From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
PARAMOUNT occurs
5 times
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1.
... paramount.
12&12 p.189,
Tradition Four (Long)
On such
issues our
common
welfare is
paramount.
2.
... paramount.
BB p.563(565),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
On such
issues our
common
welfare is
paramount.
3.
... paramount importance
to those afflicted with alcoholic ...
BB xxvii(xxv),
The Doctor's Opinion
The
subject presented
in this book
seems to me to be of
paramount importance to those
afflicted with
alcoholic addiction.
4.
... paramount, it
is equally necessary that we ...
12&12 p.80,
Step Eight
While the
purpose of
making restitution to
others is
paramount, it is
equally necessary that we
extricate from an
examination of our
personal relations every
bit of
information about
ourselves and our
fundamental difficulties that we can.
5.
... paramount to
all other interests so that ...
BB xxix(xxvii),
The Doctor's Opinion
They took a
drink a
day or so
prior to the
date, and then
the
phenomenon of
craving at once
became paramount to all other
interests so that the
important appointment
was not
met.
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