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


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1.
... added.   12&12 p.74, Step Seven
Something new indeed has been added.


2.
... added.   BB xii, Preface   Display entire Preface
Nine of the stories in Part II ("They Stopped in Time") were carried over from the second edition; eight new stories were added.


3.
... added.   BB xii, Preface   Display entire Preface
In Part III ("They Lost Nearly All"), eight stories were retained; five new ones were added.


4.
... added, and eleven taken out.   BB xii, Preface   Display entire Preface
Six of the stories in Part II have been carried over, eleven new ones have been added, and eleven taken out.


5.
... added; and the story section was divided ...   BB xii, Preface   Display entire Preface
"Bill's Story," "Doctor Bob's Nightmare," and one other personal history from the first edition were retained intact; three were edited and one of these was retitled; new versions of two stories were written, with new titles; thirty completely new stories were added; and the story section was divided into three parts, under the same headings that are used now.


6.
... added, "He sure didn't do much for ...   BB p.158, A Vision For You   Go to page 158 in the Big Book
Then he added, "He sure didn't do much for me when I was trying to fight this booze racket alone."


7.
... added that occasionally in the night a ...   BB p.134, The Family Afterward   Go to page 134 in the Big Book
He added that occasionally in the night a vague craving arose which would be satisfied by candy.


8.
... added the appendices, the Twelve Traditions, and ...   BB xi, Preface   Display entire Preface
The second edition added the appendices, the Twelve Traditions, and the directions for getting in touch with A.A.


9.
... added to Part I, and two that ...   BB xii, Preface   Display entire Preface
One new story has been added to Part I, and two that originally appeared in Part III have been repositioned there; six stories have been deleted.


10.
... added to the Fellowship.   BB p.159, A Vision For You   Go to page 159 in the Big Book
So one more was added to the Fellowship.


11.
... added to this edition represent a membership ...   BB xxiii, Foreword to Fourth Edition   Display entire Foreword to Fourth Edition
The stories added to this edition represent a membership whose characteristics -- of age, gender, race, and culture -- have widened and have deepened to encompass virtually everyone the first 100 members could have hoped to reach.


Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.  The A.A. Preamble, copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.  Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

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