ADD in Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous, 12 Steps and 12 Traditions

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

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ADD occurs 6 times (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)

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... add anything to what he already knows. BB p.93, Working With Others

In that case he is going to wonder how you can add anything to what he already knows.

... add dramatic descriptions of that part of ... 12&12 p.55, Step Five

Then, for good measure, we add dramatic descriptions of that part of our drinking behavior which our friends probably know about anyhow.

... add that a beginning, even the smallest, ... 12&12 p.35, Step Three

We can further add that a beginning, even the smallest, is all that is needed.

... add to each one of them this ... 12&12 p.102, Step Eleven

Even so, when making specific requests, it will be well to add to each one of them this qualification: "...if it be Thy will."

... add to this the habitual supposition that ... 12&12 p.160, Tradition Seven

When you add to this the habitual supposition that people ought to give money to alcoholics trying to stay sober, it can be understood why we thought we deserved a pile of folding money.

... add up into weeks, the weeks into ... BB p.570(572), Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.

The days add up into weeks, the weeks into months and years."

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