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


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1.
  ... Anonymous."  BB Preface, p.xi
This is the fourth edition of the book "Alcoholics Anonymous."


2.
  ... Anonymous."  BB Foreword to First Edition, p.xiii
When writing or speaking publicly about alcoholism, we urge each of our Fellowship to omit his personal name, designating himself instead as "a member of Alcoholics Anonymous."


3.
  ... ANONYMOUS  BB Foreword to First Edition, p.xiv
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS


4.
  ... Anonymous."  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."


5.
  ... Anonymous.  BB Foreword to Third Edition, p.xxii
The Twelve Steps that summarize the program may be called los Doce Pasos in one country, les Douze Etapes in another, but they trace exactly the same path to recovery that was blazed by the earliest members of Alcoholics Anonymous.


6.
  ... Anonymous.  BB Working With Others, p.94
On your first visit tell him about the Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous.


7.
  ... Anonymous.  BB A Vision For You, p.152
It is a fellowship in Alcoholics Anonymous.


8.
  ... Anonymous.  BB A Vision For You, p.152
High and low, rich and poor, these are future fellows of Alcoholics Anonymous.


9.
  ... Anonymous.  BB A Vision For You, p.161
A community thirty miles away has fifteen fellows of Alcoholics Anonymous.


10.
  ... Anonymous.  BB A Vision For You, p.163
Some of them may sink and perhaps never get up, but if our experience is a criterion, more than half of those approached will become fellows of Alcoholics Anonymous.


11.
  ... Anonymous.  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.171
A co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous.


12.
  ... Anonymous.  BB Appendix IV, The Lasker Award, p.571
In 1951 the Lasker Award was given Alcoholics Anonymous.


13.
  ... Anonymous.  12&12 Foreword, p.15
This book deals with the "Twelve Steps" and the "Twelve Traditions" of Alcoholics Anonymous.


14.
  ... Anonymous.  12&12 Foreword, p.16
There is, too, a rising interest in the Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous.


15.
  ... Anonymous?  12&12 Step Three, p.35
Isn't it true that in all matters touching upon alcohol, each of them has decided to turn his or her life over to the care, protection, and guidance of Alcoholics Anonymous?


16.
  ... Anonymous.  12&12 Step Nine, p.83
Most of us begin making certain kinds of direct amends from the day we join Alcoholics Anonymous.


17.
  ... Anonymous.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.109
The wonderful energy it releases and the eager action by which it carries our message to the next suffering alcoholic and which finally translates the Twelve Steps into action upon all our affairs is the payoff, the magnificent reality, of Alcoholics Anonymous.


18.
  ... Anonymous.  12&12 Tradition Two, p.135
They become the voice of the group conscience; in fact, these are the true voice of Alcoholics Anonymous.


19.
  ... Anonymous.  12&12 Tradition Six, p.157
They immediately thought of Alcoholics Anonymous.


20.
  ... Anonymous.  12&12 Tradition Six, p.158
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.


21.
  ... Anonymous.  12&12 Tradition Seven, p.165
Approving editorials here and abroad generated a wave of confidence in the integrity of Alcoholics Anonymous.


22.
  ... Anonymous.  12&12 Tradition Nine, p.174
But all these observers have overlooked something unique in Alcoholics Anonymous.


23.
  ... Anonymous.  12&12 Tradition Ten, p.178
The lesson to be learned from the Washingtonians was not overlooked by Alcoholics Anonymous.


24.
  ... Anonymous.  12&12 Tradition Eleven, p.180
Therefore, a great responsibility fell upon us to develop the best possible public relations policy for Alcoholics Anonymous.


25.
  ... Anonymous."  12&12 Tradition Twelve, p.184
When the Big Book appeared in 1939, we called it "Alcoholics Anonymous."


26.
  ... Anonymous -- A.A. as a whole -- should never ...  12&12 Tradition Nine, p.172
Today, we are able to say with assurance that Alcoholics Anonymous -- A.A. as a whole -- should never be organized at all.


27.
  ... Anonymous and call for more information.  12&12 Tradition Eleven, p.180
Doctors read medical papers about Alcoholics Anonymous and call for more information.


28.
  ... Anonymous," and from it the Fellowship took ...  12&12 Foreword, p.17
The book was called "Alcoholics Anonymous," and from it the Fellowship took its name.


29.
  ... Anonymous, are more than one hundred men ...  BB Foreword to First Edition, p.xiii
We, of Alcoholics Anonymous, are more than one hundred men and women who have recovered from a seemingly hopeless state of mind and body.


30.
  ... Anonymous are no crusaders; not a temperance ...  BB Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A., p.570
Dr. W. W. Bauer, broadcasting under the auspices of The American Medical Association in 1946, over the NBC network, said, in part: "Alcoholics Anonymous are no crusaders; not a temperance society.


31.
  ... Anonymous are, we A.A.'s believe, the best ...  BB Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.561
The "12 Traditions" of Alcoholics Anonymous are, we A.A.'s believe, the best answers that our experience has yet given to those ever-urgent questions, "How can A.A. best function?" and, "How can A.A. best stay whole and so survive?"


32.
  ... Anonymous at his destination.  BB Foreword to Second Edition, p.xv
Our earliest printing voiced the hope "that every alcoholic who journeys will find the Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous at his destination.


33.
  ... Anonymous at his destination.  BB A Vision For You, p.162
Some day we hope that every alcoholic who journeys will find a Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous at his destination.


34.
  ... anonymous at the level of press, radio, ...  BB Foreword to Second Edition, p.xix
It was decided that all members ought to be anonymous at the level of press, radio, TV and films.


35.
  ... Anonymous" became the basic text of the ...  12&12 Foreword, p.17
The book "Alcoholics Anonymous" became the basic text of the Fellowship, and it still is.


36.
  ... Anonymous, because it had been humbly willing ...  12&12 Tradition Four, p.149
Moreover, it had performed a great service for Alcoholics Anonymous, because it had been humbly willing to apply the lessons it learned.


37.
  ... anonymous because we are too few, at ...  BB Foreword to First Edition, p.xiii
It is important that we remain anonymous because we are too few, at present to handle the overwhelming number of personal appeals which may result from this publication.


38.
  ... anonymous because we are too few, at ...  12&12 Tradition Twelve, p.184
Its foreword made this revealing statement: "It is important that we remain anonymous because we are too few, at present, to handle the overwhelming number of personal appeals which may result from this publication.


39.
  ... Anonymous been divided by a major controversial ...  12&12 Tradition Ten, p.176
Never since it began has Alcoholics Anonymous been divided by a major controversial issue.


40.
  ... Anonymous began in 1935 at Akron, Ohio, ...  12&12 Foreword, p.16
Alcoholics Anonymous began in 1935 at Akron, Ohio, as the outcome of a meeting between a well-known surgeon and a New York broker.


41.
  ... Anonymous believe that the principle of anonymity ...  BB Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.565
12. And finally, we of Alcoholics Anonymous believe that the principle of anonymity has an immense spiritual significance.


42.
  ... Anonymous believe that the principle of anonymity ...  12&12 Tradition Twelve (Long), p.192
Twelve -- And finally, we of Alcoholics Anonymous believe that the principle of anonymity has an immense spiritual significance.


43.
  ... Anonymous believe that the reader will be ...  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxv
We of Alcoholics Anonymous believe that the reader will be interested in the medical estimate of the plan of recovery described in this book.


44.
  ... Anonymous, Box 459, Grand Central Station, New ...  BB Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A., p.573
If you cannot find A.A. in your locality, visit our Web site: www.aa.org; or a letter addressed to Alcoholics Anonymous, Box 459, Grand Central Station, New York, NY 10163, USA, will receive a prompt reply from this world center, referring you to the nearest A.A. group.


45.
  ... Anonymous calls on two of the greatest ...  BB Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A., p.569
Dr. Foster Kennedy, neurologist: "This organization of Alcoholics Anonymous calls on two of the greatest reservoirs of power known to man, religion and that instinct for association with one's fellows ... the 'herd instinct.'


46.
  ... Anonymous" came off press in November 2001, ...  BB Foreword to Fourth Edition, p.xxiii
This fourth edition of "Alcoholics Anonymous" came off press in November 2001, at the start of a new millennium.


47.
  ... Anonymous came to see me.  BB More About Alcoholism, p.42
"Two of the members of Alcoholics Anonymous came to see me.


48.
  ... Anonymous can be likened to a group ...  12&12 Tradition Five, p.150
Alcoholics Anonymous can be likened to a group of physicians who might find a cure for cancer, and upon whose concerted work would depend the answer for sufferers of this disease.


49.
  ... Anonymous can ever have.  12&12 Tradition Twelve, p.187
We are sure that humility, expressed by anonymity, is the greatest safeguard that Alcoholics Anonymous can ever have.


50.
  ... Anonymous could not be all things to ...  12&12 Tradition Six, p.157
We of Alcoholics Anonymous could not be all things to all men, nor should we try.


51.
  ... Anonymous: "Damn little to laugh about that ...  BB A Vision For You, p.157
Said the future Fellow Anonymous: "Damn little to laugh about that I can see."


52.
  ... Anonymous does not demand that you believe ...  12&12 Step Two, p.26
First, Alcoholics Anonymous does not demand that you believe anything.


53.
  ... Anonymous, find out all you can about ...  BB Working With Others, p.90
When you discover a prospect for Alcoholics Anonymous, find out all you can about him.


54.
  ... Anonymous first published Twelve Steps and Twelve ...  12&12 Introduction, p.14
Alcoholics Anonymous first published Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions in 1953.


55.
  ... Anonymous for A.A. as a whole.  12&12 Tradition Nine, pp.174-175
It is in this spirit of service that we elect the A.A. group's informal rotating committee, the intergroup association for the area, and the General Service Conferences of Alcoholics Anonymous for A.A. as a whole.


56.
  ... Anonymous for publicity or money-raising purposes.  12&12 Tradition Eight, p.170
In former days, the moment an A.A. hired out to such enterprises, he was immediately tempted to use the name Alcoholics Anonymous for publicity or money-raising purposes.


57.
  ... Anonymous, from the title of its own ...  BB Foreword to Second Edition, p.xvii
The fledgling society, which had been nameless, now began to be called Alcoholics Anonymous, from the title of its own book.


58.
  ... Anonymous group ought to be a spiritual ...  BB Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.563
5. Each Alcoholics Anonymous group ought to be a spiritual entity having but one primary purpose -- that of carrying its message to the alcoholic who still suffers.


59.
  ... Anonymous group ought to be a spiritual ...  12&12 Tradition Five (Long), p.190
Five -- Each Alcoholics Anonymous group ought to be a spiritual entity having but one primary purpose -- that of carrying its message to the alcoholic who still suffers.


60.
  ... Anonymous groups oppose no one.  BB Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.565
The Alcoholics Anonymous groups oppose no one.


61.
  ... Anonymous groups oppose no one.  12&12 Tradition Ten (Long), p.192
The Alcoholics Anonymous groups oppose no one.


62.
  ... Anonymous had revived an ideal that its ...  12&12 Tradition Seven, p.165
They pointed out that the irresponsible had become responsible, and that by making financial independence part of its tradition, Alcoholics Anonymous had revived an ideal that its era had almost forgotten.


63.
  ... Anonymous" has been translated into forty-three(*) languages.  BB Foreword to Fourth Edition, p.xxiii
Currently, "Alcoholics Anonymous" has been translated into forty-three(*) languages.


64.
  ... Anonymous has done the very thing that ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.118
After the husband joins A.A., the wife may become discontented, even highly resentful that Alcoholics Anonymous has done the very thing that all her years of devotion had failed to do.


65.
  ... Anonymous has made the difference between misery ...  BB Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.561
To those now in its fold, Alcoholics Anonymous has made the difference between misery and sobriety, and often the difference between life and death.


66.
  ... Anonymous has mushroomed into nearly 6,000 groups ...  BB Foreword to Second Edition, p.xv
In that brief space, Alcoholics Anonymous has mushroomed into nearly 6,000 groups whose membership is far above 150,000 recovered alcoholics.


67.
  ... Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; ...  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.


68.
  ... Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; ...  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."


69.
  ... Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; ...  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."


70.
  ... Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; ...  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."


71.
  ... Anonymous, he still smokes and drinks coffee, ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.135
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.


72.
  ... Anonymous helped double our total membership in ...  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.


73.
  ... Anonymous in 1935, wrote the book to ...  12&12 Introduction, p.14
Bill W., who along with Dr. Bob S. founded Alcoholics Anonymous in 1935, wrote the book to share 18 years of collective experience within the Fellowship on how A.A. members recover, and how our society functions.


74.
  ... Anonymous" in 1939, the pioneering period ended ...  12&12 Foreword, p.17
With the publication of the book "Alcoholics Anonymous" in 1939, the pioneering period ended and a prodigious chain reaction set in as the recovered alcoholics carried their message to still others.


75.
  ... Anonymous in recognition of its unique and ...  BB Appendix IV, The Lasker Award, p.571
"The American Public Health Association presents a Lasker Group Award for 1951 to Alcoholics Anonymous in recognition of its unique and highly successful approach to that age-old public health and social problem, alcoholism ... In emphasizing alcoholism as an illness, the social stigma associated with this condition is being blotted out ... Historians may one day recognize Alcoholics Anonymous to have been a great venture in social pioneering which forged a new instrument for social action; a new therapy based on the kinship of common suffering; one having a vast potential for the myriad other ills of mankind."


76.
  ... Anonymous" in telephone directories.  BB Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A., p.573
These so-called intergroup associations are found under the listing "A.A." or "Alcoholics Anonymous" in telephone directories.


77.
  ... Anonymous in trust with the Alcoholic Foundation ...  12&12 Tradition Seven, p.163
When her will was read, it was discovered she had left Alcoholics Anonymous in trust with the Alcoholic Foundation a sum of ten thousand dollars.


78.
  ... Anonymous in unity and effectiveness?  12&12 Foreword, p.16
How can a set of traditional principles, having no legal force at all, hold the Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous in unity and effectiveness?


79.
  ... Anonymous, Inc., and the Foundation office is ...  12&12 Tradition Three (Note), p.140
(*) In 1954, the name of the Alcoholic Foundation, Inc., was changed to the General Service Board of Alcoholics Anonymous, Inc., and the Foundation office is now the General Service Office.


80.
  ... Anonymous, Inc., and the Foundation office is ...  12&12 Tradition Four (Note), p.148
(*) In 1954, the name of the Alcoholic Foundation, Inc., was changed to the General Service Board of Alcoholics Anonymous, Inc., and the Foundation office is now the General Service Office.


81.
  ... Anonymous, Inc., and the Foundation office is ...  12&12 Tradition Seven (Note), p.162
(*) In 1954, the name of the Alcoholic Foundation, Inc., was changed to the General Service Board of Alcoholics Anonymous, Inc., and the Foundation office is now the General Service Office.


82.
  ... Anonymous, Inc., and the Foundation office is ...  12&12 Tradition Eight (Note), p.168
(*) In 1954, the name of the Alcoholic Foundation, Inc., was changed to the General Service Board of Alcoholics Anonymous, Inc., and the Foundation office is now the General Service Office.


83.
  ... Anonymous, Inc., and the Foundation office is ...  12&12 Tradition Nine (Note), p.173
(*) In 1954, the name of the Alcoholic Foundation, Inc., was changed to the General Service Board of Alcoholics Anonymous, Inc., and the Foundation office is now the General Service Office.


84.
  ... Anonymous, Inc., and the Foundation office is ...  12&12 Tradition Eleven (Note), p.182
(*) In 1954, the name of the Alcoholic Foundation, Inc., was changed to the General Service Board of Alcoholics Anonymous, Inc., and the Foundation office is now the General Service Office.


85.
  ... Anonymous is a fellowship of people who ...  Grapevine Preamble
A.A. Preamble -- Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of people who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism.


86.
  ... Anonymous is a worldwide fellowship of more ...  12&12 Foreword, p.15
Alcoholics Anonymous is a worldwide fellowship of more than one hundred thousand(*) alcoholic men and women who are banded together to solve their common problems and to help fellow sufferers in recovery from that age-old, baffling malady, alcoholism.


87.
  ... Anonymous is an exception.  12&12 Tradition Nine, p.173
Yet Alcoholics Anonymous is an exception.


88.
  ... Anonymous is but a small part of ...  BB Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.563
1. Each member of Alcoholics Anonymous is but a small part of a great whole.


89.
  ... Anonymous is but a small part of ...  12&12 Tradition One (Long), p.189
One -- Each member of Alcoholics Anonymous is but a small part of a great whole.


90.
  ... Anonymous is highly dangerous, whether by groups, ...  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.


91.
  ... Anonymous is highly dangerous, whether by groups, ...  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.


92.
  ... Anonymous is in seventy languages.  BB Foreword to Fourth Edition (Note), p.xxiii
(*) In 2016, Alcoholics Anonymous is in seventy languages.


93.
  ... Anonymous is more than attending gatherings and ...  BB A Vision For You, p.161
But life among Alcoholics Anonymous is more than attending gatherings and visiting hospitals.


94.
  ... Anonymous is natural; it is natural at ...  BB Appendix V, The Religious View on A.A., p.572
Edward Dowling, S.J.,(*) of the Queen's Work staff, says, "Alcoholics Anonymous is natural; it is natural at the point where nature comes closest to the supernatural, namely in humiliations and in consequent humility.


95.
  ... Anonymous is not a religious organization.  BB Foreword to Second Edition, p.xx
Alcoholics Anonymous is not a religious organization.


96.
  ... Anonymous is the most cherished quality our ...  12&12 Tradition One, p.129
The unity of Alcoholics Anonymous is the most cherished quality our Society has.


97.
  ... Anonymous is the truly Christian principle that ...  BB Appendix V, The Religious View on A.A., p.572
The Episcopal magazine, The Living Church, observes editorially: "The basis of the technique of Alcoholics Anonymous is the truly Christian principle that a man cannot help himself except by helping others.


98.
  ... Anonymous is told, and soon realizes for ...  12&12 Step Seven, pp.72-73
Every newcomer in Alcoholics Anonymous is told, and soon realizes for himself, that his humble admission of powerlessness over alcohol is his first step toward liberation from its paralyzing grip.


99.
  ... Anonymous, it uses the general principles of ...  BB To Wives (Note), p.121
(*) The fellowship of Al-Anon Family Groups was formed about thirteen years after this chapter was written. Though it is entirely separate from Alcoholics Anonymous, it uses the general principles of the A.A. program as a guide for husbands, wives, relatives, friends and others close to alcoholics. The foregoing pages (though addressed only to wives) indicate the problems such people may face. Alateen, for teen-aged children of alcoholics, is a part of Al-Anon.


100.
  ... Anonymous keep few skeletons in the closet.  BB The Family Afterward, p.125
We families of Alcoholics Anonymous keep few skeletons in the closet.


101.
  ... Anonymous, know thousands of men and women ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.17
We, of Alcoholics Anonymous, know thousands of men and women who were once just as hopeless as Bill.


102.
  ... Anonymous maintains its international service center.  BB Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A., p.573
At New York, USA, Alcoholics Anonymous maintains its international service center.


103.
  ... Anonymous may spring up in each city ...  BB A Vision For You, p.153
They will approach still other sick ones and fellowships of Alcoholics Anonymous may spring up in each city and hamlet, havens for those who must find a way out.


104.
  ... Anonymous, medical societies and physicians throughout the ...  BB Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A., p.569
Since Dr. Silkworth's first endorsement of Alcoholics Anonymous, medical societies and physicians throughout the world have set their approval upon us.


105.
  ... Anonymous might prove to be the spearhead ...  12&12 Tradition Six, p.156
Why, we thought, our Society of Alcoholics Anonymous might prove to be the spearhead of a new spiritual advance!


106.
  ... Anonymous more accurately, and thereby to reach ...  BB Preface, p.xii
All changes made over the years in the Big Book (A.A. members' fond nickname for this volume) have had the same purpose: to represent the current membership of Alcoholics Anonymous more accurately, and thereby to reach more alcoholics.


107.
  ... Anonymous needs the least possible organization."  12&12 Tradition Nine, p.172
When Tradition Nine was first written, it said that "Alcoholics Anonymous needs the least possible organization."


108.
  ... Anonymous, now restored as citizens of the ...  12&12 Tradition Ten, p.177
Nor does it mean that the members of Alcoholics Anonymous, now restored as citizens of the world, are going to back away from their individual responsibilities to act as they see the right upon issues of our time.


109.
  ... Anonymous, P.O. Box 459, Grand Central Station, ...  12&12 Foreword, p.18
(A.A.'s General Service Office may be reached by writing: Alcoholics Anonymous, P.O. Box 459, Grand Central Station, New York, NY 10163. U.S.A.)


110.
  ... Anonymous," published when our membership was small, ...  12&12 Step One, pp.22-23
That is why the first edition of the book "Alcoholics Anonymous," published when our membership was small, dealt with low-bottom cases only.


111.
  ... Anonymous saved my life, and it comes ...  12&12 Tradition Six, p.159
Alcoholics Anonymous saved my life, and it comes first.


112.
  ... anonymous should an A.A. member be?"  12&12 Tradition Twelve, p.185
Squarely before us was the question "How anonymous should an A.A. member be?"


113.
  ... Anonymous should remain forever nonprofessional.  BB Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.564
8. Alcoholics Anonymous should remain forever nonprofessional.


114.
  ... Anonymous should remain forever nonprofessional.  12&12 Tradition Eight (Long), p.191
Eight -- Alcoholics Anonymous should remain forever nonprofessional.


115.
  ... Anonymous should remain forever nonprofessional, but our ...  BB Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.562
Eight -- Alcoholics Anonymous should remain forever nonprofessional, but our service centers may employ special workers.


116.
  ... Anonymous should remain forever nonprofessional, but our ...  12&12 Contents (Tradition Eight), p.11
Tradition Eight -- "Alcoholics Anonymous should remain forever nonprofessional, but our service centers may employ special workers."


117.
  ... Anonymous should remain forever nonprofessional, but our ...  12&12 Tradition Eight, p.166
"Alcoholics Anonymous should remain forever nonprofessional, but our service centers may employ special workers."


118.
  ... Anonymous stared glassily at the strangers beside ...  BB A Vision For You, p.157
Two days later, a future fellow of Alcoholics Anonymous stared glassily at the strangers beside his bed.


119.
  ... Anonymous than could possibly have been obtained ...  12&12 Tradition Eleven, p.181
It resulted in more favorable publicity of Alcoholics Anonymous than could possibly have been obtained through all the arts and abilities of A.A.'s best press agents.


120.
  ... Anonymous," then under preparation.  12&12 Tradition Three, pp.143-144
On top of them lay the foreword to the book "Alcoholics Anonymous," then under preparation.


121.
  ... Anonymous this letter:  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxv
A well-known doctor, chief physician at a nationally prominent hospital specializing in alcoholic and drug addiction, gave Alcoholics Anonymous this letter:


122.
  ... Anonymous to address the wives of men ...  BB To Wives, p.104
We want the wives of Alcoholics Anonymous to address the wives of men who drink too much.


123.
  ... Anonymous to be read at the Association's ...  BB Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A., p.570
The American Psychiatric Association requested, in 1949, that a paper be prepared by one of the older members of Alcoholics Anonymous to be read at the Association's annual meeting of that year.


124.
  ... Anonymous to be something of far greater ...  12&12 Tradition Ten, p.177
We conceive the survival and spread of Alcoholics Anonymous to be something of far greater importance than the weight we could collectively throw back of any other cause.


125.
  ... Anonymous to have been a great venture ...  BB Appendix IV, The Lasker Award, p.571
"The American Public Health Association presents a Lasker Group Award for 1951 to Alcoholics Anonymous in recognition of its unique and highly successful approach to that age-old public health and social problem, alcoholism ... In emphasizing alcoholism as an illness, the social stigma associated with this condition is being blotted out ... Historians may one day recognize Alcoholics Anonymous to have been a great venture in social pioneering which forged a new instrument for social action; a new therapy based on the kinship of common suffering; one having a vast potential for the myriad other ills of mankind."


126.
  ... Anonymous to some of his friends, Dr. ...  BB Appendix V, The Religious View on A.A., p.572
Speaking at a dinner given by John D. Rockefeller Jr. to introduce Alcoholics Anonymous to some of his friends, Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick remarked:


127.
  ... Anonymous to this particular educational project in ...  12&12 Tradition Six, p.158
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.


128.
  ... anonymous volume setting forth the problem as ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.19
We have concluded to publish an anonymous volume setting forth the problem as we see it.


129.
  ... Anonymous was being misused.  12&12 Tradition Eight, p.170
A.A.'s sole purpose was being compromised, and the name of Alcoholics Anonymous was being misused.


130.
  ... Anonymous was conservatively estimated at more than ...  BB Foreword to Third Edition, p.xxii
By March 1976, when this edition went to the printer, the total worldwide membership of Alcoholics Anonymous was conservatively estimated at more than 1,000,000, with almost 28,000 groups meeting in over 90 countries.


131.
  ... Anonymous," we usually want to sit down ...  12&12 Step Nine, pp.83-84
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.


132.
  ... Anonymous, we would like you to feel ...  BB To Wives, p.104
As wives of Alcoholics Anonymous, we would like you to feel that we understand as perhaps few can.


133.
  ... Anonymous were like that.  BB To Wives, p.113
Many of Alcoholics Anonymous were like that.


134.
  ... Anonymous what it is.  12&12 Foreword, p.18
It is hoped that this volume will afford all who read it a close-up view of the principles and forces which have made Alcoholics Anonymous what it is.


135.
  ... Anonymous, which -- God willing -- shall sustain us ...  12&12 Tradition One, p.131
They live today in the Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous, which -- God willing -- shall sustain us in unity for so long as He may need us.


136.
  ... Anonymous, who have demonstrated that they can ...  12&12 Tradition Five, p.150
Just as firmly bound by obligation are the members of Alcoholics Anonymous, who have demonstrated that they can help problem drinkers as others seldom can.


137.
  ... Anonymous will be glad to hear from ...  BB A Vision For You (Note), p.164
(*) Alcoholics Anonymous will be glad to hear from you. Address P.O. Box 459, Grand Central Station, New York, NY 10163.


138.
  ... Anonymous will help the public to a ...  BB Working With Others, p.103
Some day we hope that Alcoholics Anonymous will help the public to a better realization of the gravity of the alcoholic problem, but we shall be of little use if our attitude is one of bitterness or hostility.


139.
  ... Anonymous will never have a professional class.  12&12 Tradition Eight, p.166
Alcoholics Anonymous will never have a professional class.


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