From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... provide a
group of related principles to ...
BB p.574,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
Written by co-founder Bill W. in 1962, the Twelve Concepts for World Service provide a group of related principles to help ensure that various elements of A.A.'s service structure remain responsive and responsible to those they
serve.
2.
... provide a
time and place where new ...
BB p.160,
A Vision For You
Aside from fellowship
and sociability, the prime object was to provide a time and place where new people might bring their problems.
3.
... provide certain
answers that work for us.
12&12 p.117,
Step Twelve
We A.A.'s cannot pretend to
offer full answers to age-old perplexities, but our
own experience does provide certain answers that work for us.
4.
... provide each
other with these very things, ...
BB p.98,
Working With Others
Yet we do go to great extremes to provide each other with these very things, when such action is warranted.
5.
... provide nothing
for either family.
BB p.79,
Into Action
We thought he ought to be
willing to do that if necessary, but if he were in jail he could provide nothing for either family.
6.
... provide such
a defense.
BB p.43,
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