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PROVIDE   occurs   6 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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... provide a group of related principles to ...   BB p.574, Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)   Display entire Appendix VII
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   Go to page 160 in the Big Book
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.


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... provide each other with these very things, ...   BB p.98, Working With Others   Go to page 98 in the Big Book
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   Go to page 79 in the Big Book
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, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 43 in the Big Book
Except in a few rare cases, neither he nor any other human being can provide such a defense.


Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.  The A.A. Preamble, copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.  Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

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