From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... reach.
12&12 p.43,
Step Four
Without a searching
and fearless moral inventory, most of us have found that the faith which really works in daily living is still out of reach.
2.
... reach.
BB p.47,
We Agnostics
3.
... reach.
BB xxiv,
Foreword to Fourth Edition
The stories added to this
edition represent a membership whose characteristics -- of age, gender, race, and culture -- have widened and have deepened
to encompass virtually everyone the
first 100 members could have hoped to
reach.
4.
... reach all
important decisions by discussion, vote, ...
BB p.575,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
XII. The Conference shall observe the spirit of A.A. tradition, taking care that it never becomes the seat of perilous wealth or power; that sufficient operating funds and reserve be its prudent financial principle; that it place none of its members in a position of
unqualified authority over others; that it reach all important decisions by
discussion, vote, and,
whenever possible, by
substantial unanimity; that its actions never be personally punitive nor an incitement to public controversy; that
it never perform acts of government, and
that, like the Society it
serves, it will always remain democratic in thought
and action.
5.
... reach into
forty foreign lands.(*)
12&12 p.18,
Foreword
6.
... reach more
alcoholics.
BB xii,
Preface
All changes made over the years in the Big Book (A.A. members' fond nickname for this volume) have had the same purpose: to represent the
current membership of
Alcoholics Anonymous more accurately, and thereby
to reach more alcoholics.
7.
... reach of
all who want it.
12&12 p.175,
Tradition Nine
Just as the aim of each A.A. member is personal sobriety, the aim of our services is to bring sobriety within reach of all who want it.
8.
... reach of
his help.
12&12 p.133,
Tradition Two
He feels a spiritual and
ethical compulsion,
because hundreds may be
suffering within reach of his help.
9.
... reach of
our highest expectations.
12&12 p.156,
Tradition Six
10.
... reach quickly
as many despairing alcoholics as ...
12&12 p.186,
Tradition Twelve
11.
... reach solid
ground.
BB p.107,
To Wives
As animals on a treadmill, we have patiently and wearily climbed, falling back in exhaustion after each futile effort to reach solid ground.
12.
... reach, we
shall be bound to construct ...
12&12 p.81,
Step Eight
Then, as year by year we walk back through our lives as far as memory will reach, we shall be bound to construct a long list of people who have, to
some extent or other, been
affected.
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