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From the books  ...  Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)


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1.
... held at Cleveland.   BB xix, Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire 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   Go to page 66 in the Big Book
We turned back to the list, for it held the key to the future.

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   Go to page 38 in the Big Book
Finally, he can no longer work, his wife gets a divorce and he is held up to ridicule.


6.
... held us together as we are now ...   BB p.17, There Is A Solution   Go to page 17 in the Big Book
But that in itself would never have held us together as we are now joined.


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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