From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... member.
12&12 p.63,
Step Six
Of course, the often disputed question of whether God can -- and will, under certain conditions -- remove defects of character will be answered with a prompt affirmative by almost any A.A. member.
2.
... member.
12&12 p.142,
Tradition Three
3.
... member.
BB p.27,
There Is A Solution
Upon hearing this, our friend was somewhat relieved, for he reflected that, after all,
he was a good church member.
4.
... member.
BB p.179,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
This dry spell lasted for about three weeks; then I went to Atlantic City to attend several days' meeting of a national society of which
I was a member.
5.
... member a
year?
12&12 p.162,
Tradition Seven
6.
... member acting
as a citizen can become ...
12&12 p.171,
Tradition Eight
If an A.A. member acting as a citizen can become a better researcher, educator,
personnel officer,
then why not?
7.
... member, and
had the habit at times ...
BB p.176,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
I would sometimes hide out in one of the clubs of which I was a member,
and had the habit at times
of registering at a hotel under a fictitious name.
8.
... member and
make it stick, let alone ...
12&12 p.173,
Tradition Nine
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.
9.
... member be?"
12&12 p.185,
Tradition Twelve
10.
... member becomes
an active guardian of our ...
12&12 p.183,
Tradition Eleven
11.
... member can
be set in personal authority ...
12&12 p.16,
Foreword
Why is it, they ask, that in A.A. no member
can be set in personal authority over another, that nothing like a central government can anywhere
be seen?
12.
... member carry
our knowledge into other fields, ...
12&12 p.167,
Tradition Eight
But when we had declared that our Fellowship couldn't hire service workers nor could any A.A. member carry our knowledge into other fields, we were taking the counsel of fear, fear which today has been largely dispelled in the light of
experience.
13.
... member declares
that no satisfaction has been ...
12&12 p.110,
Step Twelve
Practically every A.A. member declares that no satisfaction has been deeper and no joy greater than in a Twelfth Step job well done.
14.
... member follows
to the best of his ...
12&12 p.174,
Tradition Nine
Unless each A.A. member follows to the best of his ability our suggested Twelve Steps to recovery, he almost certainly signs his own death warrant.
15.
... member's full
name in all its advertising; ...
12&12 p.158,
Tradition Six
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.
16.
... member gives
us a vivid glimpse of ...
12&12 p.139,
Tradition Three
17.
... member has
been granted a release from ...
12&12 p.64,
Step Six
It is plain for everybody to see that each sober A.A. member has been granted a release from this
very obstinate and potentially fatal obsession.
18.
... member has
to conform to the principles ...
12&12 p.130,
Tradition One
19.
... member has
to if he would recover.
BB p.135,
The Family Afterward
Whether the family goes on a spiritual basis or not, the alcoholic
member has to if he would recover.
20.
... member's house
and, unknown to the family, ...
12&12 p.144,
Tradition Three
About two weeks later, Ed stole by night into an A.A. member's house and, unknown to the family, went to bed.
21.
... member if
this really works.
12&12 p.132,
Tradition Two
22.
... member if
you say so.
12&12 p.139,
Tradition Three
23.
... member into
outer darkness, when indeed no ...
12&12 p.132,
Tradition Two
When told that our Society
has no president having authority to govern it, no treasurer who can compel the payment of any dues, no
board of directors who
can cast an erring member into outer darkness, when indeed no A.A. can give another a directive and enforce obedience, our friends gasp and exclaim, "This simply can't be. There must be
an angle somewhere."
24.
... member is
personal sobriety, the aim of ...
12&12 p.175,
Tradition Nine
Just as the aim of each A.A. member is personal sobriety, the aim of our services is to bring sobriety within reach of all who want it.
25.
... member is
trying to live.
BB p.130,
The Family Afterward
One more suggestion: Whether the
family has spiritual convictions or not, they may do well to examine the principles by which the alcoholic member is trying to live.
26.
... member's name
-- and story, too -- had to ...
12&12 p.185,
Tradition Twelve
27.
... member of
a resentful family begins to ...
BB p.127,
The Family Afterward
As each member of a resentful family begins to see his shortcomings and admits
them to the others, he lays
a basis for helpful discussion.
28.
... member of
a world-renowned hospital, recently made ...
BB p.43,
More About Alcoholism
One of these men, staff member of a world-renowned hospital, recently made this statement to some
of us: "What you say about the general hopelessness
of the average alcoholic's plight is, in
my opinion, correct.
29.
... member of
A.A., wants to deprecate material ...
12&12 p.71,
Step Seven
30.
... member of
Alcoholics Anonymous.
12&12 p.158,
Tradition Six
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.
31.
... member of
Alcoholics Anonymous."
BB xiii,
Foreword to First Edition
When writing or speaking publicly about
alcoholism, we urge each of our Fellowship to
omit his personal name, designating himself instead as "a member of Alcoholics Anonymous."
32.
... member of
Alcoholics Anonymous, he still smokes ...
BB p.135,
The Family Afterward
Though he is now a most effective member of Alcoholics Anonymous,
he still smokes and drinks coffee, but neither his wife nor anyone else stands in judgment.
33.
... member of
Alcoholics Anonymous is but a ...
12&12 p.189,
Tradition One (Long)
34.
... member of
Alcoholics Anonymous is but a ...
BB p.563(565),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
35.
... member of
his community.
BB p.158,
A Vision For You
36.
... member of
it should be only too ...
BB p.124,
The Family Afterward
We think each family which has been relieved owes something to those who have
not, and when the occasion requires, each member of it should be only too willing to bring former mistakes, no matter how grievous, out of their hiding places.
37.
... member of
our Society when he says ...
12&12 p.145,
Tradition Three
So the hand of Providence early gave us a sign that any alcoholic is a member of our Society when he says so.
38.
... member of
society.
12&12 p.53,
Step Four
We have not once sought to
be one in a family, to be a
friend among friends, to be a worker among workers, to be a useful member of society.
39.
... member of
the family and neglect the ...
12&12 p.81,
Step Eight
40.
... member of
the family and readily admit ...
12&12 p.84,
Step Nine
After coming from our first meeting, or perhaps after we have finished reading the book "Alcoholics Anonymous," we usually want to sit down with some member of the family and readily admit the damage we have done by our drinking.
41.
... member of
the family demands that the ...
BB p.122,
The Family Afterward
We find the more one member of the family demands that the others concede to him, the
more resentful they become.
42.
... member, pleading;
but it's no use, the ...
12&12 p.134,
Tradition Two
They rush from crisis to crisis and from member to member, pleading; but it's no use, the revolution is on.
43.
... member, sane
to all appearances, immediately answers, ...
12&12 p.132,
Tradition Two
44.
... member should
ever, in such a way ...
12&12 p.192,
Tradition Ten (Long)
Ten -- No A.A. group or member should ever, in such a way as to implicate A.A., express any opinion on outside controversial issues
-- particularly those
of politics, alcohol reform, or sectarian religion.
45.
... member should
ever, in such a way ...
BB p.565(567),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
10. No A.A.
group or member should ever, in such a way as to implicate A.A., express any opinion on outside controversial
issues -- particularly those of politics, alcohol reform, or sectarian religion.
46.
... member solely
because of his public relations ...
12&12 p.158,
Tradition Six
Of course, there couldn't be the slightest objection if
such an association hired an A.A. member solely because of his public relations ability and his
knowledge of alcoholism.
47.
... member summoned
two others, and in confidence ...
12&12 p.142,
Tradition Three
48.
... member tells
this story:
12&12 p.151,
Tradition Five
49.
... member the
minute you declare yourself."
12&12 p.139,
Tradition Three
50.
... member to
a single resolve: "Out he ...
12&12 p.143,
Tradition Three
A great wave of outraged resentment engulfed the meeting, sweeping every member to a single resolve: "Out he goes!"
51.
... member to
break his anonymity at a ...
12&12 p.158,
Tradition Six
But that wasn't the whole story, for in this case not only
was an A.A. member to break his anonymity at a public level, he was to link the name Alcoholics Anonymous
to this particular educational project in
the minds of millions.
52.
... member to
educate the public on alcoholism.
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
53.
... member to
member, pleading; but it's no ...
12&12 p.134,
Tradition Two
They rush from crisis to crisis and from member to member, pleading; but it's no use, the revolution is on.
54.
... member who
has spent much of his ...
BB p.136,
To Employers
Among many employers nowadays, we
think of one member who has spent much of his life in the world of big business.
55.
... member who
was living in a large ...
BB p.163,
A Vision For You
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