From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... cure.
12&12 p.160,
Tradition Seven
2.
... cure for
cancer, and upon whose concerted ...
12&12 p.150,
Tradition Five
Alcoholics Anonymous can be likened
to a group of physicians who might find a
cure for cancer, and upon whose concerted work would depend the answer for sufferers of this disease.
3.
... cure, looks
fine, and to clinch the ...
BB p.138,
To Employers
He has just returned from
a three-months leave of absence, has taken a cure, looks fine, and to clinch the matter, the board of directors told him this was his last chance."
4.
... cure, once
it became apparent that only ...
12&12 p.150,
Tradition Five
But once these men had hit upon a cure, once it became apparent that only
by their united effort
could this be accomplished, then all of them
would feel bound to devote themselves solely to the relief of cancer.
5.
... cure our
husbands of alcoholism.
BB p.118,
To Wives
Another feeling we are
very likely to entertain is one of resentment that love and loyalty could not cure our husbands of alcoholism.
6.
... cure, they
might be conscience-stricken if they ...
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.
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