Summary: How is Al-Anon funded? Why don’t we take outside contributions? What if we all lived our lives that way? Tradition 7 states “Every group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions.”<br> <br> Spencer and Ruth discuss these questions and others as we explore our understanding of Tradition 7.<br> <br> The statement of this tradition is pretty clear. Why do you think we have this tradition?<br> How does Tradition 7 relate to Tradition 6, which says, in part, “Our Family Groups ought never endorse, finance or lend our name to any outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property and prestige divert us from our primary spiritual aim.”<br> Are there other ways, besides financial, in which our groups are self-supporting?<br> How can I be of service to my meeting(s)? How have I been of service?<br> How do I use this tradition in my personal life?<br> How am I self supporting<br> Financially?<br> Socially?<br> Spiritually?<br> Emotionally?<br> Mentally?<br> Physically?<br> How have I felt when I was dependent on others?<br> Have I expected that “the world” owed me? In what ways? How did I feel? How did I act?<br> How has my self-worth depended on being needed by others?<br> Do I take responsibility for my feelings and my actions? Do I blame others for how I feel?<br> How do I contribute to my own well-being?<br> How can I be fully self-supporting?<br>
