From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... necessarily be
assumed by the trustees.
BB p.575,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
Primary world service leadership, once exercised by the founders, must necessarily be assumed by the trustees.
2.
... necessarily do
so if we were to ...
12&12 p.107,
Step Twelve
In Step Two we saw that since we could not restore ourselves to sanity, some Higher Power must necessarily do so if we were to survive.
3.
... necessarily have
to drink a long time ...
BB p.33,
More About Alcoholism
To be gravely affected,
one does not necessarily have
to drink a long time nor take the quantities some of
us have.
4.
... necessarily mean
that we had yet acquired ...
12&12 p.58,
Step Five
But while this was a humiliating experience, it didn't necessarily mean that we had yet acquired much actual humility.
5.
... necessarily so.
12&12 p.61,
Step Five
6.
... necessarily so.
BB p.101,
Working With Others
7.
... necessarily spend
much time with other alcoholics, ...
BB p.131,
The Family Afterward
Father will necessarily spend much time with other alcoholics, but this
activity should be balanced.
8.
... necessarily taking
that first drink, we often ...
12&12 p.112,
Step Twelve
9.
... necessarily tempt
other societies.
12&12 p.175,
Tradition Nine
A.A. has to function, but at
the same time it must avoid those dangers of great wealth, prestige, and entrenched power which
necessarily tempt other societies.
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