Abstract  摘要

${\mathrm{W}}_{\text{here does A.A. get its direction? Who runs it? This,}}$${\mathrm{W}}_{\text{here does A.A. get its direction? Who runs it? This, }}$W_("here does A.A. get its direction? Who runs it? This, ")\mathrm{W}_{\text {here does A.A. get its direction? Who runs it? This, }} too, is a puzzler for every friend and newcomer. When told that our Society has no president having authority to govern it, no treasurer who can compel the payment of any dues, no board of directors who can cast an erring member into outer darkness, when indeed no A.A. can give another a directive and enforce obedience, our friends gasp and exclaim, “This simply can’t be. There must be an angle somewhere.” These practical folk then read Tradition Two, and learn that the sole authority in A.A. is a loving God as He may express Himself in the group conscience. They dubiously ask an experienced A.A. member if this really works. The member, sane to all appearances, immediately answers, “Yes! It definitely does.” The friends mutter that this looks vague, nebulous, pretty naive to them. Then they commence to watch us with speculative eyes, pick up a fragment of A.A. history, and soon have the solid facts.
对于每位新朋友和初来者而言，这同样是个令人费解的现象。当我们说明协会没有掌握管理权的会长，没有强制收取会费的财务人员，没有权力将犯错者驱逐出组织的董事会，甚至没有任何 AA 成员能对他人发号施令时，朋友们总会惊讶地说："这不可能，背后肯定另有玄机。"这些务实的人们随后阅读了第二条传统，了解到 AA 唯一的权威是慈爱的上苍——通过团体共识显现的旨意。他们将信将疑地向资深会员求证，而这位神志清醒的会员会斩钉截铁地回答："当然有效！绝对有效。"朋友们低声议论，认为这种机制模糊不清、虚无缥缈，简直天真得可笑。但当他们开始观察我们的活动，了解 AA 的发展历程后，很快就获得了确凿的实证。

What are these facts of A.A. life which brought us to this apparently impractical principle?
是哪些关于匿名戒酒会生活的实际情况，让我们最终接受了这条看似不切实际的原则？

John Doe, a good A.A., moves - let us say - to Middletown, U.S.A. Alone now, he reflects that he may not be able
"约翰·多伊是嗜酒者互诫协会的优秀会员，他搬到了美国米德尔敦。如今独自生活的他意识到，自己或许难以"

Abstract  摘要

Autonomy is a ten-dollar word. But in relation to us, it means very simply that every A.A. group can manage its affairs exactly as it pleases, except when A.A. as a whole is threatened. Comes now the same question raised in Tradition One. Isn’t such liberty foolishly dangerous?
"‘自治’听起来是个高大上的词。但对我们来说，它其实很简单：每个匿名戒酒会小组都可以自主管理内部事务——除非整个组织的利益受到威胁。这又引出了与传统第一条相同的问题：给予如此大的自由度，难道不会带来危险吗？"

Over the years, every conceivable deviation from our Twelve Steps and Traditions has been tried. That was sure to be, since we are so largely a band of ego-driven individualists. Children of chaos, we have defiantly played with every brand of fire, only to emerge unharmed and, we think, wiser. These very deviations created a vast process of trial and error which, under the grace of God, has brought us to where we stand today.
多年来，我们尝试过对《十二步骤》和《十二传统》的各种可能的偏离。这种情况在所难免，因为我们本质上是一群自我意识强烈的个人主义者。作为混乱的产物，我们曾叛逆地玩遍各种危险游戏，最终却安然无恙，并自认为变得更加明智。正是这些偏离行为，在上帝的恩典下，通过大量的试错过程，才将我们引领至今日的境地。

When A.A.'s Traditions were first published, in 1946, we had become sure that an A.A. group could stand almost any amount of battering. We saw that the group, exactly like the individual, must eventually conform to whatever tested principles would guarantee survival. We had discovered that there was perfect safety in the process of trial and error. So confident of this had we become that the original statement of A.A. tradition carried this significant sentence: "Any two or three alcoholics gathered together for sobriety
1946 年《嗜酒者互诫会》十二传统首次发布时，我们已确信：任何一个 AA 小组都能经受住几乎所有的考验。我们认识到，正如个人需要成长一样，团体最终也必须遵循那些经实践验证能确保存续的原则。通过不断尝试，我们发现这一过程中蕴含着绝对的安全保障。正因如此自信，我们在传统的最初表述中写下了这句重要的话："只要有两三个酒鬼为了保持清醒而相聚"

Abstract  摘要

“Shoemaker, stick to thy last!”… better do one thing supremely well than many badly. That is the central theme of this Tradition. Around it our Society gathers in unity. The very life of our Fellowship requires the preservation of this principle.
"鞋匠，守好你的本行！"……与其事事潦草，不如专精一艺。这正是本传统的核心精神。我们的团体正是围绕这一理念团结共进。要维持协会的生命力，就必须恪守这一准则。

Alcoholics Anonymous can be likened to a group of physicians who might find a cure for cancer, and upon whose concerted work would depend the answer for sufferers of this disease. True, each physician in such a group might have his own specialty. Every doctor concerned would at times wish he could devote himself to his chosen field rather than work only with the group. But once these men had hit upon a cure, once it became apparent that only by their united effort could this be accomplished, then all of them would feel bound to devote themselves solely to the relief of cancer. In the radiance of such a miraculous discovery, any doctor would set his other ambitions aside, at whatever personal cost.
匿名戒酒会就好比一群致力于攻克癌症的医生团队，患者的希望完全寄托于他们的通力合作。诚然，团队中每位医生都有自己的专长领域，有时难免渴望回归个人研究方向而非集体协作。但当他们真正发现治愈方案时，当意识到唯有群策群力才能实现这一突破时，所有成员都会义无反顾地投身于抗击癌症的事业。在这项划时代发现的感召下，任何医生都甘愿搁置个人抱负，不惜付出一切代价。

Just as firmly bound by obligation are the members of Alcoholics Anonymous, who have demonstrated that they can help problem drinkers as others seldom can. The unique ability of each A.A. to identify himself with, and
匿名戒酒会的成员们同样肩负着坚定的责任，他们已证明自己在帮助酗酒者方面具有他人难以企及的能力。每位匿名戒酒会成员所特有的自我认同与共鸣能力，

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WHEN Tradition Nine was first written, it said that “Alcoholics Anonymous needs the least possible organization.” In years since then, we have changed our minds about that. Today, we are able to say with assurance that Alcoholics Anonymous-A.A. as a whole-should never be organized at all. Then, in seeming contradiction, we proceed to create special service boards and committees which in themselves are organized. How, then, can we have an unorganized movement which can and does create a service organization for itself? Scanning this puzzler, people say, “What do they mean, no organization?”
第九项传统最初制定时曾写道："匿名戒酒会应保持最小限度的组织架构"。但经过多年实践，我们改变了这一观点。如今我们可以明确断言：匿名戒酒会——作为一个整体——根本不应存在任何组织形式。然而看似矛盾的是，我们却建立了各种专门的服务机构和委员会，这些机构本身又具有组织性。那么，一个标榜"无组织"的团体，为何能够且确实为自己创建了服务性组织？面对这个看似矛盾的现象，人们不禁要问："所谓'无组织'究竟是何含义？"

Well, let’s see. Did anyone ever hear of a nation, a church, a political party, even a benevolent association that had no membership rules? Did anyone ever hear of a society which couldn’t somehow discipline its members and enforce obedience to necessary rules and regulations? Doesn’t nearly every society on earth give authority to some of its members to impose obedience upon the rest and to punish or expel offenders? Therefore, every nation, in fact every form of society, has to be a government administered by human beings. Power to direct or govern is the essence of organization everywhere.
让我们思考一下：可曾听说过哪个国家、教会、政党，乃至慈善组织是没有成员规则的？有哪个社会能完全不约束成员行为、不要求遵守必要规章制度的？几乎所有的社会组织，不都会授权部分成员管理其他成员，对违规者实施惩罚甚至除名吗？由此可见，任何国家乃至所有社会形态，本质上都需要由人来实施管理。指挥与治理的权力，正是所有组织运作的核心所在。