ENTITY in Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous, 12 Steps and 12 Traditions

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... entity. BB xxx(xxviii), The Doctor's Opinion

This phenomenon, as we have suggested, may be the manifestation of an allergy which differentiates these people, and sets them apart as a distinct entity.

... entity having but one primary purpose -- that ... 12&12 p.190, Tradition Five (Long)

Five -- Each Alcoholics Anonymous group ought to be a spiritual entity having but one primary purpose -- that of carrying its message to the alcoholic who still suffers.

... entity having but one primary purpose -- that ... BB p.563(565), Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition

5. Each Alcoholics Anonymous group ought to be a spiritual entity having but one primary purpose -- that of carrying its message to the alcoholic who still suffers.

... entity, strictly reliant on its own conscience ... 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.

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