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


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... organized.   12&12 p.172, Tradition Nine
Then, in seeming contradiction, we proceed to create special service boards and committees which in themselves are organized.

2.
... organized at all.   12&12 p.172, Tradition Nine
Today, we are able to say with assurance that Alcoholics Anonymous -- A.A. as a whole -- should never be organized at all.

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... organized; but we may create service boards ...   12&12 p.172, Tradition Nine
"A.A., as such, ought never be organized; but we may create service boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve."


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... organized; but we may create service boards ...   BB p.562(564), Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition   Display entire Appendix I
Nine -- A.A., as such, ought never be organized; but we may create service boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve.


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... organized religion.   BB p.49, We Agnostics   Go to page 49 in the Big Book
We, who have traveled this dubious path, beg you to lay aside prejudice, even against organized religion.

6.
... organized three corporations and became president of ...   12&12 p.148, Tradition Four
To make things safer, the promoter organized three corporations and became president of them all.


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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