From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... outside.
BB p.1,
Bill's Story
2.
... "outside" A.A.
12&12 p.119,
Step Twelve
3.
... outside A.A.
-- and medically supervised.
12&12 p.190,
Tradition Six (Long)
But hospitals, as well as
other places of recuperation, ought to
be well outside A.A. -- and medically supervised.
4.
... outside A.A.
-- and medically supervised.
BB p.564(566),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
But hospitals, as well as
other places of recuperation, ought to
be well outside A.A. -- and medically supervised.
5.
... outside A.A.
itself.
12&12 p.15,
Foreword
Though the essays which follow were written mainly for members, it is thought by many of A.A.'s friends that these pieces might arouse interest and find application outside A.A. itself.
6.
... outside agencies
dealing with the alcohol problem.
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
No individuals have been
more buffeted by such emotional gusts than those A.A.'s bold enough to accept employment with outside agencies dealing with the
alcohol problem.
7.
... outside agencies;
that acceptance of large gifts ...
12&12 p.190,
Tradition Seven (Long)
We think that each group should soon achieve this ideal; that any public solicitation of funds using the name of Alcoholics Anonymous
is highly dangerous, whether by groups, clubs, hospitals, or other outside agencies; that acceptance of large gifts from any source, or of contributions carrying any obligation whatever, is
unwise.
8.
... outside agencies;
that acceptance of large gifts ...
BB p.564(566),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
We think that each group should soon achieve this ideal; that any public solicitation of funds using the name of Alcoholics Anonymous
is highly dangerous, whether by groups, clubs, hospitals, or other outside agencies; that acceptance of large gifts from any source, or of contributions carrying any obligation whatever, is
unwise.
9.
... outside contributions."
12&12 p.160,
Tradition Seven
10.
... outside contributions.
BB p.562(564),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
11.
... outside controversial
issues -- particularly those of politics, ...
12&12 p.192,
Tradition Ten (Long)
Ten -- No A.A. group or member should ever, in such a way as to implicate A.A., express any opinion on outside controversial issues
-- particularly those
of politics, alcohol reform, or sectarian religion.
12.
... outside controversial
issues -- particularly those of politics, ...
BB p.565(567),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
10. No A.A.
group or member should ever, in such a way as to implicate A.A., express any opinion on outside controversial issues -- particularly
those of politics, alcohol reform, or sectarian religion.
13.
... outside donations
weren't declined, absolutely cut off, ...
12&12 p.164,
Tradition Seven
If outside donations weren't declined, absolutely cut off, then the
Foundation would one day become rich.
14.
... outside enterprise,
lest problems of money, property, ...
12&12 p.155,
Tradition Six
"An A.A. group ought never endorse, finance, or lend the A.A. name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property, and prestige divert us from our
primary purpose."
15.
... outside enterprise,
lest problems of money, property ...
BB p.562(564),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
Six -- An A.A. group ought never endorse, finance or lend the A.A. name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property and prestige divert us from our primary
purpose.
16.
... outside have
to be maintained.
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
17.
... outside help.
BB p.569(571),
Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.
Dr. Harry M. Tiebout, psychiatrist:
"As a psychiatrist, I have thought a great deal about the relationship of my specialty to A.A. and I have
come to the conclusion
that our particular function can very often lie in preparing the way for the patient to accept any sort of treatment or outside help.
18.
... outside help
if we were surely to ...
12&12 p.59,
Step Five
We'd have to have outside help
if we were surely to know
and admit the truth about ourselves -- the help of God and another human being.
19.
... outside interference
in our affairs.
12&12 p.161,
Tradition Seven
Now and then, grateful benefactors had endowed
clubhouses, and as a result there was sometimes
outside interference
in our affairs.
20.
... outside issues;
hence the A.A. name ought ...
12&12 p.176,
Tradition Ten
"Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the A.A. name ought never be drawn into public controversy."
21.
... outside issues;
hence the A.A. name ought ...
12&12 p.179,
Tradition Ten
Thus was laid the cornerstone for Tradition Ten: "Alcoholics Anonymous
has no opinion on outside issues; hence the A.A. name ought never be drawn into public controversy."
22.
... outside issues;
hence the A.A. name ought ...
BB p.562(564),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
Ten -- Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the A.A. name ought never be drawn into public controversy.
23.
... outside of
A.A. -- for example, your clergyman ...
12&12 p.61,
Step Five
24.
... outside of
A.A., the loss of confidence ...
12&12 p.185,
Tradition Twelve
When such stories got into circulation outside of A.A., the loss of confidence in our
anonymity promise was
severe.
25.
... outside our
synthetic knowledge.
BB xxvii(xxv),
The Doctor's Opinion
What with our ultra-modern
standards, our scientific approach to
everything, we are perhaps not well equipped to apply the powers of good that lie outside our synthetic knowledge.
26.
... outside sources,
its trustees might be tempted ...
12&12 p.164,
Tradition Seven
Foundation obtained
money from outside sources, its trustees might be tempted
to run things without reference to the
wishes of A.A. as a whole.
27.
... outside the
family present the book.
BB p.113,
To Wives
28.
... outside the
scope of this book.
BB xxx(xxviii),
The Doctor's Opinion
The classification of alcoholics seems most difficult, and in much detail is outside the scope of this book.
29.
... outside we
are partners in a common ...
12&12 p.124,
Step Twelve
Service, gladly rendered, obligations
squarely met, troubles well accepted or solved with God's help, the knowledge that at home or in
the world outside we are partners in a common effort, the well-understood fact that in God's sight all human beings are important, the proof that
love freely given surely brings a full return, the certainty that
we are no longer isolated and alone in self-constructed prisons, the surety that we
need no longer be square pegs in round holes but can fit and belong in God's scheme of things -- these are
the permanent and legitimate satisfactions of right
living for which no amount of pomp and circumstance, no heap of material possessions, could possibly be substitutes.
30.
... outside world.
BB p.131,
The Family Afterward
31.
... outside world
where we can quiet down ...
12&12 p.89,
Step Ten
Many of us also like the experience of an
occasional retreat
from the outside world where
we can quiet down for an undisturbed day or so of self-overhaul and meditation.
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