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


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... invited A.A. members to tell their stories.   BB xviii, Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire Foreword to Second Edition
In the spring of 1940, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. gave a dinner for many of his friends to which he invited A.A. members to tell their stories.


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... invited our friend to his home.   BB p.155, A Vision For You   Go to page 155 in the Big Book
Being intrigued, however, he invited our friend to his home.


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... invited out because I would surely get ...   BB p.177, Doctor Bob's Nightmare   Go to page 177 in the Big Book
We could not be invited out because I would surely get tight, and my wife dared not invite people in for the same reason.


4.
... invited out, our husbands sneaked so many ...   BB p.105, To Wives   Go to page 105 in the Big Book
When we were invited out, our husbands sneaked so many drinks that they spoiled the occasion.


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... invited to carry on a correspondence which ...   BB p.573(575), Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A.   Display entire Appendix VI
If there is none nearby, you will be invited to carry on a correspondence which will do much to insure your sobriety no matter how isolated you are.


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... invited to join in morning meditation and ...   BB p.134, The Family Afterward   Go to page 134 in the Big Book
When this happens, they can be invited to join in morning meditation and then they can take part in the daily discussion without rancor or bias.


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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