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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... greatly affect
A.A. as a whole without ...
12&12 p.189,
Tradition Four (Long)
And no
group,
regional committee, or
individual should ever take any
action that might
greatly affect A.A. as a
whole without
conferring
with the
trustees of the
General Service Board.
2.
... greatly affect
A.A. as a whole without ...
BB p.563(565),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
And no
group,
regional committee, or
individual should ever take any
action that might
greatly affect A.A. as a
whole without
conferring
with the
trustees of the
General Service Board.
3.
... greatly handicapped.
BB xiii,
Foreword to First Edition
Very
earnestly we
ask the
press also, to
observe
this
request, for
otherwise we shall be
greatly handicapped.
4.
... greatly helped
by the late Dr. William ...
BB xvi,
Foreword to Second Edition
5.
... greatly in
fear that he might start ...
BB xvi,
Foreword to Second Edition
The
broker had
gone to
Akron on a
business venture which had
collapsed,
leaving him
greatly in
fear that he might
start drinking again.
6.
... greatly indebted
to the doctor in attendance ...
BB p.162,
A Vision For You
We are
greatly indebted to
the
doctor in
attendance there, for he, although it might
prejudice his
own work, has told us of his
belief
in ours.
7.
... greatly injure
A.A. as a whole, nor ...
12&12 p.147,
Tradition Four
In
charting this
enormous expanse of
freedom, we
found it
necessary to
post only
two storm signals: A
group ought not do
anything which would
greatly injure A.A. as a
whole, nor ought it
affiliate itself with anything or anybody else.
8.
... greatly insulted
if called alcoholics, are astonished ...
BB p.33,
More About Alcoholism
Certain drinkers, who
would be
greatly insulted
if called
alcoholics, are
astonished at their
inability to
stop.
9.
... greatly puzzled.
12&12 p.130,
Tradition One
Every
newcomer, every
friend who
looks at
A.A. for the
first time is
greatly puzzled.
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