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

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RESPONSIBLE   occurs   10 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... responsible.   BB p.83, Into Action   Go to page 83 in the Big Book
Their defects may be glaring, but the chances are that our own actions are partly responsible.


2.
... responsible.   BB p.143, To Employers   Go to page 143 in the Big Book
It is better for him to feel fully responsible.

3.
... responsible, and that by making financial independence ...   12&12 p.165, Tradition Seven
They pointed out that the irresponsible had become responsible, and that by making financial independence part of its tradition, Alcoholics Anonymous had revived an ideal that its era had almost forgotten.

4.
... responsible for the whole pattern of our ...   12&12 p.80, Step Eight
We can go far beyond those things which were superficially wrong with us, to see those flaws which were basic, flaws which sometimes were responsible for the whole pattern of our lives.


5.
... responsible levels, we ought to maintain a ...   BB p.574, Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)   Display entire Appendix VII
IV. At all responsible levels, we ought to maintain a traditional "Right of Participation," allowing a voting representation in reasonable proportion to the responsibility that each must discharge.

6.
... responsible to no other authority than its ...   12&12 p.189, Tradition Four (Long)
Four -- With respect to its own affairs, each A.A. group should be responsible to no other authority than its own conscience.


7.
... responsible to no other authority than its ...   BB p.563(565), Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition   Display entire Appendix I
4. With respect to its own affairs, each A.A. group should be responsible to no other authority than its own conscience.

8.
... responsible to those they serve."   12&12 p.172, Tradition Nine
"A.A., as such, ought never be organized; but we may create service boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve."


9.
... responsible to those they serve.   BB p.562(564), Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition   Display entire Appendix I
Nine -- A.A., as such, ought never be organized; but we may create service boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve.


10.
... responsible to those they serve.   BB p.574, Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)   Display entire Appendix VII
Written by co-founder Bill W. in 1962, the Twelve Concepts for World Service provide a group of related principles to help ensure that various elements of A.A.'s service structure remain responsive and responsible to those they serve.


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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