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From the books  ...  Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)


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1.
... individuals.   BB p.28, There Is A Solution   Go to page 28 in the Big Book
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   Go to page 13 in the Big Book
I expressed my entire willingness to approach these individuals, admitting my wrong.

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
These are only a few of the jobs which A.A. members as individuals have been asked to fill.

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.

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... 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   Go to page 27 in the Big Book
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   Go to page 46 in the Big Book
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   Go to page 46 in the Big Book
We looked askance at many individuals who claimed to be godly.


11.
... individuals with many different lifestyles, just as ...   BB xxii, Foreword to Third Edition   Display entire 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.


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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