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


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... appeal, can stay dry anything like a ...   BB p.34, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 34 in the Big Book
We think few, to whom this book will appeal, can stay dry anything like a year.


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... appeal: "Doctor, I cannot go on like ...   BB xxix(xxvii), The Doctor's Opinion   Display entire Doctor's Opinion
Men have cried out to me in sincere and despairing appeal: "Doctor, I cannot go on like this!


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... Appeal" ought to prevail, so that minority ...   BB p.574, Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)   Display entire Appendix VII
V. Throughout our structure, a traditional "Right of Appeal" ought to prevail, so that minority opinion will be heard and personal grievances receive careful consideration.


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... appeal seldom suffices.   BB xxviii(xxvi), The Doctor's Opinion   Display entire Doctor's Opinion
Frothy emotional appeal seldom suffices.

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... appeal to us.   12&12 p.74, Step Seven
Character-building through suffering might be all right for saints, but it certainly didn't appeal to us.


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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