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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
BOARD occurs
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1.
... board.
12&12 p.136,
Tradition Two
2.
... Board.
12&12 p.189,
Tradition Four (Long)
And no
group,
regional committee, or
individual should ever take any
action that might
greatly affect A.A. as a
whole without
conferring
with the
trustees of the
General Service Board.
3.
... Board.
BB p.563(565),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
And no
group,
regional committee, or
individual should ever take any
action that might
greatly affect A.A. as a
whole without
conferring
with the
trustees of the
General Service Board.
4.
... Board.
BB p.574,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
5.
... board already
knew of a total of ...
12&12 p.164,
Tradition Seven
They
pointed out that the
Foundation board already
knew of a
total of
half a
million dollars set aside for
A.A. in the
wills of people still
alive.
6.
... Board and
its service corporations, staffs, committees, ...
BB p.574,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
7.
... Board are,
in effect, our A.A.
12&12 p.191,
Tradition Nine (Long)
The
trustees of the
General Service Board are, in
effect, our
A.A.
8.
... Board are,
in effect, our A.A. General ...
BB p.565(567),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
9.
... Board are
legal instruments, empowering the trustees ...
BB p.575,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
10.
... board chap
could be so involved.
BB p.140,
To Employers
You may be at a
loss to
understand how such a
seemingly above-
board chap could be so
involved.
11.
... board, is
today directly accountable to our ...
12&12 p.175,
Tradition Nine
12.
... Board,(*) nor
the humblest group committee can ...
12&12 p.173,
Tradition Nine
13.
... Board of
A.A. (the trustees) administers A.A.'s ...
BB p.573(575),
Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A.
14.
... Board of
Alcoholics Anonymous, Inc., and the ...
12&12 p.140,
Tradition Three (Note)
15.
... Board of
Alcoholics Anonymous, Inc., and the ...
12&12 p.148,
Tradition Four (Note)
16.
... Board of
Alcoholics Anonymous, Inc., and the ...
12&12 p.162,
Tradition Seven (Note)
17.
... Board of
Alcoholics Anonymous, Inc., and the ...
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight (Note)
18.
... Board of
Alcoholics Anonymous, Inc., and the ...
12&12 p.173,
Tradition Nine (Note)
19.
... Board of
Alcoholics Anonymous, Inc., and the ...
12&12 p.182,
Tradition Eleven (Note)
20.
... board of
directors told him this was ...
BB p.138,
To Employers
He has just
returned from a
three-
months leave of
absence, has
taken a
cure,
looks fine, and to
clinch the
matter, the
board of
directors told him
this was his
last chance."
21.
... board of
directors who can cast an ...
12&12 p.132,
Tradition Two
When told that our
Society has no
president having
authority to
govern it, no
treasurer who can
compel the
payment of any
dues, no
board of
directors who can
cast an
erring member into
outer darkness, when
indeed no
A.A. can
give another a
directive and
enforce obedience, our
friends gasp and
exclaim, "This
simply can't
be.
22.
... board to
invent all kinds of schemes ...
12&12 p.164,
Tradition Seven
23.
... board would
be isolated, and would fall ...
12&12 p.165,
Tradition Seven
The
board would be
isolated, and would
fall
under
heavy attack of
criticism from both
A.A. and
the
public.
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