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... its actions
never be personally punitive nor ...
BB
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form), p.575
XII. The Conference shall observe the spirit of A.A. tradition, taking care that it never becomes the seat of perilous wealth or power; that sufficient operating funds and reserve be its prudent financial principle; that it place none of its members in a position of unqualified authority
over others; that it reach all important decisions by discussion,
vote, and, whenever possible, by substantial
unanimity; that its actions never be personally punitive nor an incitement to public controversy; that
it never perform acts of government, and that,
like the Society it serves, it will always remain democratic in thought and
action.
2.
... its actual
operation it discloses a society ...
12&12
Tradition Nine, p.175
Though Tradition Nine at first sight seems to deal with a purely practical matter, in its actual operation it discloses a
society without organization, animated
only by the spirit of service -- a true fellowship.
3.
... its advantages
for all.
BB
Foreword to First Edition, p.xiii
4.
... its advantages
when reasonably used.
BB
To Wives, p.110
5.
... its advertising;
he was to be described ...
12&12
Tradition Six, p.158
The association wanted
to use our member's full name in all its advertising; he was to be
described both as its director of publicity and as a member of
Alcoholics Anonymous.
6.
... its affairs
as it pleases, except when ...
12&12
Contents (Tradition Four), p.10
7.
... its affairs
exactly as it pleases, except ...
12&12
Tradition Four, p.146
But in relation to us, it means very simply that every A.A. group can manage its affairs exactly as it pleases, except when A.A. as a whole is threatened.
8.
... its application
presented difficulties beyond our conception.
BB
The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxvii
We doctors have realized
for a long time that some form of moral psychology was of urgent importance to alcoholics, but its application presented
difficulties beyond
our conception.
9.
... its ashes
about.
BB
The Family Afterward, p.124
Then, under one provocation or another,
the aggrieved one would unearth the old affair and angrily cast its ashes about.
10.
... its attendant
suffering and humiliation, why is ...
BB
There Is A Solution, p.22
If hundreds of experiences have shown him
that one drink means another debacle with all its attendant suffering and
humiliation, why is it he
takes that one drink?
11.
Its author
was a man who for ...
12&12
Step Eleven, p.99
12.
... its authority.
12&12
Tradition Two, p.134
In either case, the group now has a so-called rotating committee, very sharply limited in its authority.
13.
... its best
moments for the worst I ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.43
My old manner of life was by no means a bad one, but I would not exchange
its best moments for the worst I have now.
14.
... its bestowal
upon others like us is ...
12&12
Tradition Five, p.151
This is our gift from God, and
its bestowal upon others like us is the one aim that today animates A.A.'s all around the globe.
15.
... its bills,
that's really news.
12&12
Tradition Seven, p.160
When a society composed
entirely of alcoholics
says it's going to pay its bills, that's really news.
16.
... its business?
12&12
Tradition Nine, p.173
Who is more unpopular than
the oldtime A.A., full of wisdom, who moves to another area and tries to tell the group there how to run its business?
17.
... its chief
application to situations which arise ...
12&12
Step Ten, p.90
18.
... its commitment
to health resorts, sanitariums, hospitals, ...
BB
To Wives, p.107
Most of us have entered the final stage with its commitment to health resorts, sanitariums, hospitals,
and jails.
19.
... its common
manifestations.
BB
How It Works, p.64
Being convinced that self, manifested in various ways, was what had defeated us, we considered its common manifestations.
20.
... its consequences.
12&12
Step One, p.21
We know that little good can come to any alcoholic who joins A.A. unless he has first accepted his devastating
weakness and all its consequences.
21.
... its core
it remains simple and personal.
BB
Foreword to Third Edition, p.xxii
In spite of the great increase in the size and the span of this Fellowship, at
its core it remains simple and personal.
22.
... its course
or be hopelessly lost.
12&12
Tradition Four, p.147
23.
... its demands.
12&12
Step One, p.21
Alcohol, now become the rapacious creditor, bleeds us of all self-sufficiency and all will to resist its demands.
24.
... its direction?
12&12
Contents (Tradition Two), p.10
25.
... its direction?
12&12
Tradition Two, p.132
26.
... its director
of publicity and as a ...
12&12
Tradition Six, p.158
The association wanted
to use our member's full name in all its advertising; he was to be
described both as its director of publicity and as a member of
Alcoholics Anonymous.
27.
... its effectiveness
would be increased if we ...
BB
There Is A Solution, p.19
None of us makes a sole vocation of this work, nor do we think its effectiveness would be increased if we did.
28.
... its elders,
will be in the long ...
12&12
Tradition Two, p.135
This is the experience which has led us to the conclusion that
our group conscience, well-advised by its elders, will be in the long run wiser than any single leader.
29.
... its elements
are simple.
BB
We Agnostics, p.57
30.
... its environs
there are one thousand of ...
BB
Bill's Story, p.15
31.
... its era
had almost forgotten.
12&12
Tradition Seven, p.165
They pointed out that the irresponsible had become
responsible, and that by making financial independence part of its tradition, Alcoholics Anonymous had
revived an ideal that its era had almost forgotten.
32.
... its experience
in a book which finally ...
12&12
Foreword, p.17
Nevertheless, the infant Society determined to set down its experience in a book which finally reached the public in April 1939.
33.
... its Fellowship
will number many hundreds.(*)
BB
A Vision For You, p.161
34.
... its first
fruits is emotional balance.
12&12
Step Eleven, p.101
35.
... its first
major test.
12&12
Step Three, p.38
36.
... its first
step in the formation of ...
12&12
Tradition Three, p.142
37.
... its flight
like a boomerang and all ...
BB
Bill's Story, p.2
Out of this alloy of drink and speculation, I commenced to forge the weapon that one day would turn in its flight like a boomerang and all but
cut me to ribbons.
38.
... its fold,
Alcoholics Anonymous has made the ...
BB
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.561
To those now in its fold, Alcoholics Anonymous has
made the difference between misery and sobriety, and often the difference between life and death.
39.
Its foreword
made this revealing statement: "It ...
12&12
Tradition Twelve, p.184
Its foreword made this revealing statement: "It is important that we remain anonymous because we are
too few, at present, to handle the overwhelming
number of personal appeals which may result from
this publication.
40.
... its Foundation
Board,(*) nor the humblest group ...
12&12
Tradition Nine, p.173
Neither its General Service Conference, its Foundation Board,(*) nor the humblest group committee can issue a single directive to an A.A. member and make it stick, let alone mete out any punishment.
41.
... its friends,
this is but the beginning ...
12&12
Foreword, p.18
42.
... its full
implication, it is really talking ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.106
When the Twelfth Step is seen in its full implication, it is really talking about the kind of love that has no price tag
on it.
43.
... its General
Service Conference, its Foundation Board,(*) ...
12&12
Tradition Nine, p.173
Neither its General Service Conference, its Foundation Board,(*) nor the humblest group committee can issue a single directive to an A.A. member and make it stick, let alone mete out any punishment.
44.
... its "God
nonsense."
12&12
Tradition Three, p.143
45.
... its grip.
BB
Bill's Story, p.2
46.
... Its headquarters
address is 1600 Corporate Landing ...
12&12
Step Twelve (Note), p.118
(*) In adapted form, the Steps are also used by Al-Anon Family Groups. Not a part of A.A., this worldwide fellowship consists of spouses and other relatives or friends of alcoholics (in A.A. or still drinking). Its headquarters address is 1600 Corporate Landing Pkwy, Virginia Beach, VA 23454-5617.
47.
... its hidden
springs that relapse was unthinkable.
BB
There Is A Solution, p.26
Above all, he believed he
had acquired such a profound knowledge of the
inner workings of his mind and its hidden springs that relapse was unthinkable.
48.
... its hopelessness,
the physician began to pursue ...
BB
Foreword to Second Edition, p.xvi
But when the broker gave him
Dr. Silkworth's description of alcoholism and its hopelessness, the physician began to pursue the spiritual remedy for his malady with a willingness he had never before been able to muster.
49.
... its individual
members.
12&12
Tradition Eleven, p.182
Here was something rare in the world -- a society which said it wished to publicize its principles and its work, but not its individual members.
50.
... its individual
members; surely there is none ...
12&12
Tradition One, p.129
We believe there isn't a fellowship on earth which lavishes more devoted care upon its individual members; surely there is none which more jealously guards the individual's right to think, talk, and act as he wishes.
51.
... its individual
members waxed prosperous.
12&12
Tradition Seven, p.161
52.
... its infancy
into adolescence, we swung from ...
12&12
Tradition Seven, p.161
As A.A. emerged from its infancy into adolescence, we swung from
the idea that we needed vast sums of money to the notion that A.A. shouldn't have any.
53.
... its inner
essence is.
12&12
Step Eleven, p.101
54.
... its interior.
12&12
Step Three, p.36
55.
... its international
service center.
BB
Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A., p.573
56.
... its key
word.
12&12
Step Twelve, p.106
57.
... its keyword.
12&12
Contents (Step Twelve), p.8
58.
... its leaders
shall serve.
12&12
Tradition Two, p.134
59.
... its leadership
to draw votes.
12&12
Tradition Eleven, p.181
A political party wishes to win an election, so it advertises the virtues of
its leadership to draw votes.
60.
... its legions
of well-wishers, A.A. could never ...
12&12
Tradition Eleven, p.180
61.
... its letterhead
shows the name of every ...
12&12
Tradition Eleven, p.181
A worthy charity wants to raise money; forthwith, its letterhead shows the name of every distinguished person whose support can be obtained.
62.
... its list
of 'protective' regulations.
12&12
Tradition Three, p.140
63.
Its main
object is to enable you ...
BB
We Agnostics, p.45
Its main object is to enable you to find a Power greater than yourself which
will solve your problem.
64.
... its members
and enforce obedience to necessary ...
12&12
Tradition Nine, p.172
Did anyone ever hear of a society which couldn't
somehow discipline
its members and enforce obedience to necessary rules and regulations?
65.
... its members
govern or direct the group.
12&12
Tradition Two, p.134
66.
... its members
in a position of unqualified ...
BB
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form), p.575
XII. The Conference shall observe the spirit of A.A. tradition, taking care that it never becomes the seat of perilous wealth or power; that sufficient operating funds and reserve be its prudent financial principle; that it place none of its members in a position of unqualified authority
over others; that it reach all important decisions by discussion,
vote, and, whenever possible, by substantial
unanimity; that its actions never be personally punitive nor an incitement to public controversy; that
it never perform acts of government, and that,
like the Society it serves, it will always remain democratic in thought and
action.
67.
... its members
to impose obedience upon the ...
12&12
Tradition Nine, p.172
Doesn't nearly every society on earth give authority to some of
its members to impose obedience upon the rest and to punish or expel offenders?
68.
... its membership
a salesman we shall call ...
12&12
Tradition Three, p.143
Not long after the man with the double stigma knocked for admission, A.A.'s other group received into its membership a salesman we
shall call Ed.
69.
... its membership
might angrily rush off to ...
12&12
Tradition Ten, p.177
Disliking the attempt of
some to manage a group, half its membership might angrily
rush off to form another group more to their liking.
70.
... its membership
regulations?
12&12
Tradition Three, p.141
71.
... its message
to the alcoholic who still ...
BB
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.562
Five -- Each group has but one primary purpose -- to carry its message to the alcoholic
who still suffers.
72.
... its message
to the alcoholic who still ...
BB
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.563
5. Each Alcoholics Anonymous group ought to be a spiritual entity having but one primary purpose -- that of carrying its message to the alcoholic
who still suffers.
73.
... its message
to the alcoholic who still ...
12&12
Contents (Tradition Five), p.10
Tradition Five -- "Each group has but one primary purpose -- to carry its message to the alcoholic who still suffers."
74.
... its message
to the alcoholic who still ...
12&12
Tradition Five, p.150
"Each group has but one primary purpose -- to carry its message to the alcoholic who still suffers."
75.
... its message
to the alcoholic who still ...
12&12
Tradition Five (Long), p.190
Five -- Each Alcoholics Anonymous group ought to be a spiritual entity having but
one primary purpose -- that of carrying
its message to the alcoholic who still suffers.
76.
... its morality
was impossibly good; in others ...
12&12
Step Two, p.30
77.
... its mystery
is; and let us lift ...
12&12
Step Eleven, p.100
Let us look now upon the sea and ponder what its mystery is; and let us lift our eyes to the far horizon, beyond which we shall seek all those wonders still unseen.
78.
... its name.
12&12
Foreword, p.17
79.
... its object
is always the same: to ...
12&12
Step Eleven, p.101
But its object is always the same: to improve our conscious contact with God, with His grace, wisdom, and love.
80.
... its object
is to thoroughly clear mind ...
BB
To Employers, p.143
81.
... its occupations
are represented, as well as ...
BB
There Is A Solution, p.17
All sections of this country and many of its occupations are represented, as well as many political, economic, social, and religious backgrounds.
82.
... its own
affairs, each A.A. group should ...
BB
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.563
4. With respect to its own affairs, each A.A. group should be responsible
to no other authority than its own conscience.
83.
... its own
affairs, each A.A. group should ...
12&12
Tradition Four (Long), p.189
Four -- With respect to its own affairs, each A.A. group should be responsible to no other authority than its own conscience.
84.
... its own
book.
BB
Foreword to Second Edition, p.xvii
The fledgling society,
which had been nameless, now
began to be called Alcoholics Anonymous,
from the title of its own book.
85.
... its own
conscience.
BB
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.563
4. With respect to its own affairs, each A.A. group should be responsible
to no other authority than its own conscience.
86.
... its own
conscience.
12&12
Tradition Four (Long), p.189
Four -- With respect to its own affairs, each A.A. group should be responsible to no other authority than its own conscience.
87.
... its own
conscience as a guide to ...
12&12
Tradition Four, p.147
This meant, of course, that
we had been given the courage to declare each A.A. group an individual entity, strictly reliant on its own conscience as a guide to action.
88.
... its own
right.
12&12
Step Four, p.49
89.
... its paralyzing
grip.
12&12
Step Seven, pp.72-73
Every newcomer in Alcoholics Anonymous is
told, and soon realizes for himself, that
his humble admission of
powerlessness over alcohol is his first step toward liberation from its paralyzing grip.
90.
... its people
really dominated us.
BB
How It Works, p.66
91.
... its people
were often quite wrong.
BB
How It Works, pp.65-66
92.
... its pioneering
time.
BB
Foreword to Second Edition, p.xvii
93.
... its place.
12&12
Step Five, p.62
94.
... its plans
concern the welfare of neighboring ...
BB
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.563
But when its plans concern the welfare of neighboring groups also, those groups ought to be consulted.
95.
... its plans
concern the welfare of neighboring ...
12&12
Tradition Four (Long), p.189
But when its plans concern the welfare of neighboring groups also, those groups ought to be consulted.
96.
... its power
and simplicity.
BB
Foreword to Fourth Edition, p.xxiv
Modem-to-modem or face-to-face, A.A.'s speak the language of the heart in all
its power and simplicity.
97.
... its present
form, substance, and unity.
12&12
Foreword, p.18
The Tradition section of
this volume portrays in
some detail the experience which finally
produced the Twelve Traditions and so gave A.A. its present form, substance, and unity.
98.
... its primary
purpose.
12&12
Tradition Seven, pp.164-165
The pressure of that fat treasury would surely tempt the board to invent all kinds of schemes to do good with such funds, and so divert A.A. from its primary purpose.
99.
... its principal
patient and would-be manager.
12&12
Tradition Seven, p.161
We had been presented with a hospital, and almost immediately the donor's son became its principal patient and would-be manager.
100.
... its principles
and its work, but not ...
12&12
Tradition Eleven, p.182
Here was something rare in the world -- a society which said it wished to publicize its principles and its work, but not its individual members.
101.
... its prudent
financial principle; that it place ...
BB
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form), p.575
XII. The Conference shall observe the spirit of A.A. tradition, taking care that it never becomes the seat of perilous wealth or power; that sufficient operating funds and reserve be its prudent financial principle; that it place none of its members in a position of unqualified authority
over others; that it reach all important decisions by discussion,
vote, and, whenever possible, by substantial
unanimity; that its actions never be personally punitive nor an incitement to public controversy; that
it never perform acts of government, and that,
like the Society it serves, it will always remain democratic in thought and
action.
102.
... its purpose
for lack of nourishment, so ...
12&12
Step Eleven, p.97
103.
... its quantity.
12&12
Step Two, p.32
104.
... its quick
energy value at times of ...
BB
The Family Afterward, pp.133-134
He thought all alcoholics should constantly have chocolate available for
its quick energy value at times of fatigue.
105.
... its ramifications.
BB
Foreword to Second Edition, p.xxi
In all probability, we shall never be able to touch more than a fair fraction of the alcohol problem in all its ramifications.
106.
... its real
merit is.
12&12
Step Eleven, p.102
107.
... its right
to be wrong.
12&12
Tradition Four, p.149
108.
... its rotating
committee, and the groups of ...
BB
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.565
The small group may elect its secretary, the large group its rotating committee, and
the groups of a large metropolitan area their central or intergroup committee, which often employs a full-time secretary.
109.
... its rotating
committee, and the groups of ...
12&12
Tradition Nine (Long), p.191
The small group may elect its secretary, the large group its rotating committee, and
the groups of a large metropolitan area their central or intergroup committee, which often employs a full-time secretary.
110.
... its satisfactions
for us, too.
12&12
Step Six, p.67
Gossip barbed with our anger, a polite form of murder by character assassination, has its satisfactions for us, too.
111.
... its secretary,
the large group its rotating ...
BB
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.565
The small group may elect its secretary, the large group its rotating committee, and
the groups of a large metropolitan area their central or intergroup committee, which often employs a full-time secretary.
112.
... its secretary,
the large group its rotating ...
12&12
Tradition Nine (Long), p.191
The small group may elect its secretary, the large group its rotating committee, and
the groups of a large metropolitan area their central or intergroup committee, which often employs a full-time secretary.
113.
... its service
corporations, staffs, committees, and executives ...
BB
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form), p.574
III. To insure effective leadership, we
should endow each element of A.A. -- the Conference, the General Service Board and its service corporations, staffs, committees, and executives -- with a traditional "Right of Decision."
114.
... its significance
everywhere.
BB
How It Works, p.69
115.
... its sole
objective.
12&12
Tradition Four, p.147
116.
... its soundness
may, of course, mean little.
BB
The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxvi
117.
... its spirit.
12&12
Tradition Twelve, p.186
118.
... its successful
consummation.
BB
There Is A Solution, p.25
Almost none of us liked the self-searching, the leveling of
our pride, the confession
of shortcomings which the process requires for its successful consummation.
119.
... its suggestions.
BB
To Employers, p.144
When the man is presented
with this volume it is best
that no one tell him he must abide by its suggestions.
120.
... its suggestions.
BB
A Vision For You, p.153
Our hope is that when this chip
of a book is launched on the
world tide of alcoholism, defeated drinkers will seize upon it, to follow its suggestions.
121.
... its telephone,
but it was an open ...
12&12
Tradition Eight, p.167
Even more important, an empty club couldn't answer its telephone, but it was an open invitation to a drunk on a binge who possessed a spare key.
122.
... its tradition,
Alcoholics Anonymous had revived an ...
12&12
Tradition Seven, p.165
They pointed out that the irresponsible had become
responsible, and that by making financial independence part of its tradition, Alcoholics Anonymous had
revived an ideal that its era had almost forgotten.
123.
... its trees.
BB
We Agnostics, p.50
We missed the reality and
the beauty of the forest because we were diverted by
the ugliness of some of its
trees.
124.
Its trustees
are the caretakers and expediters ...
12&12
Tradition Nine, p.175
125.
... its trustees
might be tempted to run ...
12&12
Tradition Seven, p.164
Whoever pays the piper is apt to call the tune, and if the A.A. Foundation obtained money from outside sources, its trustees might be tempted to run things without reference to the wishes of
A.A. as a whole.
126.
... its Twelve
Steps are but suggestions.
12&12
Step Two, p.26
127.
... its unique
and highly successful approach to ...
BB
Appendix IV, The Lasker Award, p.571
"The American Public Health Association presents a Lasker Group Award for 1951 to Alcoholics Anonymous in recognition of its unique and highly successful approach to
that age-old public health and social problem, alcoholism ... In emphasizing alcoholism
as an illness, the social
stigma associated with
this condition is being blotted out ... Historians may one day recognize Alcoholics Anonymous to
have been a great venture in
social pioneering which
forged a new instrument for social action; a new therapy based on the kinship of common suffering; one having a vast potential for the myriad other ills of mankind."
128.
... its unique
and valuable service.
12&12
Foreword, p.18
129.
... its unique
but effective therapy."
BB
Appendix V, The Religious View on A.A., p.572
This self-insurance has resulted in the restoration of physical,
mental and spiritual health and self-respect to hundreds of men and women who would be hopelessly down and out without its unique but effective therapy."
130.
... its unity
and relates itself to the ...
12&12
Foreword, p.15
They outline the means by
which A.A. maintains its unity and relates itself to the world about it, the way it lives and grows.
131.
... its walls.
BB
A Vision For You, p.162
132.
... its waste
of time, men and reputation.
BB
To Employers, p.148
Alcoholism may be causing your organization considerable damage in
its waste of time, men and reputation.
133.
... its way
with us.
12&12
Step Two, p.29
134.
... its weekly
visitors, for they number sixty ...
BB
A Vision For You, p.161
Now, this house will hardly accommodate its weekly visitors, for they number sixty or eighty as a rule.
135.
... its weight
to be willing to look ...
12&12
Step Three, pp.37-38
Each of us has had his own near-fatal encounter with the juggernaut of self-will, and has suffered enough under its weight to be willing to look for something better.
136.
... its will
upon the rest.
12&12
Step Three, p.37
137.
... its work.
12&12
Step Ten, p.90
Before we ask what a spot-check inventory is, let's look at the kind of setting in which such an inventory can do its work.
138.
... its work,
but not its individual members.
12&12
Tradition Eleven, p.182
Here was something rare in the world -- a society which said it wished to publicize its principles and its work, but not its individual members.
139.
... its works.
12&12
Step Two, p.30
140.
... its world
affairs.
BB
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form), p.574
II. The General Service Conference of A.A. has become, for nearly every practical purpose, the active voice and the effective conscience of
our whole Society in its world affairs.
141.
... its World
Service Office, 1600 Corporate Landing ...
BB
To Wives (Note), p.121
If there is no Al-Anon listing in your local telephone book, you may obtain further information on Al-Anon/Alateen Family Groups by writing to its World Service Office, 1600 Corporate Landing Parkway, Virginia Beach, VA 23454-5617.
142.
... its worst
aspect.
BB
The Family Afterward, p.132
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