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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
FELLOWSHIP occurs
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1.
... 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
5.
... Fellowship.
12&12 p.180,
Tradition Eleven
6.
... Fellowship.
12&12 p.183,
Tradition Eleven
In it, each
member becomes an
active guardian of our
Fellowship.
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
Offer him
friendship
and
fellowship.
9.
... Fellowship.
BB p.159,
A Vision For You
So one more was
added to the
Fellowship.
10.
... Fellowship.
BB p.574,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
The
Twelve Traditions
ensure the
unity of the
Fellowship.
11.
... Fellowship.
BB p.574,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
12.
... Fellowship.
BB xxiv,
Foreword to Fourth Edition
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
The book "
Alcoholics Anonymous"
became the
basic text of the
Fellowship, and it still is.
16.
... fellowship, and
so will you.
BB p.152,
A Vision For You
Thus we find the fellowship, and so will 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
Figures given in this
foreword describe the
Fellowship as it was in
1955.
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
The
moment that
happened, our
Fellowship's
confidence would be
shaken.
23.
... fellowship consists
of spouses and other relatives ...
12&12 p.118,
Step Twelve (Note)
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
Nor has our
Fellowship ever
publicly taken sides on any
question in an
embattled world.
26.
... Fellowship failed
entirely with his first half ...
BB p.96,
Working With Others
One of our
Fellowship failed
entirely with his
first
half dozen prospects.
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
It is a
fellowship in
Alcoholics Anonymous.
32.
... Fellowship itself.
12&12 p.15,
Foreword
A.A.'s
Twelve Traditions apply to the
life of the
Fellowship itself.
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
On your
first visit tell him
about the
Fellowship of
Alcoholics Anonymous.
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
38.
... Fellowship of
Alcoholics Anonymous in unity and ...
12&12 p.16,
Foreword
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
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
This has
become the
basis
of a
rapidly growing
fellowship of these
men and
their
families.
43.
... fellowship on
earth which lavishes more devoted ...
12&12 p.129,
Tradition One
44.
... Fellowship or
pass off the scene.
BB xix,
Foreword to Second Edition
We had to
unify our
Fellowship or
pass off the
scene.
45.
... Fellowship requires
the preservation of this principle.
12&12 p.150,
Tradition Five
The very
life of our
Fellowship requires the
preservation of this
principle.
46.
... Fellowship stayed
poor because it had to.
12&12 p.160,
Tradition Seven
So our
Fellowship stayed poor because it had to.
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
We
meet frequently so
that
newcomers may find the
fellowship they
seek.
50.
... Fellowship to
omit his personal name, designating ...
BB xiii,
Foreword to First Edition
51.
... Fellowship took
its name.
12&12 p.17,
Foreword
The book was called "
Alcoholics Anonymous," and from it the
Fellowship took
its name.
52.
... Fellowship we
had, how well we understood ...
12&12 p.152,
Tradition Five
I
explained what a
wonderful Fellowship we had,
how well we
understood each other.
53.
... fellowship were
of exactly that type.
BB p.44,
We Agnostics
About
half our
original
fellowship were of
exactly
that
type.
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
number many hundreds.(*)
BB p.161,
A Vision For You
Being a
large place, we
think that some
day its Fellowship will
number many
hundreds.(*)
56.
... fellowship you
crave.(*)
BB p.164,
A Vision For You
He will
show you how to
create the
fellowship you
crave.(*)
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