From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... President.
12&12 p.122,
Step Twelve
2.
... president, had
in mind was the habitual ...
BB p.149,
To Employers
3.
... president having
authority to govern it, no ...
12&12 p.132,
Tradition Two
When told that our Society
has no president having authority to govern it, no treasurer who can compel the payment of any dues, no
board of directors who
can cast an erring member into outer darkness, when indeed no A.A. can give another a directive and enforce obedience, our friends gasp and exclaim, "This simply can't be. There must be
an angle somewhere."
4.
... president of
a large industrial concern.
BB p.148,
To Employers
5.
... president of
the American Atheist Society, but ...
12&12 p.26,
Step Two
So did a friend of mine who
was a one-time vice-president of the American Atheist Society, but he got through with room to spare."
6.
... president of
them all.
12&12 p.148,
Tradition Four
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