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


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... maximum benefit.   BB xxviii(xxvi), The Doctor's Opinion   Display entire Doctor's Opinion
Of course an alcoholic ought to be freed from his physical craving for liquor, and this often requires a definite hospital procedure, before psychological measures can be of maximum benefit.


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... maximum helpfulness to others, so never hesitate ...   BB p.102, Working With Others   Go to page 102 in the Big Book
Your job now is to be at the place where you may be of maximum helpfulness to others, so never hesitate to go anywhere if you can be helpful.


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... maximum service to God and the people ...   BB p.77, Into Action   Go to page 77 in the Big Book
Our real purpose is to fit ourselves to be of maximum service to God and the people about us.


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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