From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... cast an
erring member into outer darkness, ...
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. There must be
an angle somewhere."
2.
... cast its
ashes about.
BB p.124,
The Family Afterward
Then, under one provocation or another,
the aggrieved one would unearth the old affair and angrily cast its ashes about.
3.
... cast out.
BB p.72,
Into Action
4.
... cast out
one's own will and one's ...
12&12 p.35,
Step Three
Already a willingness has been achieved to cast out one's own
will and one's own ideas about the alcohol problem in favor of those suggested by A.A.
5.
... cast to
one side, and a completely ...
BB p.27,
There Is A Solution
Ideas, emotions, and attitudes which were once
the guiding forces of the
lives of these men are suddenly cast to one side, and a completely new set of conceptions and motives begin to dominate them.
6.
... cast up
a balance sheet, crediting ourselves ...
12&12 p.89,
Step Ten
Here we cast up a balance sheet, crediting ourselves with things well done, and chalking up debits where due.
7.
... cast up
A.A.'s Tradition of nonprofessionalism.
12&12 p.171,
Tradition Eight
This is the exciting welter of events which has finally cast up A.A.'s Tradition of nonprofessionalism.
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