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... Traditions.
12&12
Contents (Tradition Twelve), p.13
2.
... Traditions and
so gave A.A. its present ...
12&12
Foreword, p.18
The Tradition section of
this volume portrays in
some detail the experience which finally
produced the Twelve Traditions and so gave A.A. its present form, substance, and unity.
3.
... Traditions apply
to the life of the ...
12&12
Foreword, p.15
4.
... Traditions" are
seen in their so-called "short ...
BB
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.561
On the next page, A.A.'s "12 Traditions" are seen in their so-called "short form" the form in general use today.
5.
... Traditions as
first printed in 1946.
BB
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.561
6.
... Traditions ensure
the unity of the Fellowship.
BB
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form), p.574
7.
... Traditions, ever
reminding us to place principles ...
BB
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.562
Twelve -- Anonymity is
the spiritual foundation of all our Traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities.
8.
... traditions, ever
reminding us to place principles ...
12&12
Contents (Tradition Twelve), p.13
Tradition Twelve -- "Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of
all our traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities."
9.
... traditions, ever
reminding us to place principles ...
12&12
Tradition Twelve, p.184
"Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of
all our traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities."
10.
... Traditions has
been tried.
12&12
Tradition Four, p.146
11.
... Traditions in
1953.
12&12
Introduction, p.14
12.
... Traditions" of
Alcoholics Anonymous.
12&12
Foreword, p.15
13.
... Traditions of
Alcoholics Anonymous.
12&12
Foreword, p.16
14.
... Traditions" of
Alcoholics Anonymous are, we A.A.'s ...
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?"
15.
... Traditions of
Alcoholics Anonymous, which -- God willing ...
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.
16.
... Traditions repeatedly
ask us to give up ...
12&12
Tradition Twelve, p.184
Because A.A.'s Twelve Traditions repeatedly ask us to give up personal desires for the common good, we realize that the sacrificial spirit -- well symbolized by anonymity -- is the foundation of them all.
17.
... Traditions, the
group, too, can deteriorate and ...
12&12
Tradition Nine, p.174
Unless there is approximate conformity
to A.A.'s Twelve Traditions, the group, too, can deteriorate and die.
18.
... Traditions took
form and were first published ...
12&12
Foreword, p.18
It was out of this vast welter of explosive experience that A.A.'s Twelve Traditions took form and were first published in 1946 and later confirmed at A.A.'s First International Convention, held at Cleveland in 1950.
19.
... Traditions were
first published, in 1946, we ...
12&12
Tradition Four, p.146
When A.A.'s Traditions were first published, in 1946, we had become sure that an A.A. group could stand almost any amount of battering.
20.
... Traditions, which
are stated in full on ...
BB
Foreword to Second Edition, p.xix
This was the substance of A.A.'s Twelve Traditions, which are stated in full on page 561 of this book.
21.
... Traditions which
guarantee A.A.'s unity contain not ...
12&12
Tradition One, p.129
Our Twelve Steps to recovery are suggestions; the Twelve
Traditions which guarantee
A.A.'s unity contain not a single "Don't."
22.
... Traditions, written
by Bill W., remain as ...
12&12
Introduction, p.14
In fact, the 2002 General Service Conference discussed
this issue and it was unanimously recommended that: "The text
in the book Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, written by Bill W., remain as is, recognizing the Fellowship's feelings
that Bill's writing be retained as originally published."
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