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


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... appointed.    BB p.3,  Bill's Story   Go to page 3 in the Big Book
Our friends thought a lunacy commission should be appointed.


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... appointed authority whose duty it is to ...    BB p.74,  Into Action   Go to page 74 in the Big Book
Those of us belonging to a religious denomination which requires confession must, and of course, will want to go to the properly appointed authority whose duty it is to receive it.

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... appointed members present themselves as messiahs representing ...    12&12 p.187,  Tradition Twelve
We simply couldn't afford to take the chance of letting self-appointed members present themselves as messiahs representing A.A. before the whole public.

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... appointed, of course, because there is no ...    12&12 p.133,  Tradition Two
These are the growing group's hierarchy of service -- self-appointed, of course, because there is no other way.


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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