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From the books  ...  Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)

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PURPOSES   occurs   4 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... purposes.   12&12 p.160, Tradition Seven
It was soon apparent that while alcoholics would spend lavishly on Twelfth Step cases, they had a terrific aversion to dropping money into a meeting-place hat for group purposes.

2.
... purposes.   12&12 p.170, Tradition Eight
In former days, the moment an A.A. hired out to such enterprises, he was immediately tempted to use the name Alcoholics Anonymous for publicity or money-raising purposes.

3.
... purposes.   12&12 p.178, Tradition Ten
Instead, the Washingtonians permitted politicians and reformers, both alcoholic and nonalcoholic, to use the society for their own purposes.

4.
... purposes, the damage might be irreparable.   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.


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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