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


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... lend a hand, at the same time ...   BB p.162, A Vision For You   Go to page 162 in the Big Book
This practice enables us to lend a hand, at the same time avoiding certain alluring distractions of the road, about which any traveling man can inform you.(*)


2.
... lend him your copy of this book.   BB p.94, Working With Others   Go to page 94 in the Big Book
If he shows interest, lend him your copy of this book.


3.
... lend itself to reasonable approach and interpretation.   BB p.53, We Agnostics   Go to page 53 in the Big Book
We agnostically inclined would not feel satisfied with a proposal which does not lend itself to reasonable approach and interpretation.

4.
... lend the A.A. name to any cause ...   12&12 p.159, Tradition Six
We saw as never before that we could not lend the A.A. name to any cause other than our own.

5.
... lend the A.A. name to any related ...   12&12 p.155, Tradition Six
"An A.A. group ought never endorse, finance, or lend the A.A. name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property, and prestige divert us from our primary purpose."


6.
... lend the A.A. name to any related ...   BB p.562(564), Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition   Display entire Appendix I
Six -- An A.A. group ought never endorse, finance or lend the A.A. name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property and prestige divert us from our primary purpose.


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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