From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... individuals.
BB p.28,
There Is A Solution
We think it no concern of ours what religious bodies our members identify themselves with as individuals.
2.
... individuals, admitting
my wrong.
BB p.13,
Bill's Story
3.
... individuals cannot
recover unless there is a ...
12&12 p.130,
Tradition One
The moment this Twelfth
Step work forms a group, another discovery is made -- that most individuals
cannot recover unless
there is a group.
4.
... individuals have
been asked to fill.
12&12 p.170,
Tradition Eight
5.
... individuals have
been more buffeted by such ...
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
No individuals have been more buffeted by such emotional gusts than those A.A.'s bold enough to accept employment with outside
agencies dealing with
the alcohol problem.
6.
... individuals in
these wider fields.
12&12 p.171,
Tradition Eight
We see that we have no right or need to discourage A.A.'s who wish to work as individuals in these wider fields.
7.
... individuals of
A.A.'s anonymity policy.
12&12 p.183,
Tradition Eleven
Since that time, editors
and rewrite men have repeatedly deleted names and pictures of members from A.A. copy; frequently, they have
reminded ambitious
individuals of A.A.'s anonymity policy.
8.
... individuals the
methods which I employed are ...
BB p.27,
There Is A Solution
With many individuals the methods which I employed
are successful, but I have never been successful with
an alcoholic of your description."(*)
9.
... individuals, warring
theological systems, and inexplicable calamity, ...
BB p.46,
We Agnostics
We looked upon this world of warring individuals, warring theological systems,
and inexplicable calamity, with deep skepticism.
10.
... individuals who
claimed to be godly.
BB p.46,
We Agnostics
11.
... individuals with
many different lifestyles, just as ...
BB xxii,
Foreword to Third Edition
The basic principles of
the A.A. program, it appears, hold good for individuals with many different lifestyles, just as the program has brought recovery to those of many different nationalities.
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