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

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1.
... former believer, we can stand together on ...   12&12 p.33, Step Two
Whether agnostic, atheist, or former believer, we can stand together on this Step.

2.
... former days, the moment an A.A. hired ...   12&12 p.170, Tradition Eight
In former days, the moment an A.A. hired out to such enterprises, he was immediately tempted to use the name Alcoholics Anonymous for publicity or money-raising purposes.


3.
... former did not work.   BB p.99, Working With Others   Go to page 99 in the Big Book
If their old relationship is to be resumed it must be on a better basis, since the former did not work.


4.
... former enemies sometimes praise what we are ...   BB p.78, Into Action   Go to page 78 in the Big Book
Our former enemies sometimes praise what we are doing and wish us well.


5.
... former ill feeling and expressing our regret.   BB p.77, Into Action   Go to page 77 in the Big Book
We go to him in a helpful and forgiving spirit, confessing our former ill feeling and expressing our regret.


6.
... former mistakes, no matter how grievous, out ...   BB p.124, The Family Afterward   Go to page 124 in the Big Book
We think each family which has been relieved owes something to those who have not, and when the occasion requires, each member of it should be only too willing to bring former mistakes, no matter how grievous, out of their hiding places.


7.
... former patients, go there to help.   BB p.162, A Vision For You   Go to page 162 in the Big Book
Many of us, former patients, go there to help.


8.
... former thinking was soft and mushy when ...   BB p.53, We Agnostics   Go to page 53 in the Big Book
Hence we are at pains to tell why we think our present faith is reasonable, why we think it more sane and logical to believe than not to believe, why we say our former thinking was soft and mushy when we threw up our hands in doubt and said, "We don't know."


Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.  The A.A. Preamble, copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.  Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

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