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... Fellowship.
BB
Foreword to Fourth Edition, p.xxiv
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.
2.
... fellowship.
BB
We Agnostics, p.45
Many times we talk to a new man and watch his hope rise as we discuss his alcoholic problems and explain our
fellowship.
3.
... fellowship.
BB
Working With Others, p.95
4.
... Fellowship.
BB
A Vision For You, p.159
5.
... Fellowship.
BB
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form), p.574
6.
... Fellowship.
BB
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form), p.574
I. Final responsibility and ultimate authority for A.A. world services should always reside in the collective conscience of our whole
Fellowship.
7.
... Fellowship.
12&12
Contents (Tradition Eleven), p.12
8.
... Fellowship.
12&12
Introduction, p.14
In recent years some members and friends of A.A. have asked if it would be wise to update the language, idioms, and historical references
in the book to present a more contemporary image for the Fellowship.
9.
... Fellowship.
12&12
Foreword, p.16
Both were severe cases of alcoholism and were
destined to become co-founders of the A.A. Fellowship.
10.
... Fellowship.
12&12
Tradition One, p.130
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.
11.
... Fellowship.
12&12
Tradition Nine, p.175
12.
... fellowship.
12&12
Tradition Nine, p.175
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.
13.
... Fellowship.
12&12
Tradition Eleven, p.180
Throughout the world, immense and favorable publicity of every description has been the principal means of bringing alcoholics into
our Fellowship.
14.
... Fellowship.
12&12
Tradition Eleven, p.183
15.
... fellowship, a
friendliness, and an understanding which ...
BB
There Is A Solution, p.17
But there exists among us a
fellowship, a friendliness, and an understanding which is indescribably wonderful.
16.
... Fellowship against
any change to it.
12&12
Introduction, p.14
However, because the book has
helped so many alcoholics find recovery, there exists strong sentiment within the Fellowship against any change to it.
17.
... fellowship among
us.
BB
A Vision For You, p.153
Perhaps the best way of treating you to a glimpse of your future will be to describe the growth of the fellowship among us.
18.
... Fellowship, and
it still is.
12&12
Foreword, p.17
19.
... fellowship, and
so will you.
BB
A Vision For You, p.152
20.
... fellowship and
sociability, the prime object was ...
BB
A Vision For You, p.160
Aside from fellowship and sociability, the prime object was to provide a time and place where new people might bring their problems.
21.
... Fellowship as
it was in 1955.
BB
Foreword to Second Edition, p.xv
22.
... Fellowship, at
its core it remains simple ...
BB
Foreword to Third Edition, p.xxii
In spite of the great increase in the size and the span of this Fellowship, at its core it remains simple and personal.
23.
... Fellowship breaks
anonymity at the public level, ...
12&12
Tradition Eight, p.171
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.
24.
... Fellowship composed
largely of men (and a ...
BB
Foreword to Fourth Edition, p.xxiii
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.
25.
... Fellowship's confidence
would be shaken.
12&12
Tradition Seven, p.165
26.
... fellowship consists
of spouses and other relatives ...
12&12
Step Twelve (Note), p.118
(*) In adapted form, the Steps are also used by Al-Anon Family Groups. 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). Its headquarters address is 1600 Corporate Landing Pkwy, Virginia Beach, VA 23454-5617.
27.
... Fellowship couldn't
hire service workers nor could ...
12&12
Tradition Eight, p.167
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.
28.
... Fellowship depends
on this principle.
12&12
Contents (Tradition Five), p.10
29.
... Fellowship ever
publicly taken sides on any ...
12&12
Tradition Ten, p.176
30.
... Fellowship failed
entirely with his first half ...
BB
Working With Others, p.96
31.
... Fellowship's feelings
that Bill's writing be retained ...
12&12
Introduction, p.14
In fact, the 2002 General Service Conference discussed
this issue and it was unanimously recommended that: "The text
in the book Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, written by Bill W., remain as is, recognizing the Fellowship's
feelings that Bill's writing be retained as originally published."
32.
... fellowship grow
up about you, to have ...
BB
Working With Others, p.89
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.
33.
... Fellowship's growth.
BB
Preface, p.xi
But the chief change was in
the section of personal
stories, which was expanded to reflect the
Fellowship's growth.
34.
... fellowship has
grown up among us of ...
BB
Bill's Story, p.15
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.
35.
... Fellowship; he
told how his family had ...
12&12
Tradition Three, p.143
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.
36.
... fellowship in
Alcoholics Anonymous.
BB
A Vision For You, p.152
37.
... Fellowship itself.
12&12
Foreword, p.15
38.
... Fellowship itself.
12&12
Foreword, p.16
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.
39.
... fellowship of
Al-Anon Family Groups was formed ...
BB
To Wives (Note), p.121
(*) The fellowship of Al-Anon Family Groups was formed about thirteen years after this chapter was written. Though it is entirely separate from Alcoholics Anonymous, it
uses the general principles of the A.A. program as a guide for husbands, wives, relatives, friends and others close to alcoholics. The foregoing pages (though addressed only to wives) indicate the problems such people may face. Alateen, for teen-aged children of alcoholics, is a part of Al-Anon.
40.
... Fellowship of
Alcoholics Anonymous.
BB
Working With Others, p.94
41.
... Fellowship of
Alcoholics Anonymous at his destination.
BB
Foreword to Second Edition, p.xv
Our earliest printing voiced the hope "that every alcoholic who journeys will find the Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous at
his destination.
42.
... Fellowship of
Alcoholics Anonymous at his destination.
BB
A Vision For You, p.162
Some day we hope that every alcoholic who journeys will find a Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous at
his destination.
43.
... Fellowship of
Alcoholics Anonymous in unity and ...
12&12
Foreword, p.16
How can a set of traditional principles, having no legal force at all, hold the Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous in
unity and effectiveness?
44.
... 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.
45.
... fellowship of
more than one hundred thousand(*) ...
12&12
Foreword, p.15
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.
46.
... Fellowship of
the Spirit, and you will ...
BB
A Vision For You, p.164
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.
47.
... fellowship of
these men and their families.
BB
The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxv
48.
... fellowship on
earth which lavishes more devoted ...
12&12
Tradition One, p.129
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.
49.
... Fellowship on
how A.A. members recover, and ...
12&12
Introduction, p.14
Bill W., who along with Dr. Bob S. founded Alcoholics Anonymous in 1935, wrote the book to share 18 years of collective experience within the Fellowship on how A.A. members recover, and how our
society functions.
50.
... Fellowship or
pass off the scene.
BB
Foreword to Second Edition, p.xix
51.
... Fellowship requires
the preservation of this principle.
12&12
Tradition Five, p.150
52.
... Fellowship stayed
poor because it had to.
12&12
Tradition Seven, p.160
53.
... Fellowship stood
high in public favor and ...
12&12
Tradition Six, p.157
His connection with A.A.
would be valuable, because the Fellowship stood high in public favor and hadn't an enemy in the world.
54.
... Fellowship than
professionalism.
12&12
Tradition Eight, pp.166-167
Despite this certainty,
it is nevertheless true
that few subjects have been
the cause of more contention within our Fellowship than professionalism.
55.
... fellowship they
seek.
BB
Bill's Story, p.15
56.
... Fellowship to
omit his personal name, designating ...
BB
Foreword to First Edition, p.xiii
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."
57.
... Fellowship took
its name.
12&12
Foreword, p.17
58.
... Fellowship we
had, how well we understood ...
12&12
Tradition Five, p.152
59.
... fellowship were
of exactly that type.
BB
We Agnostics, p.44
60.
... fellowship who,
as part of their own ...
BB
Working With Others, p.90
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.
61.
... Fellowship will
ever know.
BB
Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.171
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.
62.
... Fellowship will
number many hundreds.(*)
BB
A Vision For You, p.161
63.
... fellowship you
crave.(*)
BB
A Vision For You, p.164
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