From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... 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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