From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
SERVE occurs
11 times
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Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... serve.
12&12 p.134,
Tradition Two
2.
... serve."
12&12 p.172,
Tradition Nine
3.
... serve.
BB p.562(564),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
4.
... serve.
BB p.574,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
5.
... serve any
good purpose, we are willing ...
BB p.77,
Into Action
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
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
But some of us
think we should not
serve liquor to
anyone.
9.
... serve some
good purpose.
BB p.92,
Working With Others
10.
... serve Thee
-- Thy will (not mine) be ...
BB p.85,
Into Action
"How can I
best serve Thee --
Thy will (not
mine) be
done."
11.
... serve us.
12&12 p.174,
Tradition Nine
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