From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... history.
12&12 p.165,
Tradition Seven
2.
... history.
BB p.25,
There Is A Solution
3.
... history affords
us the spectacle of striving ...
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.
4.
... history, and
soon have the solid facts.
12&12 p.132,
Tradition Two
Then they commence to watch us with speculative
eyes, pick up a fragment of A.A. history, and soon have the solid facts.
5.
... history from
the first edition were retained ...
BB xi,
Preface
"Bill's Story," "Doctor Bob's Nightmare," and one other personal history from the first edition were retained intact; three were edited and one of these was retitled; new versions of two stories were written, with
new titles; thirty completely new stories were added; and the story section was divided into three parts, under the same headings that are used now.
6.
... history tell
us that the intellect of ...
BB p.51,
We Agnostics
Students of ancient
history tell us that the intellect of men in those days was equal to the best of today.
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