From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... held at
Cleveland.
BB xix,
Foreword to Second Edition
Though none of these principles had the force
of rules or laws, they had become so widely accepted by 1950 that they
were confirmed by our first International Conference held at Cleveland.
2.
... held at
Cleveland in 1950.
12&12 p.18,
Foreword
It was out of this vast welter of explosive experience that A.A.'s Twelve Traditions took form and were first published in 1946 and later confirmed at A.A.'s First International Convention, held at Cleveland in 1950.
3.
... held the
key to the future.
BB p.66,
How It Works
4.
... held up
to me the basic principle ...
12&12 p.26,
Step Two
Time after time, my instructors held up to me the basic principle of all scientific progress: search and research, again and again, always with the open mind.
5.
... held up
to ridicule.
BB p.38,
More About Alcoholism
6.
... held us
together as we are now ...
BB p.17,
There Is A Solution
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