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From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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Having reduced us to a state
of absolute helplessness, you now declare that none but a Higher Power can remove our obsession.
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In A.A.'s pioneering time, none but the most desperate cases could swallow and digest this unpalatable truth.
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If there is none nearby, you
will be invited to carry on a correspondence which will
do much to insure your sobriety no matter how isolated you are.
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XII. The Conference shall observe the spirit of A.A. tradition, taking care that it never becomes the seat of perilous wealth or power; that sufficient operating funds and reserve be its prudent financial principle; that it place
none of its members in a position of unqualified authority
over others; that it reach all important decisions by discussion,
vote, and, whenever possible, by substantial
unanimity; that its actions never be personally punitive nor an incitement to public controversy; that
it never perform acts of government, and that,
like the Society it serves, it will always remain democratic in thought and
action.
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Most of us must admit that we
have loved but a few; that we
have been quite indifferent to the many so
long as none of them gave us trouble; and as for the
remainder -- well, we have
really disliked or hated them.
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Sometimes these excuses
have a certain plausibility, but none of
them really makes sense in the light of the havoc an alcoholic's drinking bout creates.
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Though none of these principles had the force of
rules or laws, they had become so widely accepted by 1950 that they were
confirmed by our first International Conference held at Cleveland.
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Almost none of us liked the self-searching, the leveling of
our pride, the confession
of shortcomings which the process requires for its successful consummation.
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None of us makes a sole vocation of this work, nor do we think its effectiveness would be increased if we did.
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Without this proof the expectant purchaser would
be forced to depart empty handed with none of what I later came to believe was the great panacea for all human ills.
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We believe there isn't a fellowship on earth which lavishes more devoted care upon its individual members; surely there is none which more jealously guards the individual's right to think, talk, and act as he wishes.
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We doubt if many of them can do
it, because none will really want to stop, and hardly one of them, because of the peculiar mental twist already acquired, will find he can win out.
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