From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... serve.
12&12 p.134,
Tradition Two
2.
... 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."
3.
... serve.
BB p.562(564),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
Nine -- A.A., as such, ought never be organized; but we
may create service boards or committees directly responsible
to those they serve.
4.
... serve.
BB p.574,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
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.
5.
... serve any
good purpose, we are willing ...
BB p.77,
Into Action
When it will serve any good purpose, we are willing to
announce our convictions with tact and
common sense.
6.
... serve but
never govern; that each group ...
BB xix,
Foreword to Second Edition
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.
7.
... serve it
to our friends provided they ...
BB p.102,
Working With Others
8.
... serve liquor
to anyone.
BB p.102,
Working With Others
9.
... serve some
good purpose.
BB p.92,
Working With Others
Doctors are rightly loath to tell alcoholic patients the
whole story unless it will serve some good purpose.
10.
... serve Thee
-- Thy will (not mine) be ...
BB p.85,
Into Action
11.
... serve us.
12&12 p.174,
Tradition Nine
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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