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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... numbers.
BB p.159,
A Vision For You
2.
... numbers and
power.(*)
BB p.16,
Bill's Story
We are
growing in
numbers
and
power.(*)
3.
... numbers increase,
we hope your employees may ...
BB p.144,
To Employers
As our
work spreads and our
numbers increase, we
hope your
employees may be
put in
personal contact with some of us.
4.
... numbers of
alcoholic men and women to ...
BB xi,
Preface
Because this book has
become the
basic text for our
Society and has
helped such
large numbers of
alcoholic men and
women to
recovery, there
exists strong sentiment against any
radical changes being made
in it.
5.
... numbers of
erstwhile erratic alcoholics successfully meet ...
BB xviii,
Foreword to Second Edition
6.
... numbers of
incoming people might break our ...
12&12 p.185,
Tradition Twelve
Between these
lines, it is
easy to
read our
fear that
large numbers of
incoming people might
break our
anonymity wide open.
7.
... numbers of
people, it has also touched ...
BB xxiii,
Foreword to Fourth Edition
8.
... numbers of
potential alcoholics among young people ...
BB p.33,
More About Alcoholism
We, who are
familiar with the
symptoms, see
large numbers of
potential alcoholics among
young
people
everywhere.
9.
... numbers of
recoveries, and reunited homes.
BB xx,
Foreword to Second Edition
For this there were
two principal reasons: the
large numbers of
recoveries, and
reunited homes.
10.
... numbers of
such experiences, we could predict ...
12&12 p.109,
Step Twelve
From
great numbers of such
experiences, we could
predict that the
doubter
who still
claimed that he hadn't got the "
spiritual angle," and who
still
considered his well-
loved A.A. group the
higher power, would
presently love God and call Him by
name.
11.
... numbers of
these -- about two out of ...
BB xx,
Foreword to Second Edition
But
great numbers of these --
about
two out of
three --
began to
return as
time passed.
12.
... numbers of
yet erratic people could live ...
12&12 p.18,
Foreword
But it was by no
means sure
that such
great numbers of
yet erratic people could
live and
work together with
harmony and
good effect.
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