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PROVIDED   occurs   19 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
Provided anonymity was maintained on these platforms, ...   12&12 p.186, Tradition Twelve
Provided anonymity was maintained on these platforms, and reporters present were cautioned against the use of names or pictures, the result was fine.


2.
... provided he does not close his mind ...   BB p.568(570), Appendix II, Spiritual Experience   Display entire Appendix II
Most emphatically we wish to say that any alcoholic capable of honestly facing his problems in the light of our experience can recover, provided he does not close his mind to all spiritual concepts.


3.
... provided he remains willing to maintain a ...   BB p.27, There Is A Solution   Go to page 26 in the Big Book
He can go anywhere on this earth where other free men may go without disaster, provided he remains willing to maintain a certain simple attitude.


4.
... provided, however, the alcoholic continues to demonstrate ...   BB p.99, Working With Others   Go to page 99 in the Big Book
These things will come to pass naturally and in good time provided, however, the alcoholic continues to demonstrate that he can be sober, considerate, and helpful, regardless of what anyone says or does.


5.
... provided it makes sense to him.   BB p.93, Working With Others   Go to page 93 in the Big Book
He can choose any conception he likes, provided it makes sense to him.


6.
... provided, of course, they are willing to ...   BB p.146, To Employers   Go to page 146 in the Big Book
After your man has gone along without drinking for a few months, you may be able to make use of his services with other employees who are giving you the alcoholic run-around -- provided, of course, they are willing to have a third party in the picture.

7.
... provided that as a group they have ...   12&12 p.147, Tradition Four
So confident of this had we become that the original statement of A.A. tradition carried this significant sentence: "Any two or three alcoholics gathered together for sobriety may call themselves an A.A. group provided that as a group they have no other affiliation."

8.
... provided that, as a group, they have ...   12&12 p.189, Tradition Three (Long)
Any two or three alcoholics gathered together for sobriety may call themselves an A.A. group, provided that, as a group, they have no other affiliation.


9.
... provided that, as a group, they have ...   BB p.563(565), Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition   Display entire Appendix I
Any two or three alcoholics gathered together for sobriety may call themselves an A.A. group, provided that, as a group, they have no other affiliation.


10.
... provided that we do not bring about ...   BB p.69, How It Works   Go to page 69 in the Big Book
We must be willing to make amends where we have done harm, provided that we do not bring about still more harm in so doing.


11.
... provided they are firmly grounded in fact.   BB p.48, We Agnostics   Go to page 48 in the Big Book
Nevertheless, the twentieth century readily accepts theories of all kinds, provided they are firmly grounded in fact.


12.
... provided they are not alcoholic.   BB p.102, Working With Others   Go to page 102 in the Big Book
Some of us still serve it to our friends provided they are not alcoholic.

13.
Provided they were willing -- and many were ...   12&12 p.182, Tradition Eleven
Provided they were willing -- and many were -- why shouldn't their membership be publicized, thereby encouraging others to join us?

14.
... provided we placed humility first.   12&12 p.30, Step Two
By their example they showed us that humility and intellect could be compatible, provided we placed humility first.

15.
... provided we remember, and repeat to ourselves, ...   12&12 p.103, Step Eleven
If at these points our emotional disturbance happens to be great, we will more surely keep our balance, provided we remember, and repeat to ourselves, a particular prayer or phrase that has appealed to us in our reading or meditation.


16.
... provided we took other simple steps.   BB p.46, We Agnostics   Go to page 46 in the Big Book
As soon as we admitted the possible existence of a Creative Intelligence, a Spirit of the Universe underlying the totality of things, we began to be possessed of a new sense of power and direction, provided we took other simple steps.


17.
... provided what we needed, if we kept ...   BB p.63, How It Works   Go to page 63 in the Big Book
Being all powerful, He provided what we needed, if we kept close to Him and performed His work well.


18.
... provided with this book.   BB p.147, To Employers   Go to page 147 in the Big Book
If your organization is a large one, your junior executives might be provided with this book.

19.
Provided you hold back nothing, your sense ...   12&12 p.62, Step Five
Provided you hold back nothing, your sense of relief will mount from minute to minute.


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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