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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)
Three -- Our membership ought to include all who suffer from alcoholism.


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... include all who suffer from alcoholism.   BB p.563(565), Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition   Display entire Appendix I
3. Our membership ought to include all who suffer from alcoholism.


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... include Catholics, Protestants, Jews, Hindus, and a ...   BB xx, Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire Foreword to Second Edition
By personal religious affiliation, we include Catholics, Protestants, Jews, Hindus, and a sprinkling of Moslems and Buddhists.

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... 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?


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... include his family obligations may not be ...   BB p.129, The Family Afterward   Go to page 129 in the Big Book
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.


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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