From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... cost.
12&12 p.150,
Tradition Five
In the radiance of such a
miraculous discovery, any doctor would set his other ambitions aside, at whatever personal cost.
2.
... cost?'
12&12 p.152,
Tradition Five
3.
... cost him
the affection of his family ...
12&12 p.39,
Step Three
And how shall he ever straighten out that awful jam that cost him the affection of his
family and separated
him from them?
4.
... cost of
production is figured to a ...
BB p.149,
To Employers
5.
... cost of
treatment, but we believe it ...
BB p.143,
To Employers
If you propose such a procedure to him, it may be necessary to advance the
cost of treatment, but we
believe it should be made
plain that any expense will later be deducted from his
pay.
6.
... cost something.
12&12 p.161,
Tradition Seven
7.
... cost the
business community unknown thousands of ...
BB p.137,
To Employers
My downfall cost the business community unknown thousands of dollars, for it takes real money to train a man for an executive position.
8.
... cost through
most A.A. groups or from ...
BB p.570(572),
Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.
(This address is now available in pamphlet form at nominal cost through most A.A. groups or from Box 459, Grand Central Station, New York, NY 10163, under the title "Three Talks to Medical Societies by Bill W." -- formerly called "Bill on Alcoholism" and earlier "Alcoholism the
Illness.")
9.
... cost what
it may?
12&12 p.86,
Step Nine
Do we lay the matter before our sponsor or spiritual adviser, earnestly asking God's help and guidance -- meanwhile resolving to do the right
thing when it becomes clear, cost what it may?
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