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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... paid.
BB p.14,
Bill's Story
Simple, but not
easy; a
price had to be
paid.
2.
... paid.
BB p.154,
A Vision For You
3.
... paid a fine tribute to the Fellowship; ...
12&12 p.143,
Tradition Three
He
paid a
fine tribute to the
Fellowship; he told how his
family had been
reunited;
he
extolled the
virtue
of
honesty; he
recalled
the
joys of
Twelfth Step work; and then he
lowered the
boom.
4.
... paid alimony to his first wife.
BB p.79,
Into Action
Because of
resentment and
drinking, he had not
paid alimony to his
first wife.
5.
... paid any attention; most of those who ...
12&12 p.139,
Tradition Three
Hardly an
alcoholic we
approached paid any
attention; most of those who did
join us were like
flickering candles in a
windstorm.
6.
... paid for.
12&12 p.191,
Tradition Eight (Long)
But our
usual A.A. Twelfth Step work is
never to be
paid for.
7.
... paid for.
BB p.565(567),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
But our
usual A.A. "
12 Step"
work is
never to be
paid for.
8.
... paid for, but those who labor in ...
12&12 p.171,
Tradition Eight
Our
Twelfth Step is
never to be
paid for, but those
who
labor in
service for
us are
worthy of their
hire.
9.
... paid off was startling.
12&12 p.181,
Tradition Eleven
The way this
restraint paid off was
startling.
10.
... paid our own way.
12&12 p.160,
Tradition Seven
They
figured that it was
high time we now --
sober --
paid our
own way.
11.
... paid researcher.
12&12 p.170,
Tradition Eight
12.
... paid some attention to A.A. experience.
12&12 p.149,
Tradition Four
He said he
wished he'd
paid
some
attention to
A.A. experience.
13.
... paid the bills and seldom drank at ...
12&12 p.79,
Step Eight
Our
families didn't
suffer, because we always
paid
the
bills and
seldom drank at
home.
14.
... paid twelfth-stepper.
12&12 p.166,
Tradition Eight
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