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

communicative
communist
communities
COMMUNITY   occurs   14 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
companies
companions
companionship

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1.
... community.   12&12 p.43, Step Four
In such a case, this imperious urge can destroy his chances for material and emotional security as well as his standing in the community.

2.
... community?   12&12 p.50, Step Four
Did I jeopardize my standing in the community?

3.
... community.   12&12 p.186, Tradition Twelve
These quiet disclosures helped him to lose his fear of the alcoholic stigma, and spread the news of A.A.'s existence in his community.


4.
... community.   BB p.152, A Vision For You   Go to page 152 in the Big Book
You are going to meet these new friends in your own community.


5.
... community.   BB p.158, A Vision For You   Go to page 158 in the Big Book
He too, has become a respected and useful member of his community.


6.
... community.   BB p.163, A Vision For You   Go to page 163 in the Big Book
We know of an A.A. member who was living in a large community.


7.
... community.   BB p.163, A Vision For You   Go to page 163 in the Big Book
He got in touch with a prominent psychiatrist who had undertaken certain responsibilities for the mental health of the community.


8.
... community, and the major liabilities of thirty ...   BB p.156, A Vision For You   Go to page 156 in the Big Book
As we shall see, he now means a great deal to his community, and the major liabilities of thirty years of hard drinking have been repaired in four.

9.
... community in full citizenship, and above all ...   12&12 p.110, Step Twelve
To watch the eyes of men and women open with wonder as they move from darkness into light, to see their lives quickly fill with new purpose and meaning, to see whole families reassembled, to see the alcoholic outcast received back into his community in full citizenship, and above all to watch these people awaken to the presence of a loving God in their lives -- these things are the substance of what we receive as we carry A.A.'s message to the next alcoholic.


10.
... community might engage attention.   BB p.131, The Family Afterward   Go to page 131 in the Big Book
The problems of the community might engage attention.


11.
... community spirit, is indeed inspiring to one ...   BB xxvii(xxv), The Doctor's Opinion   Display entire Doctor's Opinion
The unselfishness of these men as we have come to know them, the entire absence of profit motive, and their community spirit, is indeed inspiring to one who has labored long and wearily in this alcoholic field.


12.
... community thirty miles away has fifteen fellows ...   BB p.161, A Vision For You   Go to page 161 in the Big Book
A community thirty miles away has fifteen fellows of Alcoholics Anonymous.


13.
... community unknown thousands of dollars, for it ...   BB p.137, To Employers   Go to page 137 in the Big Book
My downfall cost the business community unknown thousands of dollars, for it takes real money to train a man for an executive position.

14.
... community we attract widespread affection and are ...   12&12 p.124, Step Twelve
When by devoted service to family, friends, business, or community we attract widespread affection and are sometimes singled out for posts of greater responsibility and trust, we try to be humbly grateful and exert ourselves the more in a spirit of love and service.


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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