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... prestige?
BB
Foreword to Second Edition, pp.xviii-xix
2.
... prestige, and
entrenched power which necessarily tempt ...
12&12
Tradition Nine, p.175
A.A. has to function, but at
the same time it must avoid those dangers of great wealth, prestige, and entrenched power which necessarily tempt other societies.
3.
... prestige and
power, for romance, and for ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.114
Our desires for emotional security and wealth, for personal prestige and power, for romance, and for family satisfactions -- all these have to be tempered and redirected.
4.
... prestige, and
romance.
12&12
Step Seven, p.71
For thousands of years we
have been demanding more
than our share of security,
prestige, and romance.
5.
... prestige becomes
uncontrollable, whether in the sewing ...
12&12
Step Four, p.44
When an individual's desire for prestige becomes uncontrollable, whether in the sewing circle or at the international conference table, other people suffer and often revolt.
6.
... prestige divert
us from our primary purpose.
BB
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.562
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.
7.
... prestige divert
us from our primary purpose."
12&12
Contents (Tradition Six), p.11
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."
8.
... prestige divert
us from our primary purpose."
12&12
Tradition Six, p.155
"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."
9.
... prestige was
tearing humanity apart as never ...
12&12
Tradition One, p.130
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