From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... conscience.
12&12 p.95,
Step Ten
Having so considered our day, not omitting to take due note of things well done, and having searched our hearts with neither fear nor favor, we can truly thank God for the blessings we have
received and sleep in good conscience.
2.
... conscience.
12&12 p.132,
Tradition Two
"For our group purpose
there is but one ultimate
authority -- a loving
God as He may express Himself in our group conscience.
3.
... conscience.
12&12 p.132,
Tradition Two
These practical folk then
read Tradition Two, and learn that the sole authority in A.A. is a loving God as He may express Himself in the group conscience.
4.
... conscience.
12&12 p.138,
Tradition Two
5.
... conscience.
12&12 p.189,
Tradition Two (Long)
Two -- For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority -- a
loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience.
6.
... conscience.
12&12 p.189,
Tradition Four (Long)
Four -- With respect to its own affairs, each A.A. group should be responsible to no other authority than its own conscience.
7.
... conscience.
BB p.95,
Working With Others
If he thinks he can do the job in some other way, or prefers some other spiritual approach, encourage him
to follow his own conscience.
8.
... conscience.
BB p.132,
The Family Afterward
9.
... conscience.
BB p.562(564),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
Two -- For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority -- a
loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience.
10.
... conscience.
BB p.563(565),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
2. For our group purpose
there is but one ultimate
authority -- a loving
God as He may express Himself in our group conscience.
11.
... conscience.
BB p.563(565),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
4. With respect to its own affairs, each A.A. group should be responsible to no other authority than its own conscience.
12.
... conscience as
a guide to action.
12&12 p.147,
Tradition Four
This meant, of course, that
we had been given the courage to declare each A.A. group an individual entity, strictly reliant on its own conscience as a guide to action.
13.
... conscience decree
the terms upon which its ...
12&12 p.134,
Tradition Two
14.
... conscience; in
fact, these are the true ...
12&12 p.135,
Tradition Two
They become the voice of
the group conscience; in fact, these are the true voice of Alcoholics Anonymous.
15.
... conscience is
about to take over.
12&12 p.134,
Tradition Two
16.
... conscience of
our whole Fellowship.
BB p.574,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
I. Final responsibility and ultimate authority for
A.A. world services should always reside in the collective
conscience of our whole Fellowship.
17.
... conscience of
our whole Society in its ...
BB p.574,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
II. The General Service Conference of A.A. has become, for nearly every practical purpose, the active voice and the effective conscience of our
whole Society in its world affairs.
18.
... conscience-stricken if
they failed their mission through ...
12&12 p.151,
Tradition Five
If a group of doctors possessed a cancer cure, they might be conscience-stricken if they failed
their mission through self-seeking.
19.
... conscience until
I saw how really ethical ...
12&12 p.136,
Tradition Two
20.
... conscience, well-advised
by its elders, will be ...
12&12 p.135,
Tradition Two
This is the experience which has led us to the conclusion
that our group conscience, well-advised by its elders, will be in the long run wiser than any single leader.
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