We had been negotiating an investment in a company. It was a turnaround opportunity. The negotiations accelerated when the bankers called all the loans. We advanced some money and took control of the board.
crisis
When to PUSH
Acronyms are so much fun, and handy to have around.
They are memory aids for sound principles of living. And the best are the ones that you have right at hand, in case of an emergency.
Crisis – Alcoholics Anonymous
I love AA. I love its history, its principles and its Members.
It is, as many have said, the most important social movement of the last century. But its early explosive growth and the adoption of its principles by hundreds of clones from Cocaine to Gambling has evolved to a flattened growth curve and a loss of the sense of adventure that the Founders possessed. We are, I believe, moving in the wrong direction.
We are not yet at a crisis point, but we can see it from here. And it is getting closer.
North American numbers have flattened or declined, while the population has grown. Central offices everywhere are in trouble. The statistics, this time, do not lie.
This open letter is my commentary and analysis of the problem – and a solution that is within reach.
The Alcoholic Advantage
We have an advantage. It is the Program and the Fellowship. We have a handbook with Steps to follow and friends who support us. Friends who have been rescued from the same catastrophe. We speak the same language and have a manual for solutions to life’s problems.
Breaking into the Bank
I came to AA and found two dimensions: The Program and the Fellowship.
At first, I paid more attention to the Fellowship than the Program. After a few years, I had a
great Fellowship, but a terrible Program. Meetings, the meetings after
meetings, coffee sessions, 12-Step work, Service work – all these were great
and kept me sober. But there was more, and I was missing it.