Tradition Nine
“A.A., as such, ought never be organized; but we may create service boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve.”
The service committees of District 10 in Miami-Dade Alcoholics Anonymous exist to extend the hand of recovery to alcoholics in diverse and often underserved settings. Each committee plays a vital role: from bringing the AA message into correctional facilities and treatment centers, to supporting members with physical limitations through accessibility initiatives.
They preserve AA’s history, manage communications, and ensure public outreach, all while fostering unity and informed participation among local groups. Ultimately, these committees work together to ensure that no alcoholic seeking help is left behind.
Our Twelve Steps, when simmered down to the last, resolve themselves into the words ‘love’ and ‘service. Dr. Bob’s last talk at the First International A.A., Cleveland, July 1950
🙏In Love and Service💓
Service, gladly rendered, obligations squarely met, troubles well accepted or solved with Gods help, the knowledge that at home or in the world outside we are partners in a common effort, the well-understood fact that in Gods sight all human beings are important, the proof that love freely given surely brings a full return, the certainty that we are no longer isolated and alone in self-constructed prisons, the surety that we need no longer be square pegs in round holes but can fi t and belong in Gods scheme of things—these are the permanent and legitimate satisfactions of right living for which no amount of pomp and circumstance, no heap of material possessions, could possibly be substitutes. True ambition is not what we thought it was. True ambition is the deep desire to live usefully and walk humbly under the grace of God.
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