2. For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority — a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern. ~ OA 2nd Tradition

Elections come and elections go…
in recovery groups. But meeting after meeting,
month after month, year after year
there may be changes, but the essentials
remain the same. We elect leaders,
and they lead where the group choses to go
through the unique concept of…
agreement. But we’re many people,
from around the world,
from both sides of the tracks,
from church and synagogue and mosque and golf course.
How can we agree? It’s called group conscience.
It’s called the good of the whole over personal preference.
It’s seeking to do what’s best for the organization
that gave us our lives back, trying to hold together
the entity that can be the salvation of suffering people
everywhere.