From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... primary cause
of his drinking and his ...
12&12 p.50,
Step Four
By now the newcomer has probably arrived at the following conclusions: that his character defects, representing instincts gone astray, have been the primary
cause of his drinking and
his failure at life; that
unless he is now willing to work hard at the elimination of
the worst of these defects, both sobriety and peace of mind will still elude him; that all the
faulty foundation of
his life will have to be torn out and built anew on bedrock.
2.
... primary fact
that we fail to recognize ...
12&12 p.53,
Step Four
The primary fact that we fail to recognize is our total inability to form a true partnership with another human being.
3.
... primary instincts
are satisfied, there won't be ...
12&12 p.71,
Step Seven
The theory seems to be that
once everybody's primary instincts are satisfied, there won't be much left to quarrel about.
4.
... primary instincts
for sex, security, and society.
12&12 p.50,
Step Four
Using his best judgment of what has been right and what has been wrong,
he might make a rough survey of his conduct with
respect to his primary instincts for sex, security, and society.
5.
... primary purpose."
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."
6.
... primary purpose.
12&12 p.165,
Tradition Seven
The pressure of that fat treasury would surely tempt the board to invent all kinds of schemes to do good with such funds, and so divert A.A. from its primary purpose.
7.
... primary purpose.
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.
8.
... primary purpose
is to stay sober and ...
Grapevine,
Preamble
9.
... primary purpose
-- that of carrying its message ...
12&12 p.190,
Tradition Five (Long)
Five -- Each Alcoholics Anonymous
group ought to be a spiritual entity having
but one primary purpose -- that of carrying its message to the alcoholic
who still suffers.
10.
... primary purpose
-- that of carrying its message ...
BB p.563(565),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
5. Each Alcoholics Anonymous group ought to be a spiritual entity having but one primary purpose -- that of carrying its message to the alcoholic
who still suffers.
11.
... primary purpose
-- to carry its message to ...
12&12 p.150,
Tradition Five
"Each group has but one primary purpose -- to carry its message to the alcoholic who still suffers."
12.
... primary purpose
-- to carry its message to ...
BB p.562(564),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
Five -- Each group has but one primary purpose -- to carry its message to the alcoholic
who still suffers.
13.
... primary spiritual
aim.
12&12 p.190,
Tradition Six (Long)
Six -- Problems of money, property, and authority may easily divert us from our primary spiritual aim.
14.
... primary spiritual
aim.
BB p.563(565),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
15.
Primary world
service leadership, once exercised by ...
BB p.575,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
Primary world service leadership, once exercised by the founders, must necessarily be assumed
by the trustees.
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