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From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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We saw that we were powerless over alcohol, but we also perceived that faith of some
kind, if only in A.A. itself, is possible to anyone.
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When opportunities to be helpful came along, he found he could talk easily about A.A. to almost anyone.
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Fortunately, we who have tried it, and with equal misgivings, can testify
that anyone, anyone at all, can
begin to do it.
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Fortunately, we who have tried it, and with equal misgivings, can testify
that anyone, anyone at all, can
begin to do it.
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It brings misunderstanding, fierce resentment, financial insecurity, disgusted friends and employers, warped lives of blameless children, sad wives and parents -- anyone can increase the list.
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Nearly anyone could submit a good list of such defects as these, and few of us
would seriously think of
giving them up, at least until they cause us excessive misery.
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My whole life seemed to be centered around doing what I wanted to do, without regard for the rights, wishes, or privileges of
anyone else; a state of mind which became more and more predominant as the years passed.
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They comfort the melancholy one by first showing him that his case is not strange or different, that his character defects are probably not more numerous or worse than those of anyone else in A.A.
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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.
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Did anyone ever hear of a nation, a church, a political party, even a benevolent association
that had no membership rules?
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Did anyone ever hear of a society which couldn't
somehow discipline its members and enforce obedience to necessary rules and regulations?
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In addition to these casual get-togethers, it became customary to set apart one night a week for a meeting to be attended by
anyone or everyone interested in a spiritual way of life.
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If anyone questions whether he has entered this
dangerous area, let him try leaving liquor alone for one year.
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These things will come to pass naturally and in good time provided, however, the alcoholic continues to demonstrate that he can be sober, considerate, and helpful, regardless of
what anyone says or does.
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While an A.A. group may cooperate with
anyone, such cooperation ought never go so far as affiliation or endorsement, actual or implied.
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While an A.A. group may cooperate with
anyone, such cooperation ought never to go so far as affiliation or endorsement, actual or implied.
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Why did we dare to say, contrary to the experience of society and
government everywhere, that we would neither punish nor deprive any A.A. of membership, that we must never compel anyone to pay anything, believe anything, or conform to anything?
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If anyone who is showing inability to control his drinking can do the right-about-face and drink like a gentleman, our hats are off to
him.
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Alcoholics barely dry rushed about bright-eyed, buttonholing anyone who
would listen to their stories.
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