From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... concepts.
BB p.568(570),
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience
Most emphatically we wish to say that any alcoholic capable of honestly facing his problems in the
light of our experience
can recover, provided
he does not close his mind to
all spiritual concepts.
2.
... Concepts for
World Service and revises the ...
BB xii,
Preface
This fourth edition includes the Twelve Concepts for World Service and revises the three sections of personal stories as follows.
3.
... Concepts for
World Service provide a group ...
BB p.574,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
Written by co-founder Bill W. in 1962, the Twelve Concepts for World Service provide a group of related principles to help ensure that various elements of A.A.'s service structure remain responsive and responsible to those they
serve.
4.
... concepts which
are sometimes poles apart.
12&12 p.174,
Tradition Nine
It is the difference between the spirit of vested authority and the
spirit of service, two concepts which are sometimes poles apart.
5.
... Concepts, which
follows, was prepared by the ...
BB p.574,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
The "short form" of the Concepts, which follows, was prepared by the 1974 General Service Conference.
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