From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
FEES occurs
6 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... fees for
AA membership; we are self-supporting ...
Grapevine,
Preamble
There are no
dues or
fees for
AA membership; we are
self-
supporting through our
own contributions.
2.
... fees or
dues; our expenses were to ...
BB xix,
Foreword to Second Edition
There were to be no
fees or
dues; our
expenses were to be
met by our
own voluntary contributions.
3.
... fees or
dues whatsoever.
BB xiv,
Foreword to First Edition
There are no
fees or
dues whatsoever.
4.
... fees or
hire.
12&12 p.191,
Tradition Eight (Long)
5.
... fees or
hire.
BB p.564(566),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
6.
... fees to
pay, no axes to grind, ...
BB p.18,
There Is A Solution
That the
man who is
making
the
approach has had the same
difficulty, that he
obviously knows what he is
talking about, that his
whole deportment shouts at the new
prospect
that he is a
man with a
real answer, that he has no
attitude of
Holier Than
Thou,
nothing whatever
except the
sincere desire to be
helpful; that
there are no
fees to
pay, no
axes to
grind, no people to
please, no
lectures to be
endured -- these are the
conditions we have
found
most
effective.
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