From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
PROFESSIONALISM occurs
10 times
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1.
... professionalism.
12&12 p.167,
Tradition Eight
Despite this
certainty, it is nevertheless
true that few
subjects have
been the
cause of more
contention within our
Fellowship than
professionalism.
2.
... "Professionalism!"
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
But the
minute we
hired
them, the
ultraconservative and
fearful ones shrilled, "
Professionalism!"
3.
... "Professionalism!
12&12 p.170,
Tradition Eight
More often than not, these
onslaughts were
spearheaded by the
cry
"
Professionalism!
4.
... professionalism and
nonprofessionalism.
12&12 p.167,
Tradition Eight
At
last, however, a
plain line of
cleavage could be
seen between
professionalism and
nonprofessionalism.
5.
... professionalism as
the occupation of counseling alcoholics ...
12&12 p.191,
Tradition Eight (Long)
6.
... professionalism as
the occupation of counseling alcoholics ...
BB p.564(566),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
7.
... professionalism at
all; it was breaking anonymity.
12&12 p.170,
Tradition Eight
The
violation in these
instances was not
professionalism at all; it was
breaking anonymity.
8.
... professionalism in
other fields, but we accept ...
12&12 p.166,
Tradition Eight
We do not
decry professionalism in other
fields,
but we
accept the
sober fact that it does not
work for
us.
9.
... professionalism, money
and spirituality do not mix.
12&12 p.166,
Tradition Eight
We have
discovered that at the
point of
professionalism,
money and
spirituality
do not
mix.
10.
... professionalism under
A.A. tradition?
12&12 p.170,
Tradition Eight
The
question was -- and sometimes still is -- are
such
activities to be
branded as
professionalism
under
A.A. tradition?
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