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... group.
BB
Foreword to Second Edition, p.xix
2.
... group.
BB
Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A., p.573
If you cannot find A.A. in your locality, visit our Web site: www.aa.org; or a letter addressed to Alcoholics
Anonymous, Box 459, Grand Central Station, New York, NY 10163, USA, will receive a prompt reply from this world center, referring you to the nearest A.A. group.
3.
... group.
12&12
Contents (Tradition Two), p.10
Formation of a group.
4.
... group.
12&12
Contents (Tradition Two), p.10
5.
... group.
12&12
Contents (Tradition Nine), p.12
6.
... group?
12&12
Step Twelve, pp.111-112
Can we bring the same spirit of love and tolerance into our sometimes deranged family lives that we bring to our A.A. group?
7.
... group.
12&12
Tradition One, p.130
The moment this Twelfth Step work forms a group, another discovery is made -- that most individuals cannot recover unless there is a
group.
8.
... group.
12&12
Tradition One, p.130
He learns that the clamor of
desires and ambitions within him must be silenced whenever these
could damage the group.
9.
... group.
12&12
Tradition Two, p.133
10.
... group.
12&12
Tradition Two, p.133
11.
... group.
12&12
Tradition Two, p.134
12.
... group.
12&12
Tradition Three, p.139
13.
... group.
12&12
Tradition Four, p.149
14.
... group.
12&12
Tradition Five, p.150
Every doctor concerned would at times wish he could devote himself to his chosen field rather than work only with the group.
15.
... Group #1.
Rule #62."
12&12
Tradition Four, p.149
16.
... group after
group saw these possibilities, they ...
12&12
Tradition Three, p.141
17.
... group an
individual entity, strictly reliant on ...
12&12
Tradition Four, p.147
This meant, of course, that
we had been given the courage to declare each A.A. group an individual entity, strictly reliant on its own conscience as a guide to action.
18.
... group, and
he is the founder.
12&12
Tradition Two, p.133
He visits preachers, doctors, editors, policemen, and bartenders ... with the result that Middletown now has a group, and he is the founder.
19.
... group and
swallowed up in it?"
12&12
Tradition One, p.129
"Does this mean," some will anxiously ask, "that in A.A. the individual doesn't count for much? Is he to be dominated by his group and swallowed up in it?"
20.
... group and
will, if you wish, correspond ...
BB
Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A., p.573
This headquarters will
give the location of the nearest family group and will, if you wish, correspond with you
about your special problems.
21.
... group, another
discovery is made -- that most ...
12&12
Tradition One, p.130
The moment this Twelfth Step work forms a group, another discovery is made -- that most individuals cannot recover unless there is a
group.
22.
... group, as
such, should never go into ...
BB
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.564
23.
... group, as
such, should never go into ...
12&12
Tradition Six (Long), p.190
24.
... group, as
such, simply couldn't handle this ...
12&12
Tradition Four, p.149
25.
... group as
their higher power, claims for ...
12&12
Step Eleven, p.96
To certain newcomers and
to those one-time agnostics who still cling to the A.A. group as their higher power, claims for the power of prayer may, despite all the logic and experience in proof of it, still be unconvincing or quite objectionable.
26.
... group, at
Akron, Ohio, in 1935.
BB
A Vision For You (Note), p.156
(*) This refers to Bill's and
Dr. Bob's first visit to A.A. Number Three. See the Pioneer Section. This resulted in A.A.'s first group, at Akron, Ohio, in 1935.
27.
... Group Award
for 1951 to Alcoholics Anonymous ...
BB
Appendix IV, The Lasker Award, p.571
"The American Public Health Association presents a Lasker Group Award for 1951 to Alcoholics Anonymous in recognition of its unique and highly successful approach to
that age-old public health and social problem, alcoholism ... In emphasizing alcoholism
as an illness, the social
stigma associated with
this condition is being blotted out ... Historians may one day recognize Alcoholics Anonymous to
have been a great venture in
social pioneering which
forged a new instrument for social action; a new therapy based on the kinship of common suffering; one having a vast potential for the myriad other ills of mankind."
28.
... group can
bind itself to no one.
BB
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.564
29.
... group can
bind itself to no one.
12&12
Tradition Six (Long), p.190
30.
... group can
manage its affairs exactly as ...
12&12
Tradition Four, p.146
But in relation to us, it means very simply that every A.A. group can manage its affairs exactly as it pleases, except when A.A. as a whole is threatened.
31.
... group cannot
get along without him, who ...
12&12
Tradition Two, p.135
The bleeding deacon is one who is just as surely convinced that the
group cannot get along without him, who constantly connives for
reelection to office,
and who continues to be consumed with self-pity.
32.
... group's chairman.
12&12
Step Twelve, p.111
33.
... group's chores.
12&12
Tradition Two, p.134
34.
... group's chores,
if the area's telephone rings ...
12&12
Tradition Nine, p.175
If nobody does the group's chores, if the area's telephone rings unanswered, if we do not reply to our mail, then A.A. as we know it would stop.
35.
... group committee
can issue a single directive ...
12&12
Tradition Nine, p.173
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.
36.
... group committees
cannot issue directives to A.A. ...
12&12
Contents (Tradition Nine), p.12
The General Service Conference, the board of trustees, and group committees cannot issue directives to A.A. members or groups.
37.
... group conscience.
BB
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.563
2. For our group purpose
there is but one ultimate authority -- a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience.
38.
... group conscience.
12&12
Contents (Tradition Two), p.10
39.
... group conscience.
12&12
Tradition Two, p.132
These practical folk then
read Tradition Two, and learn that the sole authority in A.A. is a loving God as He may express Himself in the group conscience.
40.
... group conscience.
12&12
Tradition Two, p.138
41.
... group conscience.
12&12
Tradition Two (Long), p.189
Two -- For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority -- a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience.
42.
... group conscience
decree the terms upon which ...
12&12
Tradition Two, p.134
43.
... group conscience;
in fact, these are the ...
12&12
Tradition Two, p.135
They become the voice of the
group conscience; in fact, these are the true voice of Alcoholics Anonymous.
44.
... group conscience
is about to take over.
12&12
Tradition Two, p.134
45.
... group conscience.
Our leaders are but trusted ...
BB
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.562
Two -- For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority -- a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern.
46.
... group conscience.
Our leaders are but trusted ...
12&12
Contents (Tradition Two), pp.9-10
Tradition Two -- "For our
group purpose there is but one ultimate authority -- a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience. Our leaders
are but trusted servants;
they do not govern."
47.
... group conscience.
Our leaders are but trusted ...
12&12
Tradition Two, p.132
"For our group purpose there
is but one ultimate authority -- a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience. Our leaders
are but trusted servants;
they do not govern."
48.
... group conscience
speaks.
12&12
Contents (Tradition Two), p.10
49.
... group conscience,
well-advised by its elders, will ...
12&12
Tradition Two, p.135
This is the experience which has led us to the conclusion that
our group conscience, well-advised by its elders, will be in the long run wiser than any single leader.
50.
... group could
stand almost any amount of ...
12&12
Tradition Four, p.146
When A.A.'s Traditions were
first published, in 1946, we had become sure that an A.A. group could stand almost any amount of battering.
51.
... group's decision,
who holds no resentment over ...
12&12
Tradition Two, p.135
The elder statesman is the
one who sees the wisdom of the group's decision, who holds no resentment over his reduced status, whose judgment, fortified by considerable experience, is sound, and
who is willing to sit quietly on the sidelines patiently awaiting developments.
52.
... group do?
12&12
Tradition Three, p.142
What should the group do?
53.
... group doesn't
need it, and I won't ...
12&12
Tradition Three, p.143
Cried Ed, "I can't stand this God stuff! It's a lot of malarkey for weak folks. This group doesn't need it, and I won't have it! To hell with it!"
54.
... group, exactly
like the individual, must eventually ...
12&12
Tradition Four, p.146
We saw that the group, exactly like the individual, must eventually conform to whatever tested principles would guarantee survival.
55.
... group forever?
12&12
Tradition Two, pp.133-134
Still more important, murmurs are heard in the body politic, which swell into a loud cry: "Do these oldtimers think they can run this group forever?
56.
... group had
actually been formed, though no ...
BB
Foreword to Second Edition, p.xvii
When the broker returned
to New York in the fall of 1935, the first A.A. group had actually been formed, though no one realized it at the time.
57.
... group had
exercised its right to be ...
12&12
Tradition Four, p.149
58.
... group had
many membership rules.
12&12
Tradition Three, p.139
59.
... group had
the right to be wrong.
12&12
Tradition Four, p.147
60.
... group, half
its membership might angrily rush ...
12&12
Tradition Ten, p.177
Disliking the attempt of
some to manage a group, half its membership might angrily
rush off to form another group more to their liking.
61.
... group has
but one primary purpose -- to ...
BB
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.562
Five -- Each group has but one primary purpose -- to carry its message to the alcoholic
who still suffers.
62.
... group has
but one primary purpose -- to ...
12&12
Contents (Tradition Five), p.10
Tradition Five -- "Each group has but one primary purpose -- to carry its message to the alcoholic who still suffers."
63.
... group has
but one primary purpose -- to ...
12&12
Tradition Five, p.150
"Each group has but one primary purpose -- to carry its message to the alcoholic who still suffers."
64.
... group's hierarchy
of service -- self-appointed, of course, ...
12&12
Tradition Two, p.133
These are the growing group's
hierarchy of service --
self-appointed, of course, because there is no other way.
65.
... group, if
it is strong enough, self-righteously ...
12&12
Step Three, p.37
66.
... group inevitably
turns to them for advice.
12&12
Tradition Two, p.135
67.
... group's informal
rotating committee, the intergroup association ...
12&12
Tradition Nine, p.174
It is in this spirit of service that we elect the A.A. group's informal rotating committee, the intergroup association
for the area, and the General
Service Conferences of
Alcoholics Anonymous
for A.A. as a whole.
68.
... group into
business; too many busybody cooks ...
12&12
Tradition Six, p.156
Whereupon we tried A.A. hospitals -- they all bogged down because you cannot put an A.A. group into business; too many busybody cooks spoil the broth.
69.
... group its
rotating committee, and the groups ...
BB
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.565
The small group may elect its secretary, the large group its rotating committee, and
the groups of a large metropolitan area their central or intergroup committee, which often employs a full-time secretary.
70.
... group its
rotating committee, and the groups ...
12&12
Tradition Nine (Long), p.191
The small group may elect its secretary, the large group its rotating committee, and
the groups of a large metropolitan area their central or intergroup committee, which often employs a full-time secretary.
71.
... group itself.
12&12
Tradition Nine, p.174
72.
... group, like
the individual, must eventually conform ...
12&12
Contents (Tradition Four), p.10
73.
... group manages
its affairs as it pleases, ...
12&12
Contents (Tradition Four), p.10
74.
... group may
cooperate with anyone, such cooperation ...
BB
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.564
While an A.A. group may cooperate with anyone, such cooperation ought never go so far as affiliation or endorsement, actual or implied.
75.
... group may
cooperate with anyone, such cooperation ...
12&12
Tradition Six (Long), p.190
While an A.A. group may cooperate with anyone, such cooperation ought never to go so far as affiliation or endorsement, actual or implied.
76.
... group may
elect its secretary, the large ...
BB
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.565
The small group may elect its secretary, the large group its rotating committee, and
the groups of a large metropolitan area their central or intergroup committee, which often employs a full-time secretary.
77.
... group may
elect its secretary, the large ...
12&12
Tradition Nine (Long), p.191
The small group may elect its secretary, the large group its rotating committee, and
the groups of a large metropolitan area their central or intergroup committee, which often employs a full-time secretary.
78.
... group might
have his own specialty.
12&12
Tradition Five, p.150
79.
... group more
to their liking.
12&12
Tradition Ten, p.177
Disliking the attempt of
some to manage a group, half its membership might angrily
rush off to form another group more to their liking.
80.
... group must
survive or the individual will ...
12&12
Contents (Tradition One), p.9
Tradition One -- "Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon A.A. unity." Without unity, A.A. dies. Individual liberty, yet great unity. Key to paradox: each A.A.'s life depends on obedience to spiritual principles.
The group must survive or the individual
will not. Common welfare comes first. How best to live and work together as groups.
81.
... group must
survive or the individual will ...
12&12
Tradition One, p.130
82.
... group needs
the least possible organization.
BB
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.565
83.
... group needs
the least possible organization.
12&12
Tradition Nine (Long), p.191
84.
... group now
has a so-called rotating committee, ...
12&12
Tradition Two, p.134
In either case, the group now has a so-called rotating committee, very sharply limited in its authority.
85.
... group of
alcoholics had in common.
12&12
Step Twelve, p.123
The doctors weren't trying to find how different we were from one another; they sought to find whatever personality traits, if any, this group of alcoholics had in common.
86.
... group of
doctors possessed a cancer cure, ...
12&12
Tradition Five, p.151
If a group of doctors possessed a cancer cure, they might be conscience-stricken if
they failed their mission
through self-seeking.
87.
... group of
people who have solved their ...
12&12
Step Two, p.27
88.
... group of
physicians who might find a ...
12&12
Tradition Five, p.150
Alcoholics Anonymous
can be likened to a group of
physicians who might find
a cure for cancer, and upon whose concerted work would depend the answer for sufferers of this disease.
89.
... group of
principles, spiritual in their nature, ...
12&12
Foreword, p.15
A.A.'s Twelve Steps are a group of principles, spiritual in
their nature, which, if practiced as a way of life, can expel the obsession to drink and enable the sufferer to become happily and usefully whole.
90.
... group of
related principles to help ensure ...
BB
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form), p.574
Written by co-founder Bill W. in 1962, the Twelve Concepts for World Service provide a group of related principles to help ensure that various elements of A.A.'s service structure remain responsive and responsible to those they
serve.
91.
... group of
so-called problem drinkers.
12&12
Step Twelve, p.122
When A.A. was quite young, a number of eminent psychologists
and doctors made an exhaustive study of a good-sized group of so-called problem drinkers.
92.
... group's oldest
member.
12&12
Tradition Three, pp.141-142
93.
... group opinion.
12&12
Tradition Two, pp.135-136
One of the first members of A.A., entirely contrary to his own desires, was obliged to conform to group opinion.
94.
... group, or
A.A. as a whole, would ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.107
For the time being, we who were
atheist or agnostic discovered that our own group, or A.A. as a whole, would suffice as a higher power.
95.
... group or
member should ever, in such ...
BB
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.565
10. No A.A.
group or member should ever, in such a way as to implicate A.A., express any opinion on outside controversial
issues -- particularly
those of politics, alcohol reform, or sectarian religion.
96.
... group or
member should ever, in such ...
12&12
Tradition Ten (Long), p.192
Ten -- No A.A.
group or member should ever, in such a way as to implicate A.A., express any opinion on outside controversial
issues -- particularly
those of politics, alcohol reform, or sectarian religion.
97.
... group or
upon a Higher Power hasn't ...
12&12
Step Three, p.38
98.
... group ought
never endorse, finance or lend ...
BB
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.562
Six -- An A.A. group ought never endorse, finance or lend the A.A. name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property and prestige divert us from our primary purpose.
99.
... group ought
never endorse, finance or lend ...
12&12
Contents (Tradition Six), p.11
Tradition Six -- "An A.A. group ought never endorse, finance or lend the A.A. name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property and prestige divert us from our
primary purpose."
100.
... group ought
never endorse, finance, or lend ...
12&12
Tradition Six, p.155
"An A.A. group ought never endorse, finance, or lend the A.A. name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property, and prestige divert us from our
primary purpose."
101.
... group ought
not do anything which would ...
12&12
Contents (Tradition Four), p.10
Two storm signals -- a group ought not do anything which
would injure A.A. as a whole, nor affiliate itself with outside interests.
102.
... group ought
not do anything which would ...
12&12
Tradition Four, p.147
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.
103.
... group ought
to be a spiritual entity ...
BB
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.563
5. Each Alcoholics Anonymous group ought to be a spiritual entity having but one primary purpose -- that of carrying its message to the alcoholic
who still suffers.
104.
... group ought
to be a spiritual entity ...
12&12
Tradition Five (Long), p.190
Five -- Each Alcoholics Anonymous
group ought to be a spiritual entity having but
one primary purpose -- that of carrying
its message to the alcoholic who still suffers.
105.
... group ought
to be fully self-supporting, declining ...
BB
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.562
106.
... group ought
to be fully self-supporting, declining ...
12&12
Contents (Tradition Seven), p.11
Tradition Seven -- "Every A.A. group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions."
107.
... group ought
to be fully self-supporting, declining ...
12&12
Tradition Seven, p.160
108.
... group promptly
took shape at New York, ...
BB
Foreword to Second Edition, p.xvii
A second small group promptly took shape at New York, to be followed in 1937 with the start of a third at Cleveland.
109.
... group, provided
that, as a group, they ...
BB
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.563
Any two or three alcoholics gathered together for sobriety may call themselves an A.A. group, provided that, as a group, they have no other affiliation.
110.
... group provided
that as a group they ...
12&12
Tradition Four, pp.146-147
So confident of this had we become that the original statement of A.A. tradition carried this significant sentence:
"Any two or three alcoholics gathered together for sobriety may call themselves an A.A. group provided that as a group they have no other affiliation."
111.
... group, provided
that, as a group, they ...
12&12
Tradition Three (Long), p.189
Any two or three alcoholics gathered together for sobriety may call themselves an A.A. group, provided that, as a group, they have no other affiliation.
112.
... group purpose
there is but one ultimate ...
BB
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.562
Two -- For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority -- a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern.
113.
... group purpose
there is but one ultimate ...
BB
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.563
2. For our group purpose
there is but one ultimate authority -- a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience.
114.
... group purpose
there is but one ultimate ...
12&12
Contents (Tradition Two), p.9
Tradition Two -- "For our
group purpose there is but one ultimate authority -- a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience. Our leaders
are but trusted servants;
they do not govern."
115.
... group purpose
there is but one ultimate ...
12&12
Tradition Two, p.132
"For our group purpose there
is but one ultimate authority -- a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience. Our leaders
are but trusted servants;
they do not govern."
116.
... group purpose
there is but one ultimate ...
12&12
Tradition Two (Long), p.189
Two -- For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority -- a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience.
117.
... group purposes.
12&12
Tradition Seven, p.160
It was soon apparent that while alcoholics would spend lavishly on Twelfth Step cases, they had a terrific aversion to dropping money into a meeting-place hat for group purposes.
118.
... group received
into its membership a salesman ...
12&12
Tradition Three, p.143
Not long after the man with the double stigma knocked for admission, A.A.'s other group received into its membership a salesman we
shall call Ed.
119.
... group, regional
committee, or individual should ever ...
BB
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.563
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.
120.
... group, regional
committee, or individual should ever ...
12&12
Tradition Four (Long), p.189
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.
121.
... group saw
these possibilities, they finally abandoned ...
12&12
Tradition Three, p.141
122.
... group should
be autonomous except in matters ...
BB
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.562
Four -- Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or A.A. as a whole.
123.
... group should
be autonomous except in matters ...
12&12
Contents (Tradition Four), p.10
Tradition Four -- "Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or A.A. as a whole."
124.
... group should
be autonomous except in matters ...
12&12
Tradition Four, p.146
125.
... group should
be responsible to no other ...
BB
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.563
4. With respect to its own affairs, each A.A. group should be responsible to
no other authority than its own conscience.
126.
... group should
be responsible to no other ...
12&12
Tradition Four (Long), p.189
Four -- With respect to its own affairs, each A.A. group should be responsible to no other authority than its own conscience.
127.
... group should
soon achieve this ideal; that ...
BB
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.564
We think that each group should soon achieve this ideal; that any public solicitation of funds using the name of Alcoholics Anonymous is
highly dangerous, whether by groups, clubs, hospitals, or other outside agencies; that acceptance
of large gifts from any source, or of contributions carrying
any obligation whatever, is unwise.
128.
... group should
soon achieve this ideal; that ...
12&12
Tradition Seven (Long), p.190
We think that each group should soon achieve this ideal; that any public solicitation of funds using the name of Alcoholics Anonymous is
highly dangerous, whether by groups, clubs, hospitals, or other outside agencies; that acceptance
of large gifts from any source, or of contributions carrying
any obligation whatever, is unwise.
129.
... group? Since
I am the victim of ...
12&12
Tradition Three, p.142
"But," he asked, "will you let me join your group? Since I am the victim of another addiction even worse stigmatized than alcoholism, you may not want
me among you. Or will you?"
130.
... group the
higher power, would presently love ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.109
From great numbers of such experiences, we could
predict that the doubter
who still claimed that he
hadn't got the "spiritual angle," and who still considered his well-loved A.A. group the higher power, would presently love God and call Him by name.
131.
... group there
how to run its business?
12&12
Tradition Nine, p.173
Who is more unpopular than
the oldtime A.A., full of wisdom, who moves to another area and tries to tell the group there how to run its business?
132.
... group, they
have no other affiliation.
BB
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.563
Any two or three alcoholics gathered together for sobriety may call themselves an A.A. group, provided that, as a group, they have no other affiliation.
133.
... group they
have no other affiliation."
12&12
Tradition Four, pp.146-147
So confident of this had we become that the original statement of A.A. tradition carried this significant sentence:
"Any two or three alcoholics gathered together for sobriety may call themselves an A.A. group provided that as a group they have no other affiliation."
134.
... group, they
have no other affiliation.
12&12
Tradition Three (Long), p.189
Any two or three alcoholics gathered together for sobriety may call themselves an A.A. group, provided that, as a group, they have no other affiliation.
135.
... group they
may mark a new epoch ...
BB
The Doctor's Opinion, pp.xxv-xxvi
These facts appear to be of
extreme medical importance; because of the
extraordinary possibilities of rapid growth inherent in this group they may mark a new epoch in the annals of alcoholism.
136.
... group, those
scores have since multiplied themselves ...
12&12
Tradition Three, p.142
137.
... group to
buy.
BB
Bill's Story, p.5
138.
... group to
function.
12&12
Tradition Two, p.134
139.
... group to
send in its list of ...
12&12
Tradition Three, p.140
140.
... group, too,
can deteriorate and die.
12&12
Tradition Nine, p.174
Unless there is approximate conformity
to A.A.'s Twelve Traditions, the group, too,
can deteriorate and die.
141.
... group unto
themselves and their best results ...
BB
Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A., p.569
Dr. G. Kirby Collier, psychiatrist:
"I have felt that A.A. is a group unto themselves and their best results can be had under their
own guidance, as a result of their philosophy.
142.
... group was
given five thousand dollars to ...
12&12
Tradition Seven, p.161
143.
... group was
in anguish so deep that ...
12&12
Tradition Three, p.144
144.
... group was
right and I was wrong; ...
12&12
Tradition Two, p.138
145.
... group was
struck at Akron, Ohio, in ...
BB
Foreword to Second Edition, p.xv
The spark that was to flare
into the first A.A. group was struck at Akron, Ohio, in June 1935, during a talk between a New York stockbroker and an Akron physician.
146.
... group was
to be autonomous and there ...
BB
Foreword to Second Edition, p.xix
It was thought that no alcoholic man or woman could be excluded from
our Society; that our leaders might serve but never govern; that each group was to be autonomous and there was to be no professional class of therapy.
147.
... group with
medication and education had come ...
12&12
Tradition Four, p.148
By his eloquence he allayed all fears, despite advice from the Foundation that it could issue no charter, and that ventures
which mixed an A.A. group with medication and education had come to sticky ends elsewhere.
148.
... group would
have to stick to its ...
12&12
Tradition Four, p.147
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