I finally read the Service Manual from cover to cover. I was so blown away by the realization that they had thought of everything in this book so as to protect Alcoholics Anonymous, forever. It is indeed a God-given and inspired program. As I was reading the service manual, I became more aware of the need for the spirit of rotation. I also became aware of unity and that it means that we stand together to protect our Fellowship.
Individual recovery depends upon AA unity.
We also need to guard against perilous seats of power. How easy it would be to think we really are something and that the group could not possibly go on without us. We need to depend upon spiritual power, not human power. We need to lead by example. The Twelfth Concept goes on to explain that we never want to place a person in unqualified authority over another.