Twelfth Step work is never paid for, but those who labor in service for us are worthy of their hire. Special service boards and committees. The General Service Conference, the board of trustees, and group committees cannot issue directives to A. A. members or groups. A.A.'s can't be dictated to-individually or collectively. Absence of coercion works because unless each A.A. follows suggested Steps to recovery, he signs his own death warrant.
Same condition applies to the group.
Suffering and love are A.A.'s disciplinarians. Difference between spirit of authority and spirit of service. Aim of our services is to bring sobriety within reach of all who want it. A.A. does not take sides in any public controversy. Reluctance to fight is not a special virtue.