The C.A. Service Sponsorship Group

Facilitating Unity & Service throughout Cocaine Anonymous since January 5, 2020

Menu
  • Upcoming Curriculum
    • Pre-Register for an Upcoming Meeting
  • Group Services
    • Meeting Preamble
    • Become of Member of this Group
    • Group Servants
      • Cameron F. (C.A. Service Resume)
      • Kim C. (C.A. Service Resume)
      • Kenny S. (C.A. Service Resume)
      • Bill W. (C.A. Service Resume)
  • 12 & 12 & 12
    • 12 Concepts of C.A.
    • 12 Traditions of C.A.
    • 12 Steps of C.A.
  • Resources
  • Articles
  • 7th Tradition Donation
Menu

Tradition Six: Problems of money, property, and authority

Posted on January 5, 2020February 3, 2020 by The Webservant

Tradition Six (Short): A C.A. Group ought never endorse, finance or lend the C.A. name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property and prestige divert us from our primary purpose.

Tradition Six (Long): Problems of money, property, and authority may easily divert us from our primary spiritual aim. We think, therefore, that any considerable property of genuine use to A.A. should be separately incorporated and managed, thus dividing the material from the spiritual. An A.A. group, as such, should never go into business. Secondary aids to A.A., such as clubs or hospitals which require much property or administration, ought to be incorporated and so set apart that, if necessary, they can be freely discarded by the groups. Hence such facilities ought not to use the A.A. name. Their management should be the sole responsibility of those people who financially support them. For clubs, A.A. managers are usually preferred. But hospitals, as well as other places of recuperation, ought to be well outside A.A. —and medically supervised. While an A.A. group may cooperate with anyone, such cooperation ought never go so far as affiliation or endorsement, actual or implied. An A.A. group can bind itself to no one.

Clarifying Questions and Answers:

Q: What will divert us from our primary spiritual aim? A: Problems of money, property and prestige.

Q: What do we think should be done with property of considerable value? A: Separately incorporated and managed.

Q: What is being divided by doing so? A: The material from the spiritual.

Q: What should a C.A. group never do? A: Go into business.

Q: What would be secondary aids? A: Clubs and hospitals.

Q: How should secondary aids be organized? A: Incorporated and so set apart.

Q: What distinct advantage does this offer? A: Can be freely discarded by the groups.

Q: What should such facilities not do? A: Use the C.A. name.

Q: Who should manage such facilities? A: Management should be the sole responsibility of those people who financially support them.

Q: Who will make a good manager for a C.A. club? A: C.A. managers are usually preferred.

Q: What about various health facilities? A: Be well outside C.A. —and medically supervised.

Q: While a C.A. group may do what? A: Cooperate with anyone.

Q: Such cooperation ought never go so far as what? A: Affiliation or endorsement, actual or implied.

Q: Who can a C.A. group bind itself to? A: No one.

C.A. Service Sponsorship

Want to be a Member of the C.A. Service Sponsorship Group? Click Here!

T: 416-533-6024
E: rsvp@caservicesponsorship.org


Pre-Register for an Upcoming Meeting
Click here to Pre-Register


Make a 7th Donation
Contribute your 7th Tradition donation to the C.A. Service Sponsorship Group

Categories

  • Area Service
  • C.A. Policy
  • Case Studies
  • Concepts
  • Conference
  • Group Service
  • Robert's Rules of Order
  • Service Learning Modules
  • Service Sponsorship
  • Speaker Coaching
  • Traditions
  • Unity

Recent Posts

  • Mastering the “Zoom” Art of 12 Step Circuit Speaking
  • Meet Your Area Service Committee Chairs
  • Yes, You Can Start a C.A. Meeting
  • CA Virtual Sobriety Chips
  • So you’ve been asked to SPEAK at Twelve Step meeting or event – Now What?
© 2021 The C.A. Service Sponsorship Group

Disclaimer: "C.A.", "Cocaine Anonymous",we're here and we're free and the C.A. Logo are registered trademarks of Cocaine Anonymous World Services, Inc. All rights reserved. Some of the items contained in this site, caservicesponsorship.org are published with permission of CA World Services, Inc., this does not imply endorsement of the web site by the CA World Service Conference or the CA World Service Office. The information provided within this site is intended to be a convenience for those who visit our site. Such inclusion does not constitute or imply any endorsement, by or affiliation with Southern Ontario Cocaine Anonymous or Cocaine Anonymous World Services, USA. In the spirit of Tradition Six, C.A. and the C.A. Service Sponsorship Group is not allied with any sect, denomination, politics, organization or institution.