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

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1.
... newcomers.   12&12 p.111, Step Twelve
Here the temptation is to become rather possessive of these newcomers.


2.
... newcomers.   BB xviii, Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire Foreword to Second Edition
Businessmen, traveling out of existing groups, were referred to these prospective newcomers.

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   Go to page 89 in the Big Book
Frequent contact with newcomers and with each other is the bright spot of our lives.

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
With characteristic intemperance, however, some of our newcomers cared not at all for secrecy.


8.
... newcomers could see no joy or fun ...   BB p.132, The Family Afterward   Go to page 132 in the Big Book
If newcomers could see no joy or fun in our existence, they wouldn't want it.

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   Go to page 72 in the Big Book
Time after time newcomers have tried to keep to themselves certain facts about their lives.

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   Go to page 15 in the Big Book
We meet frequently so that newcomers may find the fellowship they seek.

14.
... newcomers scarcely need comforting.   12&12 p.46, Step Four
These newcomers scarcely need comforting.

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.


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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