From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... include all
who suffer from alcoholism.
12&12 p.189,
Tradition Three (Long)
2.
... include all
who suffer from alcoholism.
BB p.563(565),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
3.
... include Catholics,
Protestants, Jews, Hindus, and a ...
BB xx,
Foreword to Second Edition
By personal religious
affiliation, we include
Catholics, Protestants, Jews, Hindus, and a sprinkling
of Moslems and Buddhists.
4.
... include every
conceivable kind of character, and ...
12&12 p.141,
Tradition Three
Could any then imagine a society which would include every conceivable kind of character, and cut across every barrier of race, creed, politics, and language
with ease?
5.
... include his
family obligations may not be ...
BB p.129,
The Family Afterward
He will perceive that his
spiritual growth is lopsided, that for an average man like himself, a spiritual life which does
not include his family obligations may not be so perfect after all.
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