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

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CONTROVERSY   occurs   14 times 4 in BB  •  9 in 12&12  •  1 in GV Definition in Merriam-Webster Online
See also...   controversies
convalescence
convalescing
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1.
  ... controversy.  BB How It Works, p.69
We want to stay out of this controversy.


2.
  ... controversy.  BB A Vision For You, p.154
The proceeding was shot through with much hard feeling and controversy.


3.
  ... controversy.  BB Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.562
Ten -- Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the A.A. name ought never be drawn into public controversy.


4.
  ... controversy."  12&12 Contents (Tradition Ten), p.12
Tradition Ten -- "Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the A.A. name ought never be drawn into public controversy."


5.
  ... controversy.  12&12 Contents (Tradition Ten), p.12
A.A. does not take sides in any public controversy.


6.
  ... controversy.  12&12 Tradition Six, p.158
A.A. would land exactly in the middle of the wet-dry controversy.


7.
  ... controversy."  12&12 Tradition Ten, p.176
"Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the A.A. name ought never be drawn into public controversy."


8.
  ... controversy.  12&12 Tradition Ten, p.176
All history affords us the spectacle of striving nations and groups finally torn asunder because they were designed for, or tempted into, controversy.


9.
  ... controversy.  12&12 Tradition Ten, pp.178-179
As we surveyed the wreck of that movement, early A.A. members resolved to keep our Society out of public controversy.


10.
  ... controversy."  12&12 Tradition Ten, p.179
Thus was laid the cornerstone for Tradition Ten: "Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the A.A. name ought never be drawn into public controversy."


11.
  ... controversy, because we know that our Society ...  12&12 Tradition Ten, p.177
In this respect, we do not enter into public controversy, because we know that our Society will perish if it does.


12.
  ... controversy, but it didn't have a chance ...  12&12 Tradition Ten, p.178
Maybe the society could have survived the abolition controversy, but it didn't have a chance from the moment it determined to reform America's drinking habits.


13.
  ... controversy, neither endorses nor opposes any causes.  Grapevine Preamble
A.A. is not allied with any sect, denomination, politics, organization or institution; does not wish to engage in any controversy, neither endorses nor opposes any causes.


14.
  ... controversy; that it never perform acts of ...  BB Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form), p.575
XII. The Conference shall observe the spirit of A.A. tradition, taking care that it never becomes the seat of perilous wealth or power; that sufficient operating funds and reserve be its prudent financial principle; that it place none of its members in a position of unqualified authority over others; that it reach all important decisions by discussion, vote, and, whenever possible, by substantial unanimity; that its actions never be personally punitive nor an incitement to public controversy; that it never perform acts of government, and that, like the Society it serves, it will always remain democratic in thought and action.


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