From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
FIELDS occurs
5 times
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1.
... fields.
12&12 p.171,
Tradition Eight
We see that we have no
right or
need to
discourage A.A.'s who
wish to
work as
individuals in
these
wider fields.
2.
... fields, but
we accept the sober fact ...
12&12 p.166,
Tradition Eight
We do not
decry professionalism in other
fields, but we
accept the
sober fact that it does not
work for us.
3.
... fields of
religion and medicine, though some ...
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.
4.
... fields our
generation has witnessed complete liberation ...
BB p.52,
We Agnostics
5.
... fields, we
were taking the counsel of ...
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.
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