From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... Ed.
12&12 p.143,
Tradition Three
Not long after the man with the double stigma knocked for admission, A.A.'s other group received into its membership a salesman
we shall call Ed.
2.
... Ed.
BB p.147,
To Employers
After reading this book, a junior executive can go to such a man and say approximately this,
"Look here, Ed.
3.
... Ed, an
early and wonderful friend of ...
BB p.572(574),
Appendix V, The Religious View on A.A.
4.
... Ed appeared.
12&12 p.144,
Tradition Three
5.
... Ed aside.
12&12 p.143,
Tradition Three
6.
... Ed came
back at them.
12&12 p.143,
Tradition Three
7.
... Ed foregather,
they exclaim, "What if we ...
12&12 p.145,
Tradition Three
Nowadays, when oldtimers who know Ed foregather, they exclaim, "What if we had actually succeeded in throwing Ed out for blasphemy?
8.
... Ed got
a sales job which took ...
12&12 p.144,
Tradition Three
9.
... Ed had
holed up in a cheap ...
12&12 p.144,
Tradition Three
10.
... Ed, "I
can't stand this God stuff!
12&12 p.143,
Tradition Three
11.
Ed never
confided any more of what ...
12&12 p.145,
Tradition Three
12.
Ed not
only stayed, he stayed sober ...
12&12 p.144,
Tradition Three
13.
... Ed out
for blasphemy?
12&12 p.145,
Tradition Three
Nowadays, when oldtimers who know Ed foregather, they exclaim, "What if we had actually succeeded in throwing Ed out for blasphemy?
14.
... Ed proceeded
to stay sober.
12&12 p.143,
Tradition Three
15.
... Ed stayed.
12&12 p.144,
Tradition Three
So Ed stayed.
16.
... Ed stole
by night into an A.A. ...
12&12 p.144,
Tradition Three
About two weeks later, Ed stole by night into an A.A. member's house and, unknown to the family, went to bed.
17.
Ed was
an atheist.
12&12 p.143,
Tradition Three
Ed was an atheist.
18.
... Ed went
on, "When you guys wrote ...
12&12 p.144,
Tradition Three
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