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

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... affect A.A. as a whole without conferring ...   12&12 p.189, Tradition Four (Long)
And no group, regional committee, or individual should ever take any action that might greatly affect A.A. as a whole without conferring with the trustees of the General Service Board.


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... affect A.A. as a whole without conferring ...   BB p.563(565), Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition   Display entire Appendix I
And no group, regional committee, or individual should ever take any action that might greatly affect A.A. as a whole without conferring with the trustees of the General Service Board.


3.
... affect another as no nonalcoholic could.   BB xvi, Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire Foreword to Second Edition
This seemed to prove that one alcoholic could affect another as no nonalcoholic could.


4.
... affect others favorably, but criticism or ridicule ...   BB p.125, The Family Afterward   Go to page 125 in the Big Book
A man may criticize or laugh at himself and it will affect others favorably, but criticism or ridicule coming from another often produces the contrary effect.


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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