From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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to display the full page from the Big Book1.
... page 121.
BB p.104,
To Wives (Note)
2.
... (page 17
of this book) was written ...
BB xxiii,
Foreword to Fourth Edition
When the phrase "We are people who normally would
not mix" (page 17 of this book) was written in 1939, it referred to a Fellowship composed largely of men (and a few women) with quite similar social, ethnic, and economic backgrounds.
3.
... page 561
of this book.
BB xix,
Foreword to Second Edition
This was the substance of A.A.'s Twelve Traditions, which are stated in full on page 561 of this book.
4.
... page, A.A.'s
"12 Traditions" are seen in ...
BB p.561(563),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
On the next page, A.A.'s "12 Traditions" are seen in
their so-called "short form" the form in general use today.
5.
... page of
A.A. history.
12&12 p.165,
Tradition Seven
6.
... page which
contains the twelve steps.
BB p.75,
Into Action
7.
... page will
understand!
BB p.151,
A Vision For You
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