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That the man who is making the
approach has had the same difficulty, that he obviously knows what he is talking about, that his whole
deportment shouts at the
new prospect that he is a man with a real answer, that he has no attitude of Holier Than Thou, nothing whatever except the sincere desire to be helpful; that there are no fees to pay, no
axes to grind, no people to please, no lectures to be endured --
these are the conditions we have found most effective.
2.
... effective conscience
of our whole Society in ...
BB
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form), p.574
II. The General Service Conference of A.A. has become, for nearly every practical purpose, the active voice and the effective conscience of our whole Society in its world affairs.
3.
Let it be noted, too, that they
were almost always concerned with ways to make A.A. more
effective, how to do the most good for the most alcoholics.
4.
... effective leadership,
we should endow each element ...
BB
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form), p.574
III. To insure effective leadership, we should
endow each element of A.A. -- the Conference, the General Service Board and its service corporations, staffs, committees, and executives -- with a traditional "Right of Decision."
5.
6.
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.
7.
8.
At the very beginning, the
couple ought to frankly face the fact that each will have to yield here and there if the family is
going to play an effective part in the new life.
9.
... effective spiritual
experiences(*) which have revolutionized our ...
BB
There Is A Solution, p.25
The great fact is just this, and nothing less: That we have had deep and
effective spiritual experiences(*) which have revolutionized our whole
attitude toward life, toward our fellows and toward God's universe.
10.
It has been repeatedly proven among us that upon this simple cornerstone a wonderfully effective spiritual structure can
be built.(*)
11.
This self-insurance has resulted in the restoration of physical,
mental and spiritual health and self-respect to hundreds of men and women who would be hopelessly down and out without its unique but effective therapy."
12.
We now see that when we began to drink deliberately, instead of
casually, there was little
serious or effective thought during the period of premeditation
of what the terrific consequences might be.
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