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FUNCTION   occurs   11 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... function.   12&12 p.134, Tradition Two
Such are the simple services that enable the group to function.

2.
... function.   12&12 p.161, Tradition Seven
Despite these misgivings, we had to recognize the fact that A.A. had to function.


3.
... function?" and, "How can A.A. best stay ...   BB p.561(563), Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition   Display entire Appendix I
The "12 Traditions" of Alcoholics Anonymous are, we A.A.'s believe, the best answers that our experience has yet given to those ever-urgent questions, "How can A.A. best function?" and, "How can A.A. best stay whole and so survive?"

4.
... function as human beings, we had taken ...   12&12 p.71, Step Seven
Instead of regarding the satisfaction of our material desires as the means by which we could live and function as human beings, we had taken these satisfactions to be the final end and aim of life.

5.
... function at all?   12&12 p.130, Tradition One
"How," they ask, "can such a crowd of anarchists function at all?

6.
... function, but at the same time it ...   12&12 p.175, Tradition Nine
A.A. has to function, but at the same time it must avoid those dangers of great wealth, prestige, and entrenched power which necessarily tempt other societies.


7.
... function can very often lie in preparing ...   BB p.569(571), Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.   Display entire Appendix III
Dr. Harry M. Tiebout, psychiatrist: "As a psychiatrist, I have thought a great deal about the relationship of my specialty to A.A. and I have come to the conclusion that our particular function can very often lie in preparing the way for the patient to accept any sort of treatment or outside help.


8.
... function effectively.   BB xix, Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire Foreword to Second Edition
As we discovered the principles by which the individual alcoholic could live, so we had to evolve principles by which the A.A. groups and A.A. as a whole could survive and function effectively.


9.
... function is to grow in understanding and ...   BB p.84, Into Action   Go to page 84 in the Big Book
Our next function is to grow in understanding and effectiveness.

10.
... function, it has to be habitable and ...   12&12 p.167, Tradition Eight
If a club is going to function, it has to be habitable and hospitable.

11.
... function without full-time workers.   12&12 p.168, Tradition Eight
Neither could A.A. itself function without full-time workers.


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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