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... news.
BB
A Vision For You, p.158
2.
... news.
12&12
Step Nine, p.83
3.
... news.
12&12
Tradition Two, p.137
4.
... news.
12&12
Tradition Seven, p.160
When a society composed
entirely of alcoholics says it's going to pay its bills, that's really news.
5.
... news came
in.
12&12
Tradition Three, p.144
6.
... news for
those who recoil from prayer ...
12&12
Step Eleven, p.105
All this should be very encouraging news for those who recoil from prayer because they don't believe in it, or because
they feel themselves cut off from God's help and direction.
7.
... news of
A.A.'s existence in his community.
12&12
Tradition Twelve, p.186
These quiet disclosures helped him
to lose his fear of the alcoholic stigma, and spread the news of A.A.'s existence in his community.
8.
News of
this got on the world ...
BB
Foreword to Second Edition, p.xviii
News of this got on the world wires; inquiries poured in again and many people went to the bookstores to get the book "Alcoholics Anonymous."
9.
... news outlet
in North America, setting forth ...
12&12
Tradition Eleven, p.182
The Foundation(*) wrote
letters to practically every news outlet in North America, setting forth our public relations policy of attraction rather than promotion, and
emphasizing personal anonymity as A.A.'s greatest protection.
10.
... news stories
of Mr. Rockefeller's dinner for ...
12&12
Tradition Twelve, p.186
The news stories of Mr. Rockefeller's dinner for Alcoholics Anonymous helped double our total membership in a year's time.
11.
... news this
book carries to those who ...
BB
There Is A Solution, p.17
12.
... news to
us, for we had assumed ...
BB
We Agnostics, p.47
That was great news to us,
for we had assumed we could not make use of spiritual principles
unless we accepted many things on faith which seemed difficult to believe.
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