From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... read.
12&12 p.145,
Tradition Three
2.
... read.
BB p.112,
To Wives
3.
... read:
BB p.569(571),
Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.
Following are excerpts from the comments of doctors present at the annual meeting (1944) of the Medical Society of the State of New York where a paper on A.A. was read:
4.
... read a
great deal and talked to ...
BB p.180,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
It must be remembered
that I had read a great deal and talked to everyone who knew, or thought they knew anything about the subject
of alcoholism.
5.
... read a
piece in the newspapers..."; another, ...
12&12 p.180,
Tradition Eleven
One voice says, "I read a piece in the newspapers..."; another,
"We heard a radio program..."; and still another, "We saw a moving picture..." or "We saw something about A.A. on television...."
6.
... read again
and again that faith did ...
BB p.70,
How It Works
7.
... read aloud,
"The only requirement for A.A. ...
12&12 p.144,
Tradition Three
8.
... read Appendix
II on "Spiritual Experience."
BB p.47,
We Agnostics (Note)
9.
... read at
the Association's annual meeting of ...
BB p.570(572),
Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.
The American Psychiatric Association requested, in 1949, that a
paper be prepared by one of the older members of Alcoholics Anonymous to be read at the
Association's annual
meeting of that year.
10.
... read everything
I could find, and talked ...
BB p.178,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
11.
... read, highlights
man's pride in his own ...
12&12 p.70,
Step Seven
Much of the everyday talk we hear, and a great deal of what we read, highlights man's pride in his own achievements.
12.
... read it
a close-up view of the ...
12&12 p.18,
Foreword
It is hoped that this volume will afford all who read it a close-up view of the principles and
forces which have made Alcoholics Anonymous
what it is.
13.
... read, it
was discovered she had left ...
12&12 p.163,
Tradition Seven
When her will was read, it was
discovered she had left
Alcoholics Anonymous in trust with the
Alcoholic Foundation a sum of ten thousand dollars.
14.
... read medical
papers about Alcoholics Anonymous and ...
12&12 p.180,
Tradition Eleven
15.
... read: "Middleton
Group #1. Rule #62."
12&12 p.149,
Tradition Four
16.
... read our
fear that large numbers of ...
12&12 p.184,
Tradition Twelve
Between these lines, it is
easy to read our fear that large numbers of incoming people might break our anonymity wide open.
17.
... read our
prayer, and again try to ...
12&12 p.101,
Step Eleven
18.
... read Step
Two, most A.A. newcomers are ...
12&12 p.25,
Step Two
The moment they read Step Two, most A.A. newcomers are confronted with a dilemma, sometimes a serious one.
19.
... read the
book and he may go ...
BB p.113,
To Wives
He may not share your enthusiasm, but he is practically sure to read the book and he may go for the program at once.
20.
... read the
experience of a man who ...
BB p.55,
We Agnostics
21.
... read the
moment the patient is able, ...
BB p.144,
To Employers
If the book is read the moment the patient is able, while acutely depressed, realization of his condition may come to him.
22.
... read this
book.
BB p.114,
To Wives
23.
... read this
book in the interval.
BB p.95,
Working With Others
If he is sincerely interested and wants to see you again, ask him to read this book in the interval.
24.
... read this
book or at least the ...
BB p.112,
To Wives
When a discussion does arise, you might suggest he
read this book or at least the chapter on alcoholism.
25.
... read this
book through, and though perhaps ...
BB xxxii(xxx),
The Doctor's Opinion
I earnestly advise every alcoholic to read this book through, and though perhaps he came to scoff, he may remain to pray.
26.
... read this
page will understand!
BB p.151,
A Vision For You
27.
... read this
volume and says he is ...
BB p.96,
Working With Others
He has read this volume and
says he is prepared to go through with the Twelve Steps of the program of recovery.
28.
... read Tradition
Two, and learn that the ...
12&12 p.132,
Tradition Two
These practical folk then
read Tradition Two, and learn that the sole authority in A.A. is a loving God as He may express Himself in the group conscience.
29.
... read wordy
books and indulge in windy ...
BB p.49,
We Agnostics
We read wordy books and indulge in windy arguments, thinking we believe this
universe needs no God to explain it.
30.
... read 'zero,'
and we saw that one ...
12&12 p.29,
Step Two
Finally, when all our score cards read 'zero,' and we saw that one more strike would put us out of the game forever, we had to look for our lost faith.
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