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

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SERVE   occurs   11 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... serve.   12&12 p.134, Tradition Two
Thus throughout A.A. does the group conscience decree the terms upon which its leaders shall serve.

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   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.


4.
... 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.


5.
... serve any good purpose, we are willing ...   BB p.77, Into Action   Go to page 77 in the Big Book
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   Display entire 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   Go to page 102 in the Big Book
Some of us still serve it to our friends provided they are not alcoholic.


8.
... serve liquor to anyone.   BB p.102, Working With Others   Go to page 102 in the Big Book
But some of us think we should not serve liquor to anyone.


9.
... serve some good purpose.   BB p.92, Working With Others   Go to page 92 in the Big Book
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   Go to page 85 in the Big Book
"How can I best serve Thee -- Thy will (not mine) be done."

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.


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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