From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... notion that
A.A. shouldn't have any.
12&12 p.161,
Tradition Seven
As A.A. emerged from its infancy into adolescence, we swung
from the idea that we needed
vast sums of money to the notion that A.A. shouldn't have any.
2.
... notion that
he will yet find a ...
BB p.110,
To Wives
3.
... notion that
I might find a customer ...
BB p.36,
More About Alcoholism
I also had the notion that I
might find a customer for
a car at this place, which was
familiar for I had been going to it for years.
4.
... notion that
someday we will be immune ...
BB p.33,
More About Alcoholism
If we are planning to stop
drinking, there must be no reservation of any kind, nor any lurking notion that someday we will be immune to alcohol.
5.
... notion that
we would still live our ...
12&12 p.75,
Step Seven
The notion that we would still live our own lives, God helping a little now and then, began to evaporate.
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