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


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... sold for money, hence these people, too, ...   12&12 p.167, Tradition Eight
In all these instances, and more, it was claimed that A.A. knowledge and experience were being sold for money, hence these people, too, were professionals.

2.
... sold for money, we had been wise.   12&12 p.167, Tradition Eight
When we had agreed that the Twelfth Step couldn't be sold for money, we had been wise.

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... sold me one idea, and that was ...   12&12 p.154, Tradition Five
Years later, this tough Irish customer liked to say, "My sponsor sold me one idea, and that was sobriety.

4.
... sold on meditation and prayer.   12&12 p.97, Step Eleven
Of course we finally did experiment, and when unexpected results followed, we felt different; in fact we knew different; and so we were sold on meditation and prayer.


5.
... "sold" on the ideas contained in this ...   BB xxxii(xxx), The Doctor's Opinion   Display entire Doctor's Opinion
However, he did become "sold" on the ideas contained in this book.

6.
... sold to fellow members with the same ...   12&12 p.143, Tradition Three
These ideas he sold to fellow members with the same burning enthusiasm with which he distributed automobile polish.


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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