From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
1.
... sentence, and
often to condemn him to ...
12&12 p.141,
Tradition Three
At last experience taught us that to take away any alcoholic's full chance was sometimes to pronounce his death sentence, and often to condemn him to endless misery.
2.
... sentence: "Any
two or three alcoholics gathered ...
12&12 p.146,
Tradition Four
So confident of this had we become that the original statement of A.A. tradition carried this significant sentence: "Any two or three alcoholics gathered together for sobriety may call themselves an A.A. group provided that as a group they have no other affiliation."
3.
... sentence, but
most convincing.
12&12 p.137,
Tradition Two
4.
... sentence, did
you mean it, or didn't ...
12&12 p.144,
Tradition Three
5.
... sentence leaped
to the eye: "Don't take ...
12&12 p.149,
Tradition Four
Once the card was unfolded, a single pungent sentence leaped to the eye: "Don't take yourself too damn seriously."
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