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... Ed.
BB
To Employers, p.147
After reading this book, a junior executive can go to such a man and say approximately this, "Look here, Ed.
2.
... Ed.
12&12
Tradition Three, p.143
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.
3.
... Ed, an
early and wonderful friend of ...
BB
Appendix V, The Religious View on A.A. (Note), p.572
4.
... Ed appeared.
12&12
Tradition Three, p.144
5.
... Ed aside.
12&12
Tradition Three, p.143
6.
... Ed came
back at them.
12&12
Tradition Three, p.143
7.
... Ed foregather,
they exclaim, "What if we ...
12&12
Tradition Three, p.145
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
Tradition Three, p.144
9.
... Ed had
holed up in a cheap ...
12&12
Tradition Three, p.144
10.
... Ed, "I
can't stand this God stuff! ...
12&12
Tradition Three, p.143
Cried Ed, "I can't stand this God stuff! It's a lot of malarkey for weak folks. This group doesn't need it, and I won't have it! To hell with it!"
11.
Ed never
confided any more of what ...
12&12
Tradition Three, p.145
12.
Ed not
only stayed, he stayed sober ...
12&12
Tradition Three, p.144
13.
... Ed out
for blasphemy?
12&12
Tradition Three, p.145
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
Tradition Three, p.143
15.
... Ed stayed.
12&12
Tradition Three, p.144
So Ed stayed.
16.
... Ed stole
by night into an A.A. ...
12&12
Tradition Three, p.144
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
Tradition Three, p.143
Ed was an atheist.
18.
... Ed went
on, "When you guys wrote ...
12&12
Tradition Three, p.144
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