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


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... answered all my problems.   BB p.13, Bill's Story   Go to page 13 in the Big Book
My friend promised when these things were done I would enter upon a new relationship with my Creator; that I would have the elements of a way of living which answered all my problems.

2.
... answered by people who know.   12&12 p.168, Tradition Eight
Sacks of letters on every conceivable A.A. problem ranging from a lonely-heart Eskimo to the growing pains of thousands of groups must be answered by people who know.


3.
... answered; pamphlets and books were sent out.   BB xviii, Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire Foreword to Second Edition
Each inquiry was painstakingly answered; pamphlets and books were sent out.


4.
... answered some of them.   BB p.108, To Wives   Go to page 108 in the Big Book
We hope this book has answered some of them.

5.
... answered the phone dozens of times a ...   12&12 p.168, Tradition Eight
Then we saw that if a hardworking secretary answered the phone dozens of times a day, listened to twenty wailing wives, arranged hospitalization and got sponsorship for ten newcomers, and was gently diplomatic with the irate drunk who complained about the job she was doing and how she was overpaid, then such a person could surely not be called a professional A.A.

6.
... answered with a prompt affirmative by almost ...   12&12 p.63, Step Six
Of course, the often disputed question of whether God can -- and will, under certain conditions -- remove defects of character will be answered with a prompt affirmative by almost any A.A. member.


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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