From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... joined.
BB p.17,
There Is A Solution
2.
... joined A.A.
and intends to stick has, ...
12&12 p.35,
Step Three
Every man and woman who has joined A.A. and intends to stick has, without realizing it, made a beginning on Step Three.
3.
... joined A.A.
at all, so great was ...
12&12 p.140,
Tradition Three
If all those rules had been
in effect everywhere,
nobody could have possibly joined A.A. at all, so great was the sum of our anxiety and fear.
4.
... joined by
a psychiatrist who says, "Defiant ...
12&12 p.174,
Tradition Nine
5.
... joined by
young people who were scarcely ...
12&12 p.23,
Step One
As this trend grew, they were
joined by young people who were scarcely more than potential alcoholics.
6.
... joined the
wets.
12&12 p.158,
Tradition Six
Half the people in this country would think we'd signed up with the drys, the other half would think we'd joined the wets.
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