From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... Groups.
12&12 p.118,
Step Twelve (Note)
2.
... groups.
12&12 p.17,
Foreword
3.
... groups.
12&12 p.170,
Tradition Eight
For this reason, some very
good causes and all connected with them suffered unjust criticism from A.A. groups.
4.
... groups.
12&12 p.190,
Tradition Six (Long)
Secondary aids to A.A., such as clubs or hospitals which require much property or administration, ought
to be incorporated and so set apart that, if necessary, they can be freely discarded by the
groups.
5.
... groups.
BB p.16,
Bill's Story (Note)
6.
... groups.
BB p.162,
A Vision For You (Note)
7.
... groups.
BB p.564(566),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
Secondary aids to A.A., such as clubs or hospitals which require much property or administration, ought
to be incorporated and so set apart that, if necessary, they can be freely discarded by the
groups.
8.
... groups.
BB p.573(575),
Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A.
9.
... groups also,
those groups ought to be ...
12&12 p.189,
Tradition Four (Long)
But when its plans concern the welfare of neighboring groups also, those groups ought to be consulted.
10.
... groups also,
those groups ought to be ...
BB p.563(565),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
But when its plans concern the welfare of neighboring groups also, those groups ought to be consulted.
11.
... groups and
A.A. as a whole could ...
BB xix,
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.
12.
... groups, and
medical societies.
12&12 p.186,
Tradition Twelve
Soon, groups began to receive requests for A.A. speakers to appear before civic organizations, church
groups, and medical societies.
13.
Groups are
to be found in each ...
BB xv,
Foreword to Second Edition
14.
... groups became
the prime question.
12&12 p.130,
Tradition One
15.
... groups began
to hold meetings which were ...
12&12 p.186,
Tradition Twelve
Consequently, many
groups began to hold meetings which were open to interested friends and the public, so
that the average citizen
could see for himself just what A.A. was all about.
16.
... groups began
to receive requests for A.A. ...
12&12 p.186,
Tradition Twelve
Soon, groups began to receive requests for A.A. speakers to appear before civic organizations, church
groups, and medical societies.
17.
... Groups by
writing to its World Service ...
BB p.121,
To Wives (Note)
If there is no Al-Anon/Alateen listing in
your local telephone book, you may obtain further information on
Al-Anon/Alateen Family Groups by writing to its World Service Office, 1600 Corporate Landing Parkway, Virginia Beach, VA 23454-5617.
18.
... groups, clubs,
and scores of other perplexities.
12&12 p.18,
Foreword
Everywhere there arose
threatening questions of membership, money, personal relations, public relations, management of groups, clubs, and scores of other perplexities.
19.
... groups, clubs,
hospitals, or other outside agencies; ...
12&12 p.190,
Tradition Seven (Long)
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.
20.
... groups, clubs,
hospitals, or other outside agencies; ...
BB p.564(566),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
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.
21.
... Groups, composed
largely of the wives, husbands ...
BB p.573(575),
Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A.
This is a world clearing
house for the Al-Anon Family Groups, composed largely of the wives, husbands and friends of A.A. members.
22.
... groups could
duplicate everywhere.
12&12 p.147,
Tradition Four
They figured the town needed a great big alcoholic center, a kind of pilot plant A.A. groups could duplicate everywhere.
23.
... groups down
with a bang.
12&12 p.185,
Tradition Twelve
24.
... groups emerged
-- the first at Akron, the ...
12&12 p.16,
Foreword
After three years of trial and error in selecting the most
workable tenets upon which the Society could
be based, and after a large amount of failure in getting alcoholics to recover,
three successful groups emerged -- the first at Akron, the second at New York, and the third at Cleveland.
25.
... groups finally
torn asunder because they were ...
12&12 p.176,
Tradition Ten
All history affords us
the spectacle of striving nations and groups finally torn asunder because they were designed
for, or tempted into, controversy.
26.
... groups for
voluntary contributions.
12&12 p.162,
Tradition Seven
27.
... groups had
their fling at education, and ...
12&12 p.156,
Tradition Six
A.A. groups had their fling at education, and
when they began to publicly whoop up the merits of this or that brand, people became confused.
28.
Groups have
tried to expel members, but ...
12&12 p.173,
Tradition Nine
Groups have tried to expel members, but the banished have come back to sit in the meeting place, saying, "This is life for us;
you can't keep us out."
29.
... Groups, he
was convinced of the need ...
BB xvi,
Foreword to Second Edition
Though he could not accept
all the tenets of the Oxford Groups, he was convinced of the need for moral inventory, confession of personality defects, restitution to those harmed, helpfulness to
others, and the necessity of belief in and
dependence upon God.
30.
... groups in
other cities.
BB xvii,
Foreword to Second Edition
Besides these, there were scattered alcoholics
who had picked up the basic ideas in Akron or New York who were trying to form groups in other cities.
31.
... groups in
the United States and Canada ...
BB xxii,
Foreword to Third Edition
Surveys of groups in the United States and Canada indicate that A.A. is reaching out, not only to more and more people, but to a wider and wider range.
32.
... Groups, Inc.,
1600 Corporate Landing Parkway, Virginia ...
BB p.573(575),
Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A.
Should you be the relative or friend of an alcoholic who
shows no immediate interest in A.A., it is suggested that you
write the Al-Anon Family Groups, Inc., 1600 Corporate Landing Parkway, Virginia Beach, VA 23456, USA.
33.
... groups, knocked
on the door and asked ...
12&12 p.141,
Tradition Three
34.
... groups, many
thought, could go into business, ...
12&12 p.155,
Tradition Six
The A.A. groups, many thought, could go into business, might finance any enterprise whatever in
the total field of alcoholism.
35.
... groups meeting
in approximately 150 countries around ...
BB xxiii,
Foreword to Fourth Edition
Since the third edition
was published in 1976, worldwide membership
of A.A. has just about doubled, to an estimated
two million or more, with nearly 100,800 groups meeting in approximately 150 countries around the world.
36.
... groups meeting
in over 90 countries.
BB xxii,
Foreword to Third Edition
By March 1976, when this edition went to the printer, the total worldwide membership
of Alcoholics Anonymous was conservatively estimated at more than 1,000,000, with almost 28,000 groups meeting in over 90 countries.
37.
... groups multiplied,
so did anonymity problems.
12&12 p.185,
Tradition Twelve
38.
... groups must
be answered by people who ...
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
Sacks of letters on every conceivable A.A. problem ranging from a lonely-heart Eskimo to the growing pains of thousands of groups must be answered by people who know.
39.
... groups of
a large metropolitan area their ...
12&12 p.191,
Tradition Nine (Long)
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.
40.
... groups of
a large metropolitan area their ...
BB p.565(567),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
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.
41.
... groups of
alcoholics trying to hold their ...
12&12 p.141,
Tradition Three
In that time nothing could
be seen but two struggling, nameless
groups of alcoholics trying to hold their faces up to the light.
42.
... groups of
alcoholics were secret societies.
12&12 p.184,
Tradition Twelve
43.
... groups of
depressive and paranoid folks; the ...
12&12 p.156,
Tradition Six
We'd form groups of depressive and paranoid
folks; the deeper the neurosis, the better we'd
like it.
44.
... Groups of
that day.
BB xvi,
Foreword to Second Edition
Six months earlier, the broker had been
relieved of his drink obsession by a sudden spiritual experience,
following a meeting
with an alcoholic friend who had been in contact with the Oxford
Groups of that day.
45.
... groups often
maintain local offices where alcoholics ...
BB p.573(575),
Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A.
In large cities, groups often maintain local offices where alcoholics
or their families may arrange for interviews
or hospitalization.
46.
... groups oppose
no one.
12&12 p.192,
Tradition Ten (Long)
47.
... groups oppose
no one.
BB p.565(567),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
48.
... groups or
A.A. as a whole."
12&12 p.146,
Tradition Four
49.
... groups or
A.A. as a whole.
BB p.562(564),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
Four -- Each group should be autonomous
except in matters affecting other groups or A.A. as a whole.
50.
... groups or
from Box 459, Grand Central ...
BB p.570(572),
Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.
(This address is now available in pamphlet form at nominal cost through most A.A. groups or from Box 459, Grand Central Station, New York, NY 10163, under the title "Three Talks to Medical Societies by Bill W." -- formerly called "Bill on Alcoholism" and earlier "Alcoholism the
Illness.")
51.
... groups ought
to be consulted.
12&12 p.189,
Tradition Four (Long)
But when its plans concern the welfare of neighboring groups also, those groups ought to be consulted.
52.
... groups ought
to be consulted.
BB p.563(565),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
But when its plans concern the welfare of neighboring groups also, those groups ought to be consulted.
53.
... groups refused
to have a cent in ...
12&12 p.161,
Tradition Seven
54.
... groups started
up and it was found, ...
BB xviii,
Foreword to Second Edition
New groups started up and it was found, to the astonishment of everyone, that A.A.'s message could be transmitted in the mail as
well as by word of mouth.
55.
... groups themselves
ought to be fully supported ...
12&12 p.190,
Tradition Seven (Long)
Seven -- The A.A. groups themselves ought to be fully supported by the voluntary contributions of their own members.
56.
... groups themselves
ought to be fully supported ...
BB p.564(566),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
7. The A.A. groups themselves ought to be fully supported by the voluntary contributions of their own members.
57.
... groups thought,
to place their message and ...
BB xvii,
Foreword to Second Edition
It was now time, the struggling groups thought, to place their message and unique experience before the world.
58.
... groups to
handle our over-all public relations ...
BB p.565(567),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
They are authorized by the groups to handle our over-all public relations and they guarantee the integrity
of our principal newspaper, the A.A. Grapevine.
59.
... groups to
handle our overall public relations ...
12&12 p.191,
Tradition Nine (Long)
They are authorized by the groups to handle our overall public relations and they guarantee the integrity
of our principal newspaper, the A.A. Grapevine.
60.
... Groups was
formed about thirteen years after ...
BB p.121,
To Wives (Note)
(*) The fellowship of Al-Anon Family Groups was formed about thirteen years after this chapter was written.
61.
... groups was
slow.
12&12 p.162,
Tradition Seven
62.
... groups we
could do together what we ...
12&12 p.152,
Tradition Five
I insisted that few drunks could ever get well on their own steam, but that in our groups we could do together what
we could not do separately.
63.
... groups were
forming.
12&12 p.147,
Tradition Four
64.
... groups, were
referred to these prospective newcomers.
BB xviii,
Foreword to Second Edition
65.
... groups weren't
sending in enough for the ...
12&12 p.164,
Tradition Seven
The Foundation was really hard up just then; the groups weren't sending in enough for the support of the office; we
had been tossing in all the book income and even that hadn't been enough.
66.
... groups "wet,"
others "dry," still others "Republican" ...
12&12 p.147,
Tradition Four
There would be real danger
should we commence to call
some groups "wet," others "dry," still others "Republican" or "Communist," and yet others "Catholic" or "Protestant."
67.
... groups whose
membership is far above 150,000 ...
BB xv,
Foreword to Second Edition
In that brief space, Alcoholics Anonymous
has mushroomed into nearly 6,000 groups whose membership is far above 150,000 recovered alcoholics.
68.
... groups will
never fully support the office.
12&12 p.164,
Tradition Seven
69.
... groups would
have to reach quickly as ...
12&12 p.186,
Tradition Twelve
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