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Happiness can only be felt if you don't set conditions. ~Arthur Rubinstein

There will always be some group members who want to set their conditions on others—so that everyone works the Steps and traditions, runs the meetings, and practices sponsorship as per their interpretation of recovery. It gets messy when one member gets stuck on rules of what can and can’t be said in meetings, read in meetings, and how the meetings are to be run. In this environment the group conscience is not the director, they are. We find that these people, although passionate, are not usually happy. How happy can a person be when all their energy is devoted to enforcing 12-step rules, as interpreted by them? C.D.A. was founded on the principle of inclusiveness, not exclusiveness. C.D.A.’s spiritual richness derives from combining the spiritual concepts of each of its member’s views.

I carry the message,

not the mess, to my group.

C.D.A. is an extraordinary organization in that there are no rules governing individual membership and no requirements imposed on groups by our area assemblies or Inter-Groups.

∼Chemically Dependent Anonymous P 96