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... serve.
BB
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.562
Nine -- A.A., as such, ought never be organized; but we
may create service boards or committees directly responsible to
those they serve.
2.
... serve.
BB
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form), p.574
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.
3.
... serve.
12&12
Contents (Tradition Two), p.10
4.
... serve."
12&12
Contents (Tradition Nine), p.12
Tradition Nine -- "A.A., as such, ought never be organized; but we may create
service boards or committees directly responsible to those they
serve."
5.
... serve.
12&12
Tradition Two, p.134
6.
... serve."
12&12
Tradition Nine, p.172
"A.A., as such, ought never be organized; but we may create
service boards or committees directly responsible to those they
serve."
7.
... serve any
good purpose, we are willing ...
BB
Into Action, p.77
When it will serve any good purpose, we are willing to announce our convictions
with tact and common sense.
8.
... serve but
never govern; that each group ...
BB
Foreword to Second Edition, p.xix
It was thought that no alcoholic man or woman could be excluded from
our Society; that our leaders might serve but never govern; that each group was to be autonomous and there was to be no professional class of therapy.
9.
... serve it
to our friends provided they ...
BB
Working With Others, p.102
10.
... serve liquor
to anyone.
BB
Working With Others, p.102
11.
... serve some
good purpose.
BB
Working With Others, p.92
Doctors are rightly loath to tell alcoholic patients the whole story unless it will serve some good purpose.
12.
... serve Thee
-- Thy will (not mine) be ...
BB
Into Action, p.85
13.
... serve us.
12&12
Tradition Nine, p.174
It is clear now that we ought never to name boards to govern us, but it is equally
clear that we shall always need to authorize workers to serve us.
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