To continue on this path threatens to keep our focus on money and property instead of allowing our view to widen spiritually.
It is essentially negative attention and puts the Fellowship at risk. What course of action will keep us on the path of spirituality? Warranty Five states:. Because of its special situation. Alcoholics Anonymous finds this practice unnecessary. When we of AA fail to follow sound spiritual principles, alcohol cuts us down. Therefore, no humanly administered system of penalties is needed.
This unique condition is an enormous advantage to us all, one on which we can fully rely and one which we should never abandon by a resort to the methods of personal attack and punishment. It was recognized that a public lawsuit is a public controversy, something in which our Tradition says we may not engage.
The committee felt that a distinction could be drawn between the two in terms of their respective significance to AA. The trademark logo is the embodiment of the AA name.
They are not the sobriety itself and any attempt to make medallions more than a symbol may lead perilously towards ego-inflation, self-glorification, rather than ego-deflation see Tradition Twelve. Ownership necessarily involves control and to argue over that control through litigation takes the focus away from the fact that we are ultimately powerless.
We can own the meaning of the symbol, and if someone uses the graphic, our meaning will not be diminished, as long as we keep the principles it represents in sight. At the base of this approach is the trust that is the foundation of AA.
It is our trust that AA principles will work to protect our name, just as our trust in God is the foundation of our program and of our lives. From the group conscience will eventually emerge an expression of the will of a loving Power greater than ourselves proven to be firmly linked to the Traditions and Warranties, keeping us safe for as long as we are needed.
The ad hoc committee report was debated on Tuesday and Thursday of Conference week, and the subject of chips and medallions came up again during a final sharing session on Friday. Q: What is the story behind the Circle and Triangle logo? A: The Circle and Triangle symbol has long been connected to the A. It was adopted as an official A. Louis in , and from that point on was widely used in the Fellowship. For the Fellowship, the three legs of the triangle represented the Three Legacies of Recovery, Unity and Service, and the circle symbolized the world of A.
The circle stands for the whole world of A. Within our wonderful new world, we have found freedom from our fatal obsession. The Circle and Triangle symbol has long been connected to the A. It was adopted as an official A. Louis in , and from that point on was widely used in the Fellowship. For the Fellowship, the three legs of the triangle represented the Three Legacies of Recovery, Unity and Service, and the circle symbolized the world of A.
The circle stands for the whole world of A. Within our wonderful new world, we have found freedom from our fatal obsession. That we have chose this particular symbol is perhaps no accident. The priests and seers of antiquity regarded the circle enclosing the triangle as a means of warding off the spirits of evil, and A. Nevertheless, in the early s, A. However, the symbol is still associated with Alcoholics Anonymous and other kinds of Step recovery fellowships and has a special meaning for AA members all over the world.
Graphical characteristics: Symmetric , Closed shape , Monochrome , Contains both straight and curved lines , Has no crossing lines. Category: Medical Symbols.
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