: You guys. But I'd never heard of them either and I guess the reason is it's just some neat little diddy a drunk wrote in the 40s. Non-approved lit at aa meeting? Oh the shame. My ears are falling off...............................; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by evergreen78 on February 6, 2010 at 8:11pm: Are these they?

These are twelve attributes of personal character that continued practice of the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous and our continued Spiritual Fitness will bring to us, the "Recovered" Alcoholic.

1. Faith instead of despair.
2. Courage instead of fear.
3. Hope instead of desperation.
4. Peace of mind instead of confusion.
5. Real friendships instead of loneliness.
6. Self-respect instead of self-contempt.
7. Self-confidence instead of helplessness.
8. A clean conscience instead of a sense of guilt.
9. The respect of others instead of their pity and contempt.
10. A clean pattern of living instead of a hopeless existence.
11. The love and understanding of our families instead of their doubts and fears.
12. The freedom of a happy life instead of the bondage of an alcoholic obsession.

Originally by Ann C. (sober April 1, 1948) of Niles, Ohio and presented at
the 1985 International Convention in Montreal, Canada

(Got that from auralaya's link, BTW.) Anyhoo. . . Never heard of 'em. But then, I'd never heard of the "Set Aside" Prayer either, until I heard about it here on FOB. Oh, well . . . Sorry!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by brian s gerhard on February 8, 2010 at 11:17am: yes evergreen they are all the rage in pittsburgh at some club meetings they are read along with the 12 of many promises in the 9th step. some homegroups choose to do it. the ones who stick along the AA aproved literature guidlines do not. we call them the 12 rewards of Alcoholics Anonymous; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by evergreen78 on February 8, 2010 at 4:33pm: Ve-ry in-te-res-ting. Like I said, Maybe I need to get out more! ;); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by AnnaDrama on February 6, 2010 at 10:54pm: HEY!!!
You mean there is acutally something out there, about AA, that I DO NOT KNOW ABOUT?????????
Oh, the SHAME..... aaaarrrgghh!
(-;
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Permalink Reply by Tommy on February 7, 2010 at 1:01am: Life as we know it is over..............................................................................................................; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Alvin on February 7, 2010 at 10:48pm: the who, the what...hmmmm,,,o.k,,,maybe non-approved,,,GODSPEED; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Anonymous Man on February 11, 2010 at 5:33am: Slackers!! .....Get with the program,....Geez..What are you guys window lickers on the short bus or what?; ▶ Reply to This