Last Updated on January 20, 2016 by Area 53 Web Team
I am Responsible. When anyone, anywhere, reaches out for help, I want the hand of A.A. always to be there. And for that: I am responsible.
“We must remember that AA will continue strong only so long as each of us freely and happily gives it away to another person, only as each of us takes our fair share of responsibility for sponsorship of those who still suffer, for the growth and integrity of our Group, for our Intergroup activities, and for AA as a whole. It is in taking responsibility that real freedom and the enduring satisfactions of life are found. AA has given us the power to choose – to drink or not to drink – and in doing so has given us the freedom to be responsible for ourselves. As we become responsible for ourselves, we are free to be responsible for our share in AA, and unless we happily accept this responsibility we lose AA. Strange, isn’t it?”
Dr. John L. Norris, Medical Director at Eastman Kodak
Dr. Norris established a program to help alcoholic employees at Eastman Kodak. His pioneering work to use AA’s voluntary services in helping company employees has resulted in the recovery of thousands who struggled with drinking.