SCWWZ Forum

Service offers us the opportunity to implement our primary purpose ” to carry the message to the alcoholic who still suffers” Service in AA is based in the
12 spiritual principles know as the 12 Concepts, which are found in the General Service Manual and the appendix of the Big Book of AA. “Our Twelfth
Step – carrying the message – is the basic service that the AA Fellowship gives; this is our principle aim and the main reason for our existence. Therefore, AA
is more than a set of principles; it is a society of alcoholics in action. We must carry the message, else we ourselves can wither, and those who haven’t been
given the truth may die.” from AA’s Legacy of Service, The AA service Manual

”So the solution to our Alcoholism is found in the Three legacies – Recovery, Unity, Service – given to the whole membership of AA by its co—founders
(Bill W. and Dr. Bob) and their fellow old-timers. Each legacy has 12 guiding Spiritual principles for a total of 36 guiding principles.”