From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
HISTORY occurs
6 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... history.
12&12 p.165,
Tradition Seven
Then our
trustees wrote a
bright page of
A.A. history.
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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