From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... service.
12&12 p.124,
Step Twelve
When by devoted service to
family, friends, business, or community
we attract widespread
affection and are sometimes singled out for posts of greater responsibility and trust, we try to be humbly grateful and exert ourselves the more in a spirit of love and service.
2.
... service.
12&12 p.18,
Foreword
3.
... service.
BB p.3,
Bill's Story
We gave up our positions and off we roared on a motorcycle,
the sidecar stuffed with
tent, blankets, a change of clothes, and three huge volumes of a financial reference service.
4.
... service --
a true fellowship.
12&12 p.175,
Tradition Nine
Though Tradition Nine at first sight seems to deal with a purely practical matter, in its actual operation it discloses
a society without organization, animated only by the spirit
of service -- a true fellowship.
5.
... service affairs.
BB p.575,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
VII. The Charter and Bylaws of the General Service Board are legal instruments, empowering the trustees
to manage and conduct world service affairs.
6.
... service, and
receive great joys in return.
12&12 p.120,
Step Twelve
7.
... Service and
revises the three sections of ...
BB xii,
Preface
This fourth edition includes the Twelve Concepts for World Service and revises the three sections of personal stories as follows.
8.
... service, answers
the mail, and sends out ...
12&12 p.134,
Tradition Two
The secretary sees that
literature is on the table, looks after the phone-answering service, answers the mail, and sends out notices of meetings.
9.
... service at
G.S.O.
12&12 p.169,
Tradition Eight (Note)
10.
... service authority,
with the scope of such ...
BB p.575,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
X. Every service responsibility should be matched by an equal service authority, with the scope of such authority well defined.
11.
... Service Board.
12&12 p.189,
Tradition Four (Long)
And no group, regional committee, or
individual should ever
take any action that might greatly affect A.A. as a whole without conferring with the trustees of the General
Service Board.
12.
... Service Board.
BB p.563(565),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
And no group, regional committee, or
individual should ever
take any action that might greatly affect A.A. as a whole without conferring with the trustees of the General
Service Board.
13.
... Service Board.
BB p.574,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
VI. The Conference recognizes that the chief
initiative and active
responsibility in most world service matters should be exercised by the trustee
members of the Conference acting as the
General Service Board.
14.
... Service Board
and its service corporations, staffs, ...
BB p.574,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
III. To insure effective leadership,
we should endow each element of A.A. -- the Conference, the General
Service Board and its service corporations, staffs,
committees, and executives -- with a traditional "Right of Decision."
15.
... Service Board
are, in effect, our A.A.
12&12 p.191,
Tradition Nine (Long)
16.
... Service Board
are, in effect, our A.A. ...
BB p.565(567),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
17.
... Service Board
are legal instruments, empowering the ...
BB p.575,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
VII. The Charter and Bylaws of the General Service Board are legal instruments, empowering the trustees
to manage and conduct world service affairs.
18.
... Service Board
of A.A. (the trustees) administers ...
BB p.573(575),
Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A.
The General Service Board of A.A. (the trustees) administers
A.A.'s General Service Office, A.A. World Services, Inc., and our monthly magazine, the A.A. Grapevine.
19.
... Service Board
of Alcoholics Anonymous, Inc., and ...
12&12 p.140,
Tradition Three (Note)
(*) In 1954, the name of the
Alcoholic Foundation, Inc., was changed to the General
Service Board of Alcoholics Anonymous,
Inc., and the Foundation office is now the General Service Office.
20.
... Service Board
of Alcoholics Anonymous, Inc., and ...
12&12 p.148,
Tradition Four (Note)
(*) In 1954, the name of the
Alcoholic Foundation, Inc., was changed to the General
Service Board of Alcoholics Anonymous,
Inc., and the Foundation office is now the General Service Office.
21.
... Service Board
of Alcoholics Anonymous, Inc., and ...
12&12 p.162,
Tradition Seven (Note)
(*) In 1954, the name of the
Alcoholic Foundation, Inc., was changed to the General
Service Board of Alcoholics Anonymous,
Inc., and the Foundation office is now the General Service Office.
22.
... Service Board
of Alcoholics Anonymous, Inc., and ...
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight (Note)
(*) In 1954, the name of the
Alcoholic Foundation, Inc., was changed to the General
Service Board of Alcoholics Anonymous,
Inc., and the Foundation office is now the General Service Office.
23.
... Service Board
of Alcoholics Anonymous, Inc., and ...
12&12 p.173,
Tradition Nine (Note)
(*) In 1954, the name of the
Alcoholic Foundation, Inc., was changed to the General
Service Board of Alcoholics Anonymous,
Inc., and the Foundation office is now the General Service Office.
24.
... Service Board
of Alcoholics Anonymous, Inc., and ...
12&12 p.182,
Tradition Eleven (Note)
(*) In 1954, the name of the
Alcoholic Foundation, Inc., was changed to the General
Service Board of Alcoholics Anonymous,
Inc., and the Foundation office is now the General Service Office.
25.
... service boards
and committees which in themselves ...
12&12 p.172,
Tradition Nine
Then, in seeming contradiction, we proceed to create special service boards and committees
which in themselves are organized.
26.
... service boards
or committees directly responsible to ...
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."
27.
... service boards
or committees directly responsible to ...
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.
28.
... service center.
BB p.573(575),
Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A.
29.
... service centers.
BB xix,
Foreword to Second Edition
30.
... service centers
may employ special workers."
12&12 p.166,
Tradition Eight
"Alcoholics Anonymous should remain forever nonprofessional, but our service centers may employ special workers."
31.
... service centers
may employ special workers.
BB p.562(564),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
Eight -- Alcoholics Anonymous should remain forever nonprofessional, but our service centers may employ special workers.
32.
... Service Committee.
12&12 p.191,
Tradition Nine (Long)
33.
... Service Committee.
BB p.565(567),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
34.
... Service Conference.
BB p.574,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
The "short form" of the Concepts, which follows,
was prepared by the 1974
General Service Conference.
35.
... Service Conference,
its Foundation Board,(*) nor the ...
12&12 p.173,
Tradition Nine
Neither its General Service Conference, its Foundation Board,(*) nor the humblest group committee can issue a single directive to an A.A. member and make it stick, let alone mete out any punishment.
36.
... Service Conference
of A.A. has become, for ...
BB p.574,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
II. The General Service Conference of A.A. has become, for nearly every practical purpose, the active voice and the effective conscience
of our whole Society in its world affairs.
37.
... Service Conferences
of Alcoholics Anonymous for A.A. ...
12&12 p.175,
Tradition Nine
It is in this spirit of service that we elect the A.A. group's informal rotating committee, the intergroup association for the area,
and the General Service Conferences of Alcoholics Anonymous
for A.A. as a whole.
38.
... service corporations,
staffs, committees, and executives -- with ...
BB p.574,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
III. To insure effective leadership,
we should endow each element of A.A. -- the Conference, the General
Service Board and its service corporations, staffs,
committees, and executives -- with a traditional "Right of Decision."
39.
... service directors,
executives, staffs, and consultants.
BB p.575,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
XI. The trustees should always have the best possible committees, corporate service directors, executives,
staffs, and consultants.
40.
... service for
Alcoholics Anonymous, because it had ...
12&12 p.149,
Tradition Four
Moreover, it had performed a great service for Alcoholics Anonymous, because it had
been humbly willing to apply the lessons it learned.
41.
... service, for
true leaders in A.A. are ...
12&12 p.191,
Tradition Nine (Long)
All such representatives are to be guided in the spirit of service, for true leaders in A.A. are but trusted and experienced
servants of the whole.
42.
... service, for
true leaders in A.A. are ...
BB p.565(567),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
All such representatives are to be guided in the spirit of service, for true leaders in A.A. are but trusted and experienced
servants of the whole.
43.
... service for
us are worthy of their ...
12&12 p.171,
Tradition Eight
Our Twelfth Step is never to be paid for, but those who labor in service for us are worthy of their
hire.
44.
Service, gladly
rendered, obligations squarely met, troubles ...
12&12 p.124,
Step Twelve
Service, gladly rendered, obligations
squarely met, troubles well accepted or solved with God's help, the knowledge that at home or in
the world outside we are
partners in a common effort, the well-understood fact that in God's sight all human beings are important, the proof that
love freely given surely brings a full return, the certainty that
we are no longer isolated and alone in self-constructed prisons, the surety that we
need no longer be square pegs in round holes but can fit and belong in God's scheme of things -- these are
the permanent and legitimate satisfactions of right
living for which no amount of pomp and circumstance, no heap of material possessions, could possibly be substitutes.
45.
... service, he
was well assisted by Sister ...
BB p.171,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
In this prodigy of service,
he was well assisted by Sister Ignatia at St. Thomas Hospital in Akron, Ohio, one of the greatest friends our Fellowship will ever know.
46.
... service leadership
at all levels is indispensable ...
BB p.575,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
47.
... service leadership,
once exercised by the founders, ...
BB p.575,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
Primary world service leadership, once exercised by the founders, must necessarily be assumed
by the trustees.
48.
... service matters
should be exercised by the ...
BB p.574,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
VI. The Conference recognizes that the chief
initiative and active
responsibility in most world service matters should be exercised by the trustee
members of the Conference acting as the
General Service Board.
49.
... service, Monday
night Christian Endeavor and sometimes ...
BB p.172,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
From childhood through
high school I was more or less forced to go to church, Sunday School and evening service, Monday night Christian Endeavor and sometimes
to Wednesday evening
prayer meeting.
50.
... Service Office.
12&12 p.140,
Tradition Three (Note)
(*) In 1954, the name of the
Alcoholic Foundation, Inc., was changed to the General
Service Board of Alcoholics Anonymous,
Inc., and the Foundation office is now the General Service Office.
51.
... Service Office.
12&12 p.148,
Tradition Four (Note)
(*) In 1954, the name of the
Alcoholic Foundation, Inc., was changed to the General
Service Board of Alcoholics Anonymous,
Inc., and the Foundation office is now the General Service Office.
52.
... Service Office.
12&12 p.162,
Tradition Seven (Note)
(*) In 1954, the name of the
Alcoholic Foundation, Inc., was changed to the General
Service Board of Alcoholics Anonymous,
Inc., and the Foundation office is now the General Service Office.
53.
... Service Office.
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight (Note)
(*) In 1954, the name of the
Alcoholic Foundation, Inc., was changed to the General
Service Board of Alcoholics Anonymous,
Inc., and the Foundation office is now the General Service Office.
54.
... Service Office.
12&12 p.173,
Tradition Nine (Note)
(*) In 1954, the name of the
Alcoholic Foundation, Inc., was changed to the General
Service Board of Alcoholics Anonymous,
Inc., and the Foundation office is now the General Service Office.
55.
... Service Office.
12&12 p.182,
Tradition Eleven (Note)
(*) In 1954, the name of the
Alcoholic Foundation, Inc., was changed to the General
Service Board of Alcoholics Anonymous,
Inc., and the Foundation office is now the General Service Office.
56.
... Service Office,
1600 Corporate Landing Parkway, Virginia ...
BB p.121,
To Wives (Note)
If there is no Al-Anon/Alateen listing in
your local telephone book, you may obtain further information on
Al-Anon/Alateen Family Groups by writing to its World Service Office, 1600 Corporate Landing Parkway, Virginia Beach, VA 23454-5617.
57.
... Service Office,
A.A. World Services, Inc., and ...
BB p.573(575),
Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A.
The General Service Board of A.A. (the trustees) administers
A.A.'s General Service Office, A.A. World Services, Inc., and our monthly magazine, the A.A. Grapevine.
58.
... Service Office
at New York.
12&12 p.191,
Tradition Nine (Long)
59.
... Service Office
at New York.
BB p.565(567),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
They are the custodians of our A.A. Tradition and the receivers of voluntary
A.A. contributions by
which we maintain our A.A.
General Service Office at New York.
60.
... service organization
for itself?
12&12 p.172,
Tradition Nine
How, then, can we have an unorganized movement which can and does create a service organization for itself?
61.
... service plane,
the alcoholic commences to rely ...
BB p.98,
Working With Others
The minute we put our work on a service plane, the alcoholic commences to rely upon our assistance rather than upon God.
62.
... service proposition,
pure and simple.
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
63.
... Service provide
a group of related principles ...
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.
64.
... service responsibility
should be matched by an ...
BB p.575,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
X. Every service responsibility should be matched by an equal service authority, with the scope of such authority well defined.
65.
... service --
self-appointed, of course, because there is ...
12&12 p.133,
Tradition Two
These are the growing group's hierarchy of service -- self-appointed, of course, because there is no other way.
66.
... service structure
remain responsive and responsible to ...
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.
67.
... service that
we elect the A.A. group's ...
12&12 p.174,
Tradition Nine
It is in this spirit of service that we elect the A.A. group's informal rotating committee, the intergroup association for the area,
and the General Service Conferences of Alcoholics Anonymous
for A.A. as a whole.
68.
... service to
alcoholic sufferers and perhaps to ...
BB p.34,
More About Alcoholism
The experiment of quitting for a period of time will be helpful, but we think we can
render an even greater service to alcoholic sufferers and
perhaps to the medical
fraternity.
69.
... service to
family, friends, business, or community ...
12&12 p.124,
Step Twelve
When by devoted service to
family, friends, business, or community
we attract widespread
affection and are sometimes singled out for posts of greater responsibility and trust, we try to be humbly grateful and exert ourselves the more in a spirit of love and service.
70.
... service to
God and the people about ...
BB p.77,
Into Action
71.
... service, two
concepts which are sometimes poles ...
12&12 p.174,
Tradition Nine
It is the difference between the spirit of vested authority and the
spirit of service, two concepts which are sometimes poles apart.
72.
... service, when
the acquisition of money for ...
12&12 p.121,
Step Twelve
When a job still looked like a mere means of getting money rather than an opportunity for service,
when the acquisition of money for financial independence looked more important than a right dependence upon God, we were still the victims of unreasonable fears.
73.
... service with
those about us.
12&12 p.122,
Step Twelve
74.
... service workers
nor could any A.A. member ...
12&12 p.167,
Tradition Eight
But when we had declared that our Fellowship couldn't hire
service workers nor could any A.A. member carry our knowledge into other fields, we were taking the counsel of fear, fear which today has been largely dispelled in the light of
experience.
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