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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
ALTRUISTIC occurs
2 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... altruistic movement
now growing up among them.
BB xxviii(xxvi),
The Doctor's Opinion
We
feel, after many
years of
experience, that we have
found nothing which has
contributed more to the
rehabilitation of these
men than the
altruistic movement now
growing up
among them.
2.
... altruistic plane,
we favor hospitalization for the ...
BB xxvi(xxiv),
The Doctor's Opinion
Though we
work out our
solution on the
spiritual as well as an
altruistic plane, we
favor hospitalization
for the
alcoholic who is very
jittery or
befogged.
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