October 4, 2022 “We’ve all seen the new member who stays sober for a time, largely through sponsorship. Then maybe the sponsor gets drunk, and you know what usually happens. Left without a human prop, the new member gets drunk, too. He has been glorifying an individual, instead of following the program. “Certainly, we need leaders, but we must regard them as the human agents of the Higher Power and not with undue adulation as individuals. The Fourth and Tenth Steps cannot be too strongly emphasized here, ‘Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves …. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.’ There is your perfect antidote for halo-poisoning.” AA Co-Founder, Dr. Bob, June 1955, “The Fundamentals in Retrospect,”, Best of the Grapevine, Vol. 2 2022 Carry The Message Project Get your group, district, area or AA friends to join in. Carry the Message, it’s easy! To learn more, visit www.aagrapevine.org/carry-the-message AA Grapevine’s Podcast Special features will enhance each episode. The podcast is available on your favorite podcast platforms. To learn more, visit www.aagrapevine.org/podcast Follow us on these social media sites! Click here to Check Out Important Updates from AA Grapevine! If you have been sent this quote by a friend, please do not click “Unsubscribe” below or you will unsubscribe your friend. Need help with customer service? Call (800) 631-6025 (English), (800) 640-8781 (Spanish), (212) 870-3456 (French) or email: customerservice@aagrapevine.org AA Grapevine, Inc. | www.aagrapevine.org | 475 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10115 Unsubscribe news@hagerstownaa.org Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by webcoord@aagrapevine.org