From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
1.
... professionals.
12&12 p.167,
Tradition Eight
In all these instances, and more, it was claimed that A.A. knowledge and experience were being sold for money, hence these people, too, were
professionals.
2.
... professionals these
workers of ours who were ...
12&12 p.167,
Tradition Eight
Ignoring the fact that
these labors were not Twelfth Step jobs at all, the critics attacked as A.A. professionals these workers of ours who were often doing thankless tasks that no one else could or would do.
3.
... professionals, whether
medical or religious.
12&12 p.166,
Tradition Eight
Almost no recovery from alcoholism has ever been brought about by the world's
best professionals, whether medical or religious.
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