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Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... member.
12&12 p.63,
Step Six
Of
course, the often
disputed question of
whether
God can -- and will, under
certain conditions --
remove defects of
character will be
answered with a
prompt affirmative by almost any
A.A. member.
2.
... member.
12&12 p.142,
Tradition Three
He
talked frankly with
that
group's
oldest member.
3.
... member.
BB p.27,
There Is A Solution
Upon
hearing this, our
friend was somewhat
relieved, for he
reflected that, after all, he was a
good church member.
4.
... member a year?
12&12 p.162,
Tradition Seven
Would they
send us a
dollar
a
member a
year?
5.
... member acting as a citizen can become ...
12&12 p.171,
Tradition Eight
6.
... member and make it stick, let alone ...
12&12 p.173,
Tradition Nine
7.
... member be?"
12&12 p.185,
Tradition Twelve
Squarely before us was the
question "How
anonymous
should an
A.A. member be?"
8.
... member becomes an active guardian of our ...
12&12 p.183,
Tradition Eleven
In it, each
member becomes
an
active guardian of
our
Fellowship.
9.
... member can be set in personal authority ...
12&12 p.16,
Foreword
Why is it, they
ask, that in
A.A.
no
member can be
set in
personal authority over
another, that
nothing like a
central government can
anywhere be seen?
10.
... member carry our knowledge into other fields, ...
12&12 p.167,
Tradition Eight
But when we had
declared that our
Fellowship couldn't
hire service workers nor could
any
A.A. member carry our
knowledge into
other
fields, we were
taking the
counsel of
fear,
fear which
today has been
largely dispelled in the
light of
experience.
11.
... member declares that no satisfaction has been ...
12&12 p.110,
Step Twelve
Practically every
A.A.
member declares that no
satisfaction has been
deeper and no
joy greater than in a
Twelfth
Step job well done.
12.
... member follows to the best of his ...
12&12 p.174,
Tradition Nine
13.
... member's full name in all its advertising; ...
12&12 p.158,
Tradition Six
The
association wanted to use our
member's
full name in all
its advertising; he was to
be
described both as
its
director of
publicity
and as a
member of
Alcoholics Anonymous.
14.
... member gives us a vivid glimpse of ...
12&12 p.139,
Tradition Three
A
member gives us a
vivid glimpse of those
days.
15.
... member has been granted a release from ...
12&12 p.64,
Step Six
It is
plain for
everybody to see that each
sober A.A. member has been
granted a
release from this very
obstinate and
potentially fatal obsession.
16.
... member has to conform to the principles ...
12&12 p.130,
Tradition One
The
A.A. member has to
conform to the
principles of
recovery.
17.
... member has to if he would recover.
BB p.135,
The Family Afterward
Whether the
family goes on a
spiritual basis or not,
the
alcoholic member has
to if he would
recover.
18.
... member's house and, unknown to the family, ...
12&12 p.144,
Tradition Three
About
two weeks later,
Ed stole by
night into an
A.A. member's
house and,
unknown to the
family, went to
bed.
19.
... member if this really works.
12&12 p.132,
Tradition Two
They
dubiously ask an
experienced A.A. member if this really
works.
20.
... member if you say so.
12&12 p.139,
Tradition Three
For
A.A. is really saying to every
serious drinker, "You are
an
A.A. member if you say so.
21.
... member into outer darkness, when indeed no ...
12&12 p.132,
Tradition Two
When told that our
Society has no
president having
authority to
govern it, no
treasurer who can
compel the
payment of any
dues, no
board of
directors who can
cast an
erring member into
outer darkness, when
indeed no
A.A. can
give another a
directive and
enforce obedience, our
friends gasp and
exclaim, "This
simply can't
be.
22.
... member is personal sobriety, the aim of ...
12&12 p.175,
Tradition Nine
Just as the
aim of each
A.A.
member is
personal sobriety, the
aim of our
services is to bring
sobriety within reach of all who
want it.
23.
... member is trying to live.
BB p.130,
The Family Afterward
One more
suggestion: Whether the
family has
spiritual convictions or not, they may do well to
examine the
principles
by which the
alcoholic member is
trying to
live.
24.
... member's name -- and story, too -- had to ...
12&12 p.185,
Tradition Twelve
Clearly, every
A.A. member's
name -- and
story, too -- had to be
confidential, if he
wished.
25.
... member of a resentful family begins to ...
BB p.127,
The Family Afterward
As each
member of a
resentful family begins to see his
shortcomings and
admits
them to the others, he
lays a
basis for
helpful discussion.
26.
... member of a world-renowned hospital, recently made ...
BB p.43,
More About Alcoholism
One of these
men,
staff member of a
world-
renowned hospital,
recently made this
statement to some of us: "What you say about the
general hopelessness
of the
average alcoholic's
plight is, in
my
opinion,
correct.
27.
... member of A.A., wants to deprecate material ...
12&12 p.71,
Step Seven
28.
... member of Alcoholics Anonymous.
12&12 p.158,
Tradition Six
The
association wanted to use our
member's
full name in all
its advertising; he was to
be
described both as
its
director of
publicity
and as a
member of
Alcoholics Anonymous.
29.
... member of Alcoholics Anonymous."
BB xiii,
Foreword to First Edition
30.
... member of Alcoholics Anonymous, he still smokes ...
BB p.135,
The Family Afterward
Though he is now a most
effective member of
Alcoholics Anonymous, he still
smokes
and
drinks coffee, but
neither his
wife nor anyone else
stands in
judgment.
31.
... member of Alcoholics Anonymous is but a ...
12&12 p.189,
Tradition One (Long)
One -- Each
member of
Alcoholics Anonymous
is but a
small part of a
great whole.
32.
... member of Alcoholics Anonymous is but a ...
BB p.563(565),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
1. Each
member of
Alcoholics Anonymous
is but a
small part of a
great whole.
33.
... member of his community.
BB p.158,
A Vision For You
He too, has
become a
respected and
useful member of his
community.
34.
... member of it should be only too ...
BB p.124,
The Family Afterward
We
think each
family which
has been
relieved owes
something to those who have not, and when the
occasion requires, each
member of it should be only too
willing to bring
former mistakes, no
matter how
grievous, out of their
hiding places.
35.
... member of our Society when he says ...
12&12 p.145,
Tradition Three
So the
hand of
Providence early gave us a
sign that any
alcoholic is a
member of our
Society when he says so.
36.
... member of society.
12&12 p.53,
Step Four
We have not once
sought to be one in a
family, to be a
friend among
friends, to be a
worker
among
workers, to be a
useful member of
society.
37.
... member of the family and neglect the ...
12&12 p.81,
Step Eight
Suppose we
lavish attention upon one
member of
the
family and
neglect
the others.
38.
... member of the family and readily admit ...
12&12 p.84,
Step Nine
After
coming from our
first
meeting, or perhaps after we have
finished reading the book
"
Alcoholics Anonymous," we usually
want
to
sit down with some
member of
the
family and
readily admit the
damage we have done
by our
drinking.
39.
... member of the family demands that the ...
BB p.122,
The Family Afterward
We find the more one
member of the
family demands that the
others
concede to him, the more
resentful they
become.
40.
... member, pleading; but it's no use, the ...
12&12 p.134,
Tradition Two
They
rush from
crisis to
crisis and from
member to
member,
pleading; but it's no
use, the
revolution is on.
41.
... member, sane to all appearances, immediately answers, ...
12&12 p.132,
Tradition Two
42.
... member should ever, in such a way ...
12&12 p.192,
Tradition Ten (Long)
43.
... member should ever, in such a way ...
BB p.565(567),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
44.
... member solely because of his public relations ...
12&12 p.158,
Tradition Six
45.
... member summoned two others, and in confidence ...
12&12 p.142,
Tradition Three
46.
... member tells this story:
12&12 p.151,
Tradition Five
47.
... member the minute you declare yourself."
12&12 p.139,
Tradition Three
So you're an
A.A. member the
minute you
declare yourself."
48.
... member to a single resolve: "Out he ...
12&12 p.143,
Tradition Three
49.
... member to break his anonymity at a ...
12&12 p.158,
Tradition Six
But that wasn't the
whole story, for in this
case not only
was an
A.A. member to
break his
anonymity at a
public level, he was to
link the
name Alcoholics Anonymous
to this
particular educational project in
the
minds of
millions.
50.
... member to educate the public on alcoholism.
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
51.
... member to member, pleading; but it's no ...
12&12 p.134,
Tradition Two
They
rush from
crisis to
crisis and from
member to
member,
pleading; but it's no
use, the
revolution is on.
52.
... member who has spent much of his ...
BB p.136,
To Employers
Among many
employers nowadays, we
think of one
member who has
spent much of
his
life in the
world of
big business.
53.
... member who was living in a large ...
BB p.163,
A Vision For You
We
know of an
A.A. member who was
living in a
large community.
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