His understanding of the reasoning behind Tradition 11 is flawed. It has nothing to do with protecting the image AA from member relapses.<p>It has to do with encouraging humility among its members, who are alcoholics and who generally tend to have issues with being self-centered. This is true of a lot of the traditions - &quot;leaders are trusted servants, they don&#x27;t govern&quot; and so on. Basically trying to keep addicts from getting an inflated sense of their own importance.