From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
EXCEPTION occurs
8 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... exception.
12&12 p.173,
Tradition Nine
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
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
There is an
important exception to the
foregoing.
8.
... exception, will
be absolutely unable to stop ...
BB p.39,
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