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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... 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
In the
view of
its friends, this is but the
beginning of
its unique and
valuable service.
3.
... service.
BB p.3,
Bill's Story
4.
... service --
a true fellowship.
12&12 p.175,
Tradition Nine
5.
... service affairs.
BB p.575,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
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
8.
... service, answers
the mail, and sends out ...
12&12 p.134,
Tradition Two
9.
... service at
G.S.O.
12&12 p.169,
Tradition Eight (Note)
These
A.A.'s bring a
wide range of
business and
professional experience to their
service
at
G.S.O.
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)
14.
... Service Board
and its service corporations, staffs, ...
BB p.574,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
15.
... Service Board
are, in effect, our A.A.
12&12 p.191,
Tradition Nine (Long)
The
trustees of the
General Service Board are, in
effect, our
A.A.
16.
... Service Board
are, in effect, our A.A. ...
BB p.565(567),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
The
trustees of the
General Service Board are, in
effect, our
A.A. General Service Committee.
17.
... Service Board
are legal instruments, empowering the ...
BB p.575,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
18.
... Service Board
of A.A. (the trustees) administers ...
BB p.573(575),
Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A.
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
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
There was to be the
least possible organization, even in our
service centers.
30.
... service centers
may employ special workers."
12&12 p.166,
Tradition Eight
31.
... service centers
may employ special workers.
BB p.562(564),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
32.
... Service Committee.
12&12 p.191,
Tradition Nine (Long)
33.
... Service Committee.
BB p.565(567),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
The
trustees of the
General Service Board are, in
effect, our
A.A. General Service Committee.
34.
... Service Conference.
BB p.574,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
35.
... Service Conference,
its Foundation Board,(*) nor the ...
12&12 p.173,
Tradition Nine
36.
... Service Conference
of A.A. has become, for ...
BB p.574,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
37.
... Service Conferences
of Alcoholics Anonymous for A.A. ...
12&12 p.175,
Tradition Nine
38.
... service corporations,
staffs, committees, and executives -- with ...
BB p.574,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
39.
... service directors,
executives, staffs, and consultants.
BB p.575,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
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 leadership
at all levels is indispensable ...
BB p.575,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
46.
... service leadership,
once exercised by the founders, ...
BB p.575,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
47.
... service matters
should be exercised by the ...
BB p.574,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
48.
... 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.
49.
... 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.
50.
... 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.
51.
... 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.
52.
... 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.
53.
... 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.
54.
... Service Office,
1600 Corporate Landing Parkway, Virginia ...
BB p.121,
To Wives (Note)
55.
... Service Office,
A.A. World Services, Inc., and ...
BB p.573(575),
Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A.
56.
... Service Office
at New York.
12&12 p.191,
Tradition Nine (Long)
General Service Office at New
York.
57.
... Service Office
at New York.
BB p.565(567),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
58.
... 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?
59.
... 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.
60.
... service proposition,
pure and simple.
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
It was a
service proposition,
pure and
simple.
61.
... Service provide
a group of related principles ...
BB p.574,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
62.
... 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.
63.
... 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.
64.
... service structure
remain responsive and responsible to ...
BB p.574,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
65.
... service that
we elect the A.A. group's ...
12&12 p.174,
Tradition Nine
66.
... 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.
67.
... 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.
68.
... service to
God and the people about ...
BB p.77,
Into Action
Our
real purpose is to
fit ourselves to be of
maximum
service to
God and the people
about us.
69.
... 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.
70.
... service, when
the acquisition of money for ...
12&12 p.121,
Step Twelve
71.
... service with
those about us.
12&12 p.122,
Step Twelve
It
became a
means of
exchanging love and
service with those about us.
72.
... 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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