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


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... composed almost entirely of promoters was frightening.   12&12 p.181, Tradition Eleven
By temperament, nearly every one of us had been an irrepressible promoter, and the prospect of a society composed almost entirely of promoters was frightening.

2.
... composed entirely of alcoholics says it's going ...   12&12 p.160, Tradition Seven
When a society composed entirely of alcoholics says it's going to pay its bills, that's really news.

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... composed entirely of alcoholics trying to help ...   12&12 p.178, Tradition Ten
At first, the society was composed entirely of alcoholics trying to help one another.


4.
... composed largely of men (and a few ...   BB xxiii, Foreword to Fourth Edition   Display entire Foreword to Fourth Edition
When the phrase "We are people who normally would not mix" (page 17 of this book) was written in 1939, it referred to a Fellowship composed largely of men (and a few women) with quite similar social, ethnic, and economic backgrounds.


5.
... composed largely of the wives, husbands and ...   BB p.573(575), Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A.   Display entire Appendix VI
This is a world clearing house for the Al-Anon Family Groups, composed largely of the wives, husbands and friends of A.A. members.

6.
... composed of his friends.   12&12 p.133, Tradition Two
At this moment, the benign dictator becomes the chairman of a committee composed of his friends.


7.
... composed of over 100,000 groups.   BB p.16, Bill's Story (Note)   Go to page 16 in the Big Book
(*) In 2001, A.A. is composed of over 100,000 groups.


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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