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... publicly."   12&12 p.176, Tradition Ten
So long as we don't argue these matters privately, it's a cinch we never shall publicly."


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... publicly about alcoholism, we urge each of ...   BB xiii, Foreword to First Edition   Display entire Foreword to First Edition
When writing or speaking publicly about alcoholism, we urge each of our Fellowship to omit his personal name, designating himself instead as "a member of Alcoholics Anonymous."

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... publicly got drunk, or was lured into ...   12&12 p.187, Tradition Twelve
If even one publicly got drunk, or was lured into using A.A.'s name for his own purposes, the damage might be irreparable.

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... publicly printed.   12&12 p.192, Tradition Eleven (Long)
Our names and pictures as A.A. members ought not be broadcast, filmed, or publicly printed.


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... publicly printed.   BB p.565(567), Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition   Display entire Appendix I
Our names and pictures as A.A. members ought not be broadcast, filmed, or publicly printed.

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... publicly take sides in any fight, even ...   12&12 p.176, Tradition Ten
As by some deep instinct, we A.A.'s have known from the very beginning that we must never, no matter what the provocation, publicly take sides in any fight, even a worthy one.

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... publicly taken sides on any question in ...   12&12 p.176, Tradition Ten
Nor has our Fellowship ever publicly taken sides on any question in an embattled world.

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... publicly took sides on this question.   12&12 p.178, Tradition Ten
Soon, Washingtonian speakers violently and publicly took sides on this question.

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... publicly whoop up the merits of this ...   12&12 p.156, Tradition Six
A.A. groups had their fling at education, and when they began to publicly whoop up the merits of this or that brand, people became confused.


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