SOME TYPICAL MISCONCEPTIONS
Here is a list of things that A.A. is not and does not do:
- IS NOT a religious movement
- IS NOT a temperance movement
- IS NOT a social service organization (it has no paid social workers or professional field workers)
- IS NOT an educational agency
- IS NOT a cure or “cure-all”
- IS NOT an employment agency
- DOES NOT solicit or accept funds from outside sources; voluntary contributions from members and groups support A.A. services
- DOES NOT run hospitals, rest homes, clubhouses, or any outside enterprises
- DOES NOT prescribe treatment for alcoholics
- DOES NOT pay for treatment of alcoholics
The sole purpose of A.A. is to help the alcoholic who wants to stop drinking and stay stopped.
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