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


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1.
  ... outside.  BB Bill's Story, p.1
Much moved, I wandered outside.


2.
  ... "outside" A.A.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.119
The considerations are equally true and important for the A.A.'s who marry "outside" A.A.


3.
  ... outside A.A. -- and medically supervised.  BB Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.564
But hospitals, as well as other places of recuperation, ought to be well outside A.A. -- and medically supervised.


4.
  ... outside A.A. -- and medically supervised.  12&12 Tradition Six (Long), p.190
But hospitals, as well as other places of recuperation, ought to be well outside A.A. -- and medically supervised.


5.
  ... outside A.A. itself.  12&12 Foreword, p.15
Though the essays which follow were written mainly for members, it is thought by many of A.A.'s friends that these pieces might arouse interest and find application outside A.A. itself.


6.
  ... outside activity.  12&12 Contents (Tradition Six), p.11
We saw that we could not lend the A.A. name to any outside activity.


7.
  ... outside agencies dealing with the alcohol problem.  12&12 Tradition Eight, p.169
No individuals have been more buffeted by such emotional gusts than those A.A.'s bold enough to accept employment with outside agencies dealing with the alcohol problem.


8.
  ... outside agencies; that acceptance of large gifts ...  BB Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.564
We think that each group should soon achieve this ideal; that any public solicitation of funds using the name of Alcoholics Anonymous is highly dangerous, whether by groups, clubs, hospitals, or other outside agencies; that acceptance of large gifts from any source, or of contributions carrying any obligation whatever, is unwise.


9.
  ... outside agencies; that acceptance of large gifts ...  12&12 Tradition Seven (Long), p.190
We think that each group should soon achieve this ideal; that any public solicitation of funds using the name of Alcoholics Anonymous is highly dangerous, whether by groups, clubs, hospitals, or other outside agencies; that acceptance of large gifts from any source, or of contributions carrying any obligation whatever, is unwise.


10.
  ... outside contributions.  BB Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.562
Seven -- Every A.A. group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions.


11.
  ... outside contributions."  12&12 Contents (Tradition Seven), p.11
Tradition Seven -- "Every A.A. group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions."


12.
  ... outside contributions."  12&12 Tradition Seven, p.160
"Every A.A. group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions."


13.
  ... outside controversial issues -- particularly those of politics, ...  BB Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.565
10. No A.A. group or member should ever, in such a way as to implicate A.A., express any opinion on outside controversial issues -- particularly those of politics, alcohol reform, or sectarian religion.


14.
  ... outside controversial issues -- particularly those of politics, ...  12&12 Tradition Ten (Long), p.192
Ten -- No A.A. group or member should ever, in such a way as to implicate A.A., express any opinion on outside controversial issues -- particularly those of politics, alcohol reform, or sectarian religion.


15.
  ... outside donations weren't declined, absolutely cut off, ...  12&12 Tradition Seven, p.164
If outside donations weren't declined, absolutely cut off, then the Foundation would one day become rich.


16.
  ... outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property ...  BB Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.562
Six -- An A.A. group ought never endorse, finance or lend the A.A. name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property and prestige divert us from our primary purpose.


17.
  ... outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property ...  12&12 Contents (Tradition Six), p.11
Tradition Six -- "An A.A. group ought never endorse, finance or lend the A.A. name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property and prestige divert us from our primary purpose."


18.
  ... outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property, ...  12&12 Tradition Six, p.155
"An A.A. group ought never endorse, finance, or lend the A.A. name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property, and prestige divert us from our primary purpose."


19.
  ... outside have to be maintained.  12&12 Tradition Eight, p.169
Right contacts with the world outside have to be maintained.


20.
  ... outside help.  BB Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A., p.569
Dr. Harry M. Tiebout, psychiatrist: "As a psychiatrist, I have thought a great deal about the relationship of my specialty to A.A. and I have come to the conclusion that our particular function can very often lie in preparing the way for the patient to accept any sort of treatment or outside help.


21.
  ... outside help if we were surely to ...  12&12 Step Five, p.59
We'd have to have outside help if we were surely to know and admit the truth about ourselves -- the help of God and another human being.


22.
  ... outside interests.  12&12 Contents (Tradition Four), p.10
Two storm signals -- a group ought not do anything which would injure A.A. as a whole, nor affiliate itself with outside interests.


23.
  ... outside interference in our affairs.  12&12 Tradition Seven, p.161
Now and then, grateful benefactors had endowed clubhouses, and as a result there was sometimes outside interference in our affairs.


24.
  ... outside issues; hence the A.A. name ought ...  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.


25.
  ... outside issues; hence the A.A. name ought ...  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."


26.
  ... outside issues; hence the A.A. name ought ...  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."


27.
  ... outside issues; hence the A.A. name ought ...  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."


28.
  ... outside of A.A. -- for example, your clergyman ...  12&12 Step Five, p.61
This individual may be entirely outside of A.A. -- for example, your clergyman or your doctor.


29.
  ... outside of A.A., the loss of confidence ...  12&12 Tradition Twelve, p.185
When such stories got into circulation outside of A.A., the loss of confidence in our anonymity promise was severe.


30.
  ... outside our synthetic knowledge.  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxvii
What with our ultra-modern standards, our scientific approach to everything, we are perhaps not well equipped to apply the powers of good that lie outside our synthetic knowledge.


31.
  ... outside sources, its trustees might be tempted ...  12&12 Tradition Seven, p.164
Whoever pays the piper is apt to call the tune, and if the A.A. Foundation obtained money from outside sources, its trustees might be tempted to run things without reference to the wishes of A.A. as a whole.


32.
  ... outside the family present the book.  BB To Wives, p.113
In some cases it may be better to let someone outside the family present the book.


33.
  ... outside the scope of this book.  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxx
The classification of alcoholics seems most difficult, and in much detail is outside the scope of this book.


34.
  ... outside we are partners in a common ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.124
Service, gladly rendered, obligations squarely met, troubles well accepted or solved with God's help, the knowledge that at home or in the world outside we are partners in a common effort, the well-understood fact that in God's sight all human beings are important, the proof that love freely given surely brings a full return, the certainty that we are no longer isolated and alone in self-constructed prisons, the surety that we need no longer be square pegs in round holes but can fit and belong in God's scheme of things -- these are the permanent and legitimate satisfactions of right living for which no amount of pomp and circumstance, no heap of material possessions, could possibly be substitutes.


35.
  ... outside world.  BB The Family Afterward, p.131
Drinking isolates most homes from the outside world.


36.
  ... outside world where we can quiet down ...  12&12 Step Ten, p.89
Many of us also like the experience of an occasional retreat from the outside world where we can quiet down for an undisturbed day or so of self-overhaul and meditation.


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