From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... foundation?
BB p.75,
Into Action
2.
... Foundation a
dollar apiece, and here I ...
12&12 p.163,
Tradition Seven
I felt especially virtuous as I thought of
all the ex-drunks who wouldn't
even send the Foundation a dollar apiece, and here I was gladly making a five-dollar investment to fix a hangover.
3.
... Foundation a
sum of ten thousand dollars.
12&12 p.164,
Tradition Seven
When her will was read, it was
discovered she had left
Alcoholics Anonymous in trust with the
Alcoholic Foundation a sum of ten thousand dollars.
4.
... Foundation(*), A.A.'s
headquarters in New York, wanting ...
12&12 p.148,
Tradition Four
They wrote the Foundation(*),
A.A.'s headquarters in
New York, wanting to know about this sort of streamlining.
5.
... Foundation(*) and
intergroup offices, we couldn't employ ...
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
At the Foundation(*) and intergroup offices, we
couldn't employ nonalcoholics as secretaries; we had to have people who knew the A.A. pitch.
6.
... Foundation board
already knew of a total ...
12&12 p.164,
Tradition Seven
They pointed out that the
Foundation board already knew of a total of half a million dollars set aside for A.A. in the wills of people still alive.
7.
... Foundation Board,(*)
nor the humblest group committee ...
12&12 p.173,
Tradition Nine
Neither its General Service Conference, its Foundation Board,(*) nor the humblest group committee can issue a single directive to an A.A. member and make it stick, let alone mete out any punishment.
8.
... Foundation's financial
policy.
12&12 p.165,
Tradition Seven
9.
... Foundation for
a charter.
12&12 p.148,
Tradition Four
They understood that the elders, just to nail things down good, were about to apply to the Foundation for a charter.
10.
... foundation for
life.
12&12 p.98,
Step Eleven
But when they are logically related and interwoven,
the result is an unshakable foundation for
life.
11.
... Foundation, Inc.,
was changed to the General ...
12&12 p.140,
Tradition Three (Note)
(*) In 1954, the name of the
Alcoholic Foundation,
Inc., was changed to the General Service Board of Alcoholics Anonymous, Inc., and the Foundation office is now the General Service Office.
12.
... Foundation, Inc.,
was changed to the General ...
12&12 p.148,
Tradition Four (Note)
(*) In 1954, the name of the
Alcoholic Foundation,
Inc., was changed to the General Service Board of Alcoholics Anonymous, Inc., and the Foundation office is now the General Service Office.
13.
... Foundation, Inc.,
was changed to the General ...
12&12 p.162,
Tradition Seven (Note)
(*) In 1954, the name of the
Alcoholic Foundation,
Inc., was changed to the General Service Board of Alcoholics Anonymous, Inc., and the Foundation office is now the General Service Office.
14.
... Foundation, Inc.,
was changed to the General ...
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight (Note)
(*) In 1954, the name of the
Alcoholic Foundation,
Inc., was changed to the General Service Board of Alcoholics Anonymous, Inc., and the Foundation office is now the General Service Office.
15.
... Foundation, Inc.,
was changed to the General ...
12&12 p.173,
Tradition Nine (Note)
(*) In 1954, the name of the
Alcoholic Foundation,
Inc., was changed to the General Service Board of Alcoholics Anonymous, Inc., and the Foundation office is now the General Service Office.
16.
... Foundation, Inc.,
was changed to the General ...
12&12 p.182,
Tradition Eleven (Note)
(*) In 1954, the name of the
Alcoholic Foundation,
Inc., was changed to the General Service Board of Alcoholics Anonymous, Inc., and the Foundation office is now the General Service Office.
17.
... Foundation is
wealthy -- why should I bother?"
12&12 p.164,
Tradition Seven
Relieved of responsibility, every
alcoholic would shrug
and say, "Oh, the Foundation is wealthy -- why should I bother?"
18.
... Foundation(*) letterbox
in New York.
12&12 p.162,
Tradition Seven
He explains that when Jack
Alexander's Saturday
Evening Post piece broke in 1941, thousands of frantic letters from distraught alcoholics
and their families hit the
Foundation(*) letterbox
in New York.
19.
Foundation obtained
money from outside sources, its ...
12&12 p.164,
Tradition Seven
Foundation obtained money from outside sources, its trustees might be tempted
to run things without reference to the
wishes of A.A. as a whole.
20.
... foundation of
all our traditions, ever reminding ...
12&12 p.184,
Tradition Twelve
"Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all
our traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities."
21.
... foundation of
all our Traditions, ever reminding ...
BB p.562(564),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
Twelve -- Anonymity is
the spiritual foundation
of all our Traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities.
22.
... foundation of
complete willingness I might build ...
BB p.12,
Bill's Story
23.
... foundation of
his life will have to ...
12&12 p.50,
Step Four
By now the newcomer has probably arrived at the following conclusions: that his character defects, representing instincts gone astray, have been the primary cause of his drinking and his failure
at life; that unless he is
now willing to work hard at the elimination of the worst
of these defects, both sobriety and peace of mind will still elude him; that all the
faulty foundation of his life will have to be torn out and built anew on bedrock.
24.
... foundation of
them all.
12&12 p.184,
Tradition Twelve