From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... city.
BB p.153,
A Vision For You
2.
... city and
hamlet, havens for those who ...
BB p.153,
A Vision For You
They will approach still other sick ones and fellowships of Alcoholics Anonymous
may spring up in each city and hamlet, havens for those who must find a way out.
3.
... city and
its environs there are one ...
BB p.15,
Bill's Story
4.
... city have
found themselves, and have discovered ...
BB p.163,
A Vision For You
When a few men in this city have found themselves, and have discovered the joy of helping others to face life again, there will be no stopping until everyone in that town has had his opportunity to recover
-- if he can and will.
5.
... City Hospital.
BB xvii,
Foreword to Second Edition
Hence the two men set to work almost frantically upon alcoholics arriving in
the ward of the Akron City Hospital.
6.
... city in
the country.
BB p.163,
A Vision For You
He had lived there but a few
weeks when he found that the
place probably contained more alcoholics per square mile than any city in the country.
7.
... city, there
are informal meetings such as ...
BB p.162,
A Vision For You
Then, in this eastern city,
there are informal meetings such as we have described to you, where you may now see scores of members.
8.
... City to
attend several days' meeting of ...
BB p.179,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
This dry spell lasted for about three weeks; then I went to Atlantic City to attend several days' meeting of a national society of which
I was a member.
9.
... city to
country and back, as my ...
BB p.6,
Bill's Story
10.
... city wanted
an experienced social worker who ...
12&12 p.170,
Tradition Eight
11.
... city, where
I spent two years.
BB p.174,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
I conducted myself so
creditably that I was able to secure a much coveted internship in a western
city, where I spent two years.
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