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

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NEWCOMER   occurs   22 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
See also...     newcomers
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1.
... newcomer.   12&12 p.132, Tradition Two
This, too, is a puzzler for every friend and newcomer.


2.
... newcomer.   BB p.159, A Vision For You   Go to page 159 in the Big Book
Seeing much of each other, scarce an evening passed that someone's home did not shelter a little gathering of men and women, happy in their release, and constantly thinking how they might present their discovery to some newcomer.


3.
... newcomer and in following his case afterward.   BB p.133, The Family Afterward   Go to page 133 in the Big Book
Their services are often indispensable in treating a newcomer and in following his case afterward.

4.
... newcomer appeared at one of these groups, ...   12&12 p.141, Tradition Three
A newcomer appeared at one of these groups, knocked on the door and asked to be let in.


5.
... newcomer are aware of the difference long ...   BB p.567(569), Appendix II, Spiritual Experience   Display entire Appendix II
Quite often friends of the newcomer are aware of the difference long before he is himself.

6.
... newcomer can fearlessly, rather than fearfully, look ...   12&12 p.46, Step Four
As soon as he begins to be more objective, the newcomer can fearlessly, rather than fearfully, look at his own defects.

7.
... newcomer, every friend who looks at A.A. ...   12&12 p.129, Tradition One
Every newcomer, every friend who looks at A.A. for the first time is greatly puzzled.


8.
... newcomer's family how that was accomplished.   BB p.100, Working With Others   Go to page 100 in the Big Book
If you have been successful in solving your own domestic problems, tell the newcomer's family how that was accomplished.

9.
... newcomer's fate hung in the balance.   12&12 p.142, Tradition Three
So went the discussion while the newcomer's fate hung in the balance.

10.
... newcomer feels sure A.A. is the only ...   12&12 p.35, Step Three
Any willing newcomer feels sure A.A. is the only safe harbor for the foundering vessel he has become.

11.
... newcomer has probably arrived at the following ...   12&12 p.50, Step Four
By now the newcomer has probably arrived at the following conclusions: that his character defects, representing instincts gone astray, have been the primary cause of his drinking and his failure at life; that unless he is now willing to work hard at the elimination of the worst of these defects, both sobriety and peace of mind will still elude him; that all the faulty foundation of his life will have to be torn out and built anew on bedrock.

12.
... newcomer has some assets which can be ...   12&12 p.46, Step Four
The sponsor probably points out that the newcomer has some assets which can be noted along with his liabilities.

13.
... newcomer, "I know you're telling me the ...   12&12 p.26, Step Two
"Well," says the newcomer, "I know you're telling me the truth.

14.
... newcomer in Alcoholics Anonymous is told, and ...   12&12 p.72, Step Seven
Every newcomer in Alcoholics Anonymous is told, and soon realizes for himself, that his humble admission of powerlessness over alcohol is his first step toward liberation from its paralyzing grip.

15.
... newcomer in no way depends upon his ...   12&12 p.151, Tradition Five
The unique ability of each A.A. to identify himself with, and bring recovery to, the newcomer in no way depends upon his learning, eloquence, or on any special individual skills.

16.
... newcomer, it can have a very bad ...   12&12 p.166, Tradition Eight
When an A.A. talks for money, whether at a meeting or to a single newcomer, it can have a very bad effect on him, too.

17.
... newcomer plunged into Twelfth Step work.   12&12 p.142, Tradition Three
Overjoyed, the newcomer plunged into Twelfth Step work.

18.
... newcomer that more is being asked of ...   12&12 p.49, Step Four
So when A.A. suggests a fearless moral inventory, it must seem to every newcomer that more is being asked of him than he can do.

19.
... newcomer thinks, is just about the last ...   12&12 p.26, Step Two
This, the newcomer thinks, is just about the last straw.

20.
... newcomer to decide himself whether he was ...   12&12 p.141, Tradition Three
Why did we leave it to each newcomer to decide himself whether he was an alcoholic and whether he should join us?

21.
... newcomer wanted his family to know immediately ...   12&12 p.185, Tradition Twelve
As a rule, the average newcomer wanted his family to know immediately what he was trying to do.

22.
... newcomer who sat next to me.   12&12 p.163, Tradition Seven
"I heard all this quite plainly, as I was piously trying to convert a newcomer who sat next to me.


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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