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


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... approval.   BB p.151, A Vision For You   Go to page 151 in the Big Book
Some of us sought out sordid places, hoping to find understanding companionship and approval.


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... approval.   BB xviii, Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire Foreword to Second Edition
Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick, the noted clergyman, reviewed it with approval.

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... approval and praise is apt to be ...   12&12 p.85, Step Nine
This atmosphere of approval and praise is apt to be so exhilarating as to put us off balance by creating an insatiable appetite for more of the same.


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... approval, and today he is one of ...   BB p.80, Into Action   Go to page 80 in the Big Book
His action met widespread approval, and today he is one of the most trusted citizens of his town.

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... approval swept in, we realized that it ...   12&12 p.187, Tradition Twelve
As this tide offering top public approval swept in, we realized that it could do us incalculable good or great harm.


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... approval upon us.   BB p.569(571), Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.   Display entire Appendix III
Since Dr. Silkworth's first endorsement of Alcoholics Anonymous, medical societies and physicians throughout the world have set their approval upon us.

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... approval upon us, and wish to discover ...   12&12 p.180, Tradition Eleven
Employers learn that great corporations have set their approval upon us, and wish to discover what can be done about alcoholism in their own firms.


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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