Early AA was a good thing. As Dr.Bob (one of the co-founders of AA)
said in his last major address to AA's:
"It wasnt until 1938 that the teachings and efforts and studies that
had been going on were crystallized in the form of the 12 steps.....We
already had the basic ideas....We got them, as I said , as a result of
our study of the Good Book"
How then did AA, a program with Christian Roots, evolve into a program
that has Gay AA meeting and Gay AA Roundups ( www.gayalcoholics.com).
Indeed, the new (and improved?) 4th Edition of Alcoholics Anonymous has
further deleted some of the Christian Testimonies of early AA pioneers
(Clarence Snyder of Cleveland Ohio: Home Brewmeister) and replaced it
with stories of unrepentant homosexuals: "Tightrope" **
The question is "How did it happen" .
The website of " International Advisory Council of Homosexual Men &
Women in AA) " gives us part of the answer to the sordid story. And it
involves betrayal at the highest levels of Alcholics Anonymous.
Alcoholics Anonymous has a tradition (Traditon 10) which states:
"Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence,the AA
name ought never be drawn into public controversy"
And the traditon served AA well for the first 40 years of its
existence. There were no officially designated "Gay" meetings during
that time. However, as society itself began to deteriorate and begin to
be more accepting of perversion, AA began to reflect this change.
Homosexual activists began clamoring for official acceptance within AA.
But they had to get around the traditon to do it. The General Services
Office of Alcoholics Anonymous was all too willing to help.
Gay Activists wrote a pamphlet entitled "The Homosexual Alcoholic -
A.A.'s Message of Hope to Gay Men and Women." They also published a
meeting list: " Meetings for Gay Recovering Alcoholics". Neither of
these publications were authorized AA publications. It was sort of an
underground AA.
Now let me quote from Nancy T., Arlington the homosexual activist
largely responsible compiling the gay meeting list:
" I made contact with the General Services Office, and sent them copies
of the pamphlet and directories. The GSO folks were very kind. Although
neither the pamphlet nor the directory were Conference approved, those
caring people in New York distributed the pieces of "literature" in
response to requests for information from gay/lesbian Alcoholics and
their friends and sponsors. They also referred people directly to me.
This began a cooperative relationship between the community of gay and
lesbian recovering alcoholics and the General Services Office that
endures to this day through IAC. "
There you are from the mouth of the woman who did it. Alcoholics
Anonymous General Serives Office promoting the homosexual agenda.
Distributing non-conference approved literature and directories to the
public in order to promote an outside issue: the acceptance of
homosexuality in society.
The General Service Office went further. In 1980 homosexual activists
were asked by the GSO staff to help plan two gay/lesbian workshops for
the 1980 International AA Convention.
It could not have happened with the connivance and approval of General
Service Office.Briefly, that is the story of the betrayal of Alcoholics
Anonymous by those trusted servants sworn to have no opinon on outside
issues.And we can be pretty sure they didnt get the idea from their
study of the Good Book.
Ted W
Ted W. is a long time member of Alcoholics Anonymous (28 Years). He is
a believer in Jesus Christ and writes on recovery related issues at
Http://Christianrecovery.blogspot.com