WHAT I LEARNED: Somehow, when I was reviewing the Alateen Newcomer Packet (item # K-18), I must not have seen this small wallet card.  But since I’m now going through the literature chronologically, I saw this item mentioned as an “Alateen 12 x 12 Wallet Card with Preamble” in the “1978 World Service Conference Summary” (item # P-46).  Sure it has the Alateen Preamble, 12 Steps, 12 Alateen Traditions, & Serenity Prayer, but the little secret with this wallet card is that even though it came out in 1978, Alateen’s version of the 12 Traditions weren’t officially ratified by the World Service Conference until 2009!  See page 368 in “Many Voices, One Journey” (item # B-31) to find out why…