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1.
... exception.   12&12 p.173, Tradition Nine
Yet Alcoholics Anonymous is an exception.

2.
... exception.   12&12 p.173, Tradition Nine
You might think A.A.'s headquarters in New York would be an exception.

3.
... exception.   12&12 p.187, Tradition Twelve
Here, principles would have to come before personalities, without exception.


4.
... exception?"   BB p.27, There Is A Solution   Go to page 27 in the Big Book
He said to the doctor, "Is there no exception?"

5.
... exception, alcoholics are tortured by loneliness.   12&12 p.57, Step Five
Almost without exception, alcoholics are tortured by loneliness.

6.
... exception, pass through times when we can ...   12&12 p.105, Step Eleven
All of us, without exception, pass through times when we can pray only with the greatest exertion of will.


7.
... exception to the foregoing.   BB p.108, To Wives   Go to page 108 in the Big Book
There is an important exception to the foregoing.


8.
... exception, will be absolutely unable to stop ...   BB p.39, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 39 in the Big Book
But the actual or potential alcoholic, with hardly an exception, will be absolutely unable to stop drinking on the basis of self-knowledge.


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.

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