From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
Click
to display the full page from the Big Book1.
... declare A.A.
such a closed corporation that ...
12&12 p.171,
Tradition Eight
We cannot declare A.A. such a closed corporation that we keep
our knowledge and experience top secret.
2.
... declare each
A.A. group an individual entity, ...
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.
3.
... declare that
his trust had been broken.
12&12 p.185,
Tradition Twelve
4.
... declare that
none but a Higher Power ...
12&12 p.25,
Step Two
Having reduced us to a state of absolute helplessness, you now
declare that none but a Higher Power can remove our obsession.
5.
... declare that
since they have come to ...
BB p.50,
We Agnostics
They flatly declare that
since they have come to believe in a Power greater than themselves,
to take a certain attitude toward that Power, and to do certain simple things, there has been
a revolutionary change in their way of living and thinking.
6.
... declare that
without a fearless admission of ...
12&12 p.56,
Step Five
Most of us would declare that without a fearless admission of our defects
to another human being we could not stay sober.
7.
... declare yourself."
12&12 p.139,
Tradition Three
8.
... declare yourself
in; nobody can keep you ...
12&12 p.139,
Tradition Three
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.
Copyright © 2005-2012, Recovery Press LLC; All Rights Reserved.