From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... Fellowship.
12&12 p.16,
Foreword
Both were severe cases of alcoholism and
were destined to become
co-founders of the A.A. Fellowship.
2.
... Fellowship.
12&12 p.130,
Tradition One
Realization dawns that
he is but a small part of a
great whole; that no personal sacrifice is too great for
preservation of the Fellowship.
3.
... Fellowship.
12&12 p.175,
Tradition Nine
4.
... fellowship.
12&12 p.175,
Tradition Nine
Though Tradition Nine at first sight seems to deal with a purely practical matter, in its actual operation it discloses
a society without organization, animated only by the spirit
of service -- a true fellowship.
5.
... Fellowship.
12&12 p.180,
Tradition Eleven
Throughout the world,
immense and favorable
publicity of every description has been the principal means of bringing alcoholics
into our Fellowship.
6.
... Fellowship.
12&12 p.183,
Tradition Eleven
7.
... fellowship.
BB p.45,
We Agnostics
Many times we talk to a new man and watch his hope rise as we discuss his alcoholic problems and explain our
fellowship.
8.
... fellowship.
BB p.95,
Working With Others
9.
... Fellowship.
BB p.159,
A Vision For You
10.
... Fellowship.
BB p.574,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
11.
... Fellowship.
BB p.574,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
I. Final responsibility and ultimate authority for
A.A. world services should always reside in the collective
conscience of our whole
Fellowship.
12.
... Fellowship.
BB xxiv,
Foreword to Fourth Edition
While our literature
has preserved the integrity of the A.A. message, sweeping changes in society as a whole are reflected in new customs and practices within the Fellowship.
13.
... fellowship, a
friendliness, and an understanding which ...
BB p.17,
There Is A Solution
But there exists among us a
fellowship, a friendliness, and an understanding which is indescribably wonderful.
14.
... fellowship among
us.
BB p.153,
A Vision For You
Perhaps the best way of treating you to a glimpse of your future will be to describe the growth of the fellowship among us.
15.
... Fellowship, and
it still is.
12&12 p.17,
Foreword
16.
... fellowship, and
so will you.
BB p.152,
A Vision For You
17.
... fellowship and
sociability, the prime object was ...
BB p.160,
A Vision For You
Aside from fellowship and sociability, the prime object was to provide a time and place where new people might bring their problems.
18.
... Fellowship as
it was in 1955.
BB xv,
Foreword to Second Edition
19.
... Fellowship, at
its core it remains simple ...
BB xxii,
Foreword to Third Edition
In spite of the great increase in the size and the
span of this Fellowship, at its core it remains simple and personal.
20.
... Fellowship breaks
anonymity at the public level, ...
12&12 p.171,
Tradition Eight
It is significant, now
that almost no A.A. in our Fellowship breaks anonymity at the public level, that nearly all these fears have subsided.
21.
... Fellowship composed
largely of men (and a ...
BB xxiii,
Foreword to Fourth Edition
When the phrase "We are people who normally would
not mix" (page 17 of this book) was written in 1939, it referred to a Fellowship composed largely of men (and a few women) with quite similar social, ethnic, and economic backgrounds.
22.
... Fellowship's confidence
would be shaken.
12&12 p.165,
Tradition Seven
23.
... fellowship consists
of spouses and other relatives ...
12&12 p.118,
Step Twelve (Note)
Not a part of A.A., this worldwide fellowship consists of spouses and other relatives or friends of alcoholics
(in A.A. or still drinking).
24.
... Fellowship couldn't
hire service workers nor could ...
12&12 p.167,
Tradition Eight
But when we had declared that our Fellowship couldn't hire service workers nor could any A.A. member carry our knowledge into other fields, we were taking the counsel of fear, fear which today has been largely dispelled in the light of
experience.
25.
... Fellowship ever
publicly taken sides on any ...
12&12 p.176,
Tradition Ten
26.
... Fellowship failed
entirely with his first half ...
BB p.96,
Working With Others
27.
... fellowship grow
up about you, to have ...
BB p.89,
Working With Others
To watch people recover, to see them help others, to watch loneliness vanish, to see a fellowship grow up about you, to have a host of friends -- this is an experience you must not miss.
28.
... Fellowship's growth.
BB xi,
Preface
But the chief change was in
the section of personal
stories, which was expanded to reflect the
Fellowship's growth.
29.
... fellowship has
grown up among us of ...
BB p.15,
Bill's Story
We commenced to make many fast friends and a fellowship has
grown up among us of which it is a wonderful thing to feel a part.
30.
... Fellowship; he
told how his family had ...
12&12 p.143,
Tradition Three
He paid a fine tribute to the Fellowship; he
told how his family had been
reunited; he extolled
the virtue of honesty; he
recalled the joys of Twelfth Step work; and then he lowered the
boom.
31.
... fellowship in
Alcoholics Anonymous.
BB p.152,
A Vision For You
32.
... Fellowship itself.
12&12 p.15,
Foreword
33.
... Fellowship itself.
12&12 p.16,
Foreword
The basic principles of
A.A., as they are known today, were borrowed mainly from the fields of religion and medicine, though some ideas upon which success finally depended were the
result of noting the behavior and needs of the
Fellowship itself.
34.
... fellowship of
Al-Anon Family Groups was formed ...
BB p.121,
To Wives (Note)
(*) The fellowship of Al-Anon Family Groups was formed about thirteen years after this chapter was written.
35.
... Fellowship of
Alcoholics Anonymous.
BB p.94,
Working With Others
36.
... Fellowship of
Alcoholics Anonymous at his destination.
BB p.162,
A Vision For You
Some day we hope that every alcoholic who journeys will find a Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous
at his destination.
37.
... Fellowship of
Alcoholics Anonymous at his destination.
BB xv,
Foreword to Second Edition
Our earliest printing
voiced the hope "that every alcoholic who journeys will find the Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous
at his destination.
38.
... Fellowship of
Alcoholics Anonymous in unity and ...
12&12 p.16,
Foreword
How can a set of traditional principles, having no legal force at all, hold the Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous
in unity and effectiveness?
39.
... fellowship of
men and women who share ...
Grapevine,
Preamble
Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of
men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism.
40.
... fellowship of
more than one hundred thousand(*) ...
12&12 p.15,
Foreword
Alcoholics Anonymous is a worldwide fellowship of more than one hundred thousand(*) alcoholic men and women who are banded together to solve their common problems and to help fellow sufferers in recovery
from that age-old, baffling malady, alcoholism.
41.
... Fellowship of
the Spirit, and you will ...
BB p.164,
A Vision For You
We shall be with you in the Fellowship of the Spirit, and you
will surely meet some of us as you trudge
the Road of Happy Destiny.
42.
... fellowship of
these men and their families.
BB xxv(xxiii),
The Doctor's Opinion
43.
... fellowship on
earth which lavishes more devoted ...
12&12 p.129,
Tradition One
We believe there isn't a fellowship on earth which lavishes more devoted care upon its individual members; surely there is none which more jealously guards the individual's
right to think, talk, and act as he wishes.
44.
... Fellowship or
pass off the scene.
BB xix,
Foreword to Second Edition
45.
... Fellowship requires
the preservation of this principle.
12&12 p.150,
Tradition Five
46.
... Fellowship stayed
poor because it had to.
12&12 p.160,
Tradition Seven
47.
... Fellowship stood
high in public favor and ...
12&12 p.157,
Tradition Six
His connection with A.A.
would be valuable, because the Fellowship stood high in public favor and hadn't an enemy in the world.
48.
... Fellowship than
professionalism.
12&12 p.167,
Tradition Eight
Despite this certainty, it is nevertheless true that few subjects have been the cause of more contention within our
Fellowship than professionalism.
49.
... fellowship they
seek.
BB p.15,
Bill's Story
50.
... Fellowship to
omit his personal name, designating ...
BB xiii,
Foreword to First Edition
When writing or speaking publicly about
alcoholism, we urge each of our Fellowship to omit his personal name, designating himself instead as "a member of Alcoholics Anonymous."
51.
... Fellowship took
its name.
12&12 p.17,
Foreword
52.
... Fellowship we
had, how well we understood ...
12&12 p.152,
Tradition Five
53.
... fellowship were
of exactly that type.
BB p.44,
We Agnostics
54.
... fellowship who,
as part of their own ...
BB p.90,
Working With Others
You should be described to him as one of a fellowship who, as part of their own recovery, try to help others and who will be glad to talk to him if he cares to see you.
55.
... Fellowship will
ever know.
BB p.171,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
In this prodigy of service, he was well assisted by Sister Ignatia at St. Thomas Hospital in Akron, Ohio, one of the greatest friends our Fellowship will ever know.
56.
... Fellowship will
number many hundreds.(*)
BB p.161,
A Vision For You
57.
... fellowship you
crave.(*)
BB p.164,
A Vision For You
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