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Long Form: While the Trustees hold final responsibility for A.A.’s world service administration, they should always have the assistance of the best possible standing committees, corporate service directors, executives, staffs, and consultants.
Concept V. Throughout our world service structure, a traditional “Right of Appeal” ought to prevail, thus assuring us that minority opinion will be heard and that petitions for the redress of per-sonal grievances will be carefully considered.
Tradition Five. “Each group has but one primary purpose— to carry its message to the alcoholic who still suffers.” “SHOEMAKER, stick to thy last!” ...better do one thing. supremely well than many badly. That is the central theme of this Tradition. Around it our Society gathers in unity.
The Twelve Concepts for World Service were written by A.A.’s co-founder Bill W., and are an interpretation of A.A.’s world service structure as it emerged through A.A.’s early history and experience. Each Concept Contains: The Concept’s Short Form Version. The Concept’s Long Form Version. The Tradition’s Spiritual Principle.
The long form of Tradition one states, in part, that "each member of Alcoholics Anonymous is but a small part of a great whole. AA must continue to live or most of us will surely die. Hence our common welfare must come first."
The Twelve Traditions. (The Long Form) Our A.A. experience has taught us that: One—Each member of Alcoholics Anonymous is but a small part of a great whole. A.A. must continue to live or most of us will surely die. Hence our common welfare comes fi rst. But individual welfare follows close afterward.
