From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... Bill.
12&12 p.137,
Tradition Two
2.
... bill.
12&12 p.162,
Tradition Seven
3.
... Bill.
BB p.17,
There Is A Solution
We, of Alcoholics Anonymous, know thousands of men and women who were once just as hopeless as Bill.
4.
... Bill's and
Dr. Bob's first visit to ...
BB p.156,
A Vision For You (Note)
5.
... Bill, and
nothing but the very best ...
12&12 p.138,
Tradition Two
6.
... bill at
all.
BB p.83,
Into Action
7.
... bill collectors,
the sheriffs, the angry taxi ...
BB p.106,
To Wives
The bill collectors, the
sheriffs, the angry taxi drivers, the policemen, the bums, the pals, and even the ladies they sometimes brought home -- our husbands thought we were
so inhospitable.
8.
... Bill's first
visit with Dr. Bob.
BB p.155,
A Vision For You (Note)
9.
'Bill, haven't
you often said right here ...
12&12 p.138,
Tradition Two
'Bill, haven't you often said right here in this meeting that sometimes the good is the enemy of the best?
10.
'Bill,' he
said, 'I think it's a ...
12&12 p.136,
Tradition Two
11.
... Bill likes
to tell the following pointed ...
12&12 p.162,
Tradition Seven
12.
... "Bill on
Alcoholism" and earlier "Alcoholism the ...
BB p.570(572),
Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.
(This address is now available in pamphlet form at nominal cost through most A.A. groups or from Box 459, Grand Central Station, New York, NY 10163, under the title "Three Talks to Medical Societies by Bill W." -- formerly called "Bill on Alcoholism" and earlier "Alcoholism the
Illness.")
13.
... Bill says,
"consisted of two people: one ...
12&12 p.162,
Tradition Seven
14.
"Bill's Story,"
"Doctor Bob's Nightmare," and one ...
BB xi,
Preface
"Bill's Story," "Doctor Bob's Nightmare," and one other personal history from the first edition were retained intact; three were edited and one of these was retitled; new versions of two stories were written, with
new titles; thirty completely new stories were added; and the story section was divided into three parts, under the same headings that are used now.
15.
Bill's story
opens the text of this ...
BB p.155,
A Vision For You (Note)
16.
Bill W.
co-founder of A.A., died January ...
BB p.16,
Bill's Story
17.
... Bill W."
-- formerly called "Bill on Alcoholism" ...
BB p.570(572),
Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.
(This address is now available in pamphlet form at nominal cost through most A.A. groups or from Box 459, Grand Central Station, New York, NY 10163, under the title "Three Talks to Medical Societies by Bill W." -- formerly called "Bill on Alcoholism" and earlier "Alcoholism the
Illness.")
18.
... Bill W.
in 1962, the Twelve Concepts ...
BB p.574,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
Written by co-founder Bill W. in 1962, the Twelve Concepts for World Service provide a group of related principles to help ensure that various elements of A.A.'s service structure remain responsive and responsible to those they
serve.
19.
... bill was
to be paid.
BB p.154,
A Vision For You
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