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From the books  ...  Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)

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ACCEPTANCE   occurs   7 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... acceptance.    12&12 p.34,  Step Three
These conclusions did not require action; they required only acceptance.


2.
... acceptance?    BB p.48,  We Agnostics   Go to page 48 in the Big Book
Why this ready acceptance?


3.
... acceptance is the answer to all my ...    BB p.417(449),  Acceptance   Go to page 417(449) in the Big Book
And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today.


4.
... acceptance of A.A. grew by leaps and ...    BB xx,  Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire Foreword to Second Edition
While the internal difficulties of our adolescent period were being ironed out, public acceptance of A.A. grew by leaps and bounds.


5.
... acceptance of A.A. was the ministration of ...    BB xx,  Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire Foreword to Second Edition
Another reason for the wide acceptance of A.A. was the ministration of friends -- friends in medicine, religion, and the press, together with innumerable others who became our able and persistent advocates.

6.
... acceptance of large gifts from any source, ...    12&12 p.190,  Tradition Seven (Long)
We think that each group should soon achieve this ideal; that any public solicitation of funds using the name of Alcoholics Anonymous is highly dangerous, whether by groups, clubs, hospitals, or other outside agencies; that acceptance of large gifts from any source, or of contributions carrying any obligation whatever, is unwise.


7.
... acceptance of large gifts from any source, ...    BB p.564(566),  Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition   Display entire Appendix I
We think that each group should soon achieve this ideal; that any public solicitation of funds using the name of Alcoholics Anonymous is highly dangerous, whether by groups, clubs, hospitals, or other outside agencies; that acceptance of large gifts from any source, or of contributions carrying any obligation whatever, is unwise.


Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.  The A.A. Preamble, copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.  Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

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