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... membership a
salesman we shall call Ed.
12&12 p.143,
Tradition Three
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.
2.
... membership; among
newer members, the proportion is ...
BB xxii,
Foreword to Third Edition
Women now make up more
than one-fourth of the membership; among newer members, the proportion is nearly one-third.
3.
... membership and
a clear-cut idea of what ...
BB p.29,
There Is A Solution
These give a fair cross section of our membership and a clear-cut idea of what has actually happened in
their lives.
4.
... membership be
publicized, thereby encouraging others to ...
12&12 p.182,
Tradition Eleven
Provided they were willing -- and many were -- why shouldn't their membership be
publicized, thereby
encouraging others to
join us?
5.
... membership ever
depend upon money or conformity.
12&12 p.189,
Tradition Three (Long)
6.
... membership ever
depend upon money or conformity.
BB p.563(565),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
7.
... membership from
a few into hundreds overnight.
12&12 p.186,
Tradition Twelve
Cleveland's Plain Dealer articles about us ran that town's membership from a few into hundreds overnight.
8.
... membership had
shot up to 2,000.
BB xviii,
Foreword to Second Edition
9.
... membership had
then reached about 100 men ...
BB xvii,
Foreword to Second Edition
10.
... membership has
been led to us through ...
12&12 p.180,
Tradition Eleven
It is no exaggeration to
say that half of A.A.'s membership has been led to us through channels like these.
11.
... membership in
a religious body.
BB p.131,
The Family Afterward
Though the family has no religious connections, they may wish
to make contact with or take membership in a religious body.
12.
... membership in
a year's time.
12&12 p.186,
Tradition Twelve
The news stories of Mr. Rockefeller's dinner for Alcoholics Anonymous helped double our total membership in a year's time.
13.
... membership in
one of the drinking societies, ...
BB p.173,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
On account of my enormous capacity for beer, I was elected to membership in one of the drinking societies, and
soon became one of the leading spirits.
14.
... membership is
a desire to stop drinking."
12&12 p.139,
Tradition Three
15.
... membership is
a desire to stop drinking."
12&12 p.144,
Tradition Three
16.
... membership is
a desire to stop drinking.
BB p.562(564),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
17.
... membership is
a desire to stop drinking.
Grapevine,
Preamble
18.
... membership is
an honest desire to stop ...
BB xiv,
Foreword to First Edition
19.
... membership is
far above 150,000 recovered alcoholics.
BB xv,
Foreword to Second Edition
In that brief space, Alcoholics Anonymous
has mushroomed into nearly 6,000 groups whose membership is far above 150,000 recovered alcoholics.
20.
... membership is
pyramiding at the rate of ...
BB xx,
Foreword to Second Edition
21.
... membership, leadership,
and money?
BB xviii,
Foreword to Second Edition
22.
... membership might
angrily rush off to form ...
12&12 p.177,
Tradition Ten
Disliking the attempt
of some to manage a group,
half its membership might angrily rush off to form another group more to their liking.
23.
... membership, money,
personal relations, public relations, management ...
12&12 p.18,
Foreword
Everywhere there arose
threatening questions of membership, money, personal relations, public relations, management
of groups, clubs, and scores of other perplexities.
24.
... membership of
A.A. has just about doubled, ...
BB xxiii,
Foreword to Fourth Edition
Since the third edition
was published in 1976, worldwide membership of A.A. has just about doubled, to an estimated
two million or more, with nearly 100,800 groups meeting in approximately 150 countries around the world.
25.
... membership of
Alcoholics Anonymous more accurately, and ...
BB xii,
Preface
All changes made over the years in the Big Book (A.A. members' fond nickname for this volume) have had the same purpose: to represent the
current membership of Alcoholics Anonymous
more accurately, and thereby to reach more alcoholics.
26.
... membership of
Alcoholics Anonymous was conservatively estimated ...
BB xxii,
Foreword to Third Edition
By March 1976, when this edition went to the printer, the total worldwide membership of Alcoholics Anonymous
was conservatively estimated at more than 1,000,000, with almost 28,000 groups meeting in over 90 countries.
27.
... membership of
over two million.
BB p.162,
A Vision For You (Note)
There is A.A. activity in approximately 150 countries, with an estimated membership of over two million.
28.
... membership of
thousands of alcoholics such transformations, ...
BB p.567(569),
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience
Among our rapidly growing membership of thousands of alcoholics such transformations, though frequent, are by no means the rule.
29.
... membership ought
to include all who suffer ...
12&12 p.189,
Tradition Three (Long)
30.
... membership ought
to include all who suffer ...
BB p.563(565),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
31.
... membership passed
the hundred thousand mark.
12&12 p.178,
Tradition Ten
32.
... membership regulations?
12&12 p.141,
Tradition Three
33.
... membership regulations.
12&12 p.141,
Tradition Three
34.
... membership rules.
12&12 p.139,
Tradition Three
35.
... membership rules?
12&12 p.172,
Tradition Nine
Did anyone ever hear of a nation, a church, a political party, even a benevolent association that had no
membership rules?
36.
... membership survey
showed about one-tenth of A.A.'s ...
BB p.34,
More About Alcoholism (Note)
37.
... membership that
a new light had entered ...
BB xvii,
Foreword to Second Edition
By late 1937, the number of members having substantial sobriety
time behind them was sufficient to convince
the membership that a new light had entered the dark world of the alcoholic.
38.
... membership, that
we must never compel anyone ...
12&12 p.141,
Tradition Three
Why did we dare to say, contrary to the experience of society
and government everywhere, that we would neither punish nor deprive any A.A. of membership, that we must never compel anyone to pay anything, believe anything, or conform to anything?
39.
... membership took
years of harrowing experience.
12&12 p.139,
Tradition Three
40.
... membership was
small, dealt with low-bottom cases ...
12&12 p.23,
Step One
That is why the first edition of the book "Alcoholics Anonymous,"
published when our membership was small, dealt with low-bottom cases only.
41.
... membership; we
are self-supporting through our own ...
Grapevine,
Preamble
42.
... membership whose
characteristics -- of age, gender, race, ...
BB xxiii,
Foreword to Fourth Edition
The stories added to this
edition represent a
membership whose characteristics -- of age, gender, race, and culture -- have widened and have deepened
to encompass virtually everyone the
first 100 members could have hoped to
reach.
43.
... membership, will
give such inquirers an inside ...
12&12 p.16,
Foreword
The second section of
this volume, though designed for A.A.'s membership, will give such inquirers an inside view of A.A. never before possible.
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