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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... Groups.
12&12 p.118,
Step Twelve (Note)
(*) In
adapted form, the
Steps are also used by
Al-
Anon/Alateen Family
Groups.
2.
... groups.
12&12 p.17,
Foreword
Even then it was
hard to find
twoscore of
sure recoveries in all
three
groups.
3.
... groups.
12&12 p.170,
Tradition Eight
For this
reason, some very
good causes and all
connected with them
suffered unjust criticism from
A.A. groups.
4.
... groups.
12&12 p.190,
Tradition Six (Long)
5.
... groups.
BB p.16,
Bill's Story (Note)
(*) In
2001,
A.A. is
composed of over
100,000
groups.
6.
... groups.
BB p.162,
A Vision For You (Note)
In
2003, there are about
103,000 groups.
7.
... groups.
BB p.564(566),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
8.
... groups.
BB p.573(575),
Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A.
In the
United States and
Canada, most
towns and
cities have
A.A. groups.
9.
... groups also,
those groups ought to be ...
12&12 p.189,
Tradition Four (Long)
But when
its plans concern the
welfare of
neighboring groups also,
those
groups ought to be
consulted.
10.
... groups also,
those groups ought to be ...
BB p.563(565),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
But when
its plans concern the
welfare of
neighboring groups also,
those
groups ought to be
consulted.
11.
... groups and
A.A. as a whole could ...
BB xix,
Foreword to Second Edition
12.
... groups, and
medical societies.
12&12 p.186,
Tradition Twelve
13.
Groups are
to be found in each ...
BB xv,
Foreword to Second Edition
Groups are to be
found in
each of the
United States
and all of the
provinces of
Canada.
14.
... groups became
the prime question.
12&12 p.130,
Tradition One
15.
... groups began
to hold meetings which were ...
12&12 p.186,
Tradition Twelve
Consequently, many
groups began to
hold meetings which were
open to
interested friends and the
public, so
that the
average citizen
could see for himself just what
A.A. was all about.
16.
... groups began
to receive requests for A.A. ...
12&12 p.186,
Tradition Twelve
17.
... Groups by
writing to its World Service ...
BB p.121,
To Wives (Note)
18.
... groups, clubs,
and scores of other perplexities.
12&12 p.18,
Foreword
19.
... groups, clubs,
hospitals, or other outside agencies; ...
12&12 p.190,
Tradition Seven (Long)
20.
... groups, clubs,
hospitals, or other outside agencies; ...
BB p.564(566),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
21.
... Groups, composed
largely of the wives, husbands ...
BB p.573(575),
Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A.
22.
... groups could
duplicate everywhere.
12&12 p.147,
Tradition Four
23.
... groups down
with a bang.
12&12 p.185,
Tradition Twelve
Sometimes, they got
distressingly drunk and let their
groups down
with a
bang.
24.
... groups emerged
-- the first at Akron, the ...
12&12 p.16,
Foreword
25.
... groups finally
torn asunder because they were ...
12&12 p.176,
Tradition Ten
All
history affords us
the
spectacle of
striving nations and
groups finally
torn asunder because they were
designed for, or
tempted
into,
controversy.
26.
... groups for
voluntary contributions.
12&12 p.162,
Tradition Seven
27.
... groups had
their fling at education, and ...
12&12 p.156,
Tradition Six
A.A. groups had their
fling at
education, and
when they
began to
publicly whoop up the
merits of this or that
brand,
people
became confused.
28.
Groups have
tried to expel members, but ...
12&12 p.173,
Tradition Nine
Groups have
tried to
expel members, but the
banished have
come back to
sit in the
meeting place,
saying, "This is
life for us; you can't
keep us out."
29.
... Groups, he
was convinced of the need ...
BB xvi,
Foreword to Second Edition
30.
... groups in
other cities.
BB xvii,
Foreword to Second Edition
Besides these, there were
scattered alcoholics who had
picked
up the
basic ideas in
Akron or New
York who were
trying to
form groups in other
cities.
31.
... groups in
the United States and Canada ...
BB xxii,
Foreword to Third Edition
Surveys of
groups in the
United States and
Canada indicate that
A.A. is
reaching out, not only
to more and more people, but to a
wider and
wider range.
32.
... Groups, Inc.,
1600 Corporate Landing Parkway, Virginia ...
BB p.573(575),
Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A.
33.
... groups, knocked
on the door and asked ...
12&12 p.141,
Tradition Three
A
newcomer appeared at
one of these
groups,
knocked on the
door and
asked to be let in.
34.
... groups, many
thought, could go into business, ...
12&12 p.155,
Tradition Six
The
A.A. groups, many
thought, could go into
business, might
finance
any
enterprise whatever in the
total field of
alcoholism.
35.
... groups meeting
in approximately 150 countries around ...
BB xxiii,
Foreword to Fourth Edition
36.
... groups meeting
in over 90 countries.
BB xxii,
Foreword to Third Edition
37.
... groups multiplied,
so did anonymity problems.
12&12 p.185,
Tradition Twelve
38.
... groups must
be answered by people who ...
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
39.
... groups of
a large metropolitan area their ...
12&12 p.191,
Tradition Nine (Long)
40.
... groups of
a large metropolitan area their ...
BB p.565(567),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
41.
... groups of
alcoholics trying to hold their ...
12&12 p.141,
Tradition Three
In that
time nothing could
be seen but
two struggling,
nameless
groups of
alcoholics trying to
hold their
faces up to the
light.
42.
... groups of
alcoholics were secret societies.
12&12 p.184,
Tradition Twelve
43.
... groups of
depressive and paranoid folks; the ...
12&12 p.156,
Tradition Six
We'd
form groups of
depressive and
paranoid
folks; the
deeper the
neurosis, the
better we'd
like it.
44.
... Groups of
that day.
BB xvi,
Foreword to Second Edition
45.
... groups often
maintain local offices where alcoholics ...
BB p.573(575),
Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A.
46.
... groups oppose
no one.
12&12 p.192,
Tradition Ten (Long)
47.
... groups oppose
no one.
BB p.565(567),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
48.
... groups or
A.A. as a whole."
12&12 p.146,
Tradition Four
"Each
group should be
autonomous except in
matters affecting other
groups or
A.A. as a
whole."
49.
... groups or
A.A. as a whole.
BB p.562(564),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
Four -- Each
group should be
autonomous except in
matters affecting
other
groups or
A.A. as a
whole.
50.
... groups or
from Box 459, Grand Central ...
BB p.570(572),
Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.
51.
... groups ought
to be consulted.
12&12 p.189,
Tradition Four (Long)
But when
its plans concern the
welfare of
neighboring groups also,
those
groups ought to be
consulted.
52.
... groups ought
to be consulted.
BB p.563(565),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
But when
its plans concern the
welfare of
neighboring groups also,
those
groups ought to be
consulted.
53.
... groups refused
to have a cent in ...
12&12 p.161,
Tradition Seven
Frightened by these
complications, some
groups refused to have a
cent in their
treasuries.
54.
... groups started
up and it was found, ...
BB xviii,
Foreword to Second Edition
New
groups started up and
it was
found, to the
astonishment of
everyone, that
A.A.'s
message could be
transmitted in the
mail as
well as by
word of
mouth.
55.
... groups themselves
ought to be fully supported ...
12&12 p.190,
Tradition Seven (Long)
Seven -- The
A.A. groups themselves ought to be
fully
supported by the
voluntary contributions of their
own members.
56.
... groups themselves
ought to be fully supported ...
BB p.564(566),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
7. The
A.A. groups themselves
ought to be
fully supported by the
voluntary contributions of their
own members.
57.
... groups thought,
to place their message and ...
BB xvii,
Foreword to Second Edition
It was now
time, the
struggling groups thought, to place their
message and
unique experience before the
world.
58.
... groups to
handle our over-all public relations ...
BB p.565(567),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
59.
... groups to
handle our overall public relations ...
12&12 p.191,
Tradition Nine (Long)
60.
... Groups was
formed about thirteen years after ...
BB p.121,
To Wives (Note)
61.
... groups was
slow.
12&12 p.162,
Tradition Seven
"To my
surprise, the
response of the
groups was
slow.
62.
... groups we
could do together what we ...
12&12 p.152,
Tradition Five
I
insisted that few
drunks could ever get well on their
own steam, but that in our
groups we could do
together what
we could not do
separately.
63.
... groups were
forming.
12&12 p.147,
Tradition Four
When
A.A. was still
young,
lots of
eager groups were
forming.
64.
... groups, were
referred to these prospective newcomers.
BB xviii,
Foreword to Second Edition
65.
... groups weren't
sending in enough for the ...
12&12 p.164,
Tradition Seven
The
Foundation was really
hard up just then; the
groups
weren't
sending in
enough
for the
support of the
office; we had been
tossing
in all the book
income and even that hadn't been
enough.
66.
... groups "wet,"
others "dry," still others "Republican" ...
12&12 p.147,
Tradition Four
There would be
real danger
should we
commence to call some
groups "
wet," others "
dry," still others "
Republican" or "
Communist," and
yet others
"
Catholic" or "
Protestant."
67.
... groups whose
membership is far above 150,000 ...
BB xv,
Foreword to Second Edition
68.
... groups will
never fully support the office.
12&12 p.164,
Tradition Seven
"Maybe," some said, "the
groups will
never fully support the
office.
69.
... groups would
have to reach quickly as ...
12&12 p.186,
Tradition Twelve
The
A.A. groups would have to
reach quickly as many
despairing alcoholics
as they could.
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