From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... newcomers.
12&12 p.111,
Step Twelve
2.
... newcomers.
BB xviii,
Foreword to Second Edition
3.
... newcomers and
to those one-time agnostics who ...
12&12 p.96,
Step Eleven
To certain newcomers and to
those one-time agnostics who still cling to the A.A. group as their higher power, claims for the power of prayer may, despite all the
logic and experience in
proof of it, still be unconvincing or quite objectionable.
4.
... newcomers, and
was gently diplomatic with the ...
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
Then we saw that if a hardworking secretary
answered the phone dozens of times a day, listened to twenty wailing wives, arranged hospitalization and got
sponsorship for ten
newcomers, and was gently diplomatic with the irate
drunk who complained
about the job she was doing
and how she was overpaid, then such a person could surely not be called a professional A.A.
5.
... newcomers and
with each other is the ...
BB p.89,
Working With Others
6.
... newcomers are
confronted with a dilemma, sometimes ...
12&12 p.25,
Step Two
The moment they read Step Two, most A.A. newcomers are confronted with a dilemma, sometimes a serious one.
7.
... newcomers cared
not at all for secrecy.
12&12 p.185,
Tradition Twelve
8.
... newcomers could
see no joy or fun ...
BB p.132,
The Family Afterward
9.
... newcomers finds
undreamed rewards as he tries ...
12&12 p.109,
Step Twelve
Even the newest of newcomers finds undreamed rewards as he
tries to help his brother alcoholic, the one who is even blinder than he.
10.
... newcomers have
found confidence and comfort in ...
12&12 p.110,
Step Twelve
We can be the ones who take on
the unspectacular but important tasks that make good Twelfth Step work possible, perhaps arranging for the
coffee and cake after the meetings, where so
many skeptical, suspicious newcomers have
found confidence and comfort in the laughter
and talk.
11.
... newcomers have
tried to keep to themselves ...
BB p.72,
Into Action
12.
... newcomers, hire
halls, make hospital arrangements, and ...
12&12 p.133,
Tradition Two
The founder and his friends channel spirituality to newcomers, hire halls, make hospital arrangements, and entreat their wives to brew gallons of coffee.
13.
... newcomers may
find the fellowship they seek.
BB p.15,
Bill's Story
14.
... newcomers scarcely
need comforting.
12&12 p.46,
Step Four
15.
... newcomers who
have experienced nothing but constant ...
12&12 p.40,
Step Three
This statement may surprise newcomers who have
experienced nothing
but constant deflation and a growing
conviction that human
will is of no value whatever.
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