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


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1.
... sole advocate of this saving principle.   12&12 p.56, Step Five
But today religion is by no means the sole advocate of this saving principle.

2.
... sole aim.   12&12 p.178, Tradition Ten
The early members foresaw that they should dedicate themselves to this sole aim.

3.
... sole authority in A.A. is a loving ...   12&12 p.132, Tradition Two
These practical folk then read Tradition Two, and learn that the sole authority in A.A. is a loving God as He may express Himself in the group conscience.

4.
... sole end and aim of our lives.   12&12 p.114, Step Twelve
We have learned that the satisfaction of instincts cannot be the sole end and aim of our lives.

5.
... sole object of our lives, then pride ...   12&12 p.49, Step Four
When the satisfaction of our instincts for sex, security, and society becomes the sole object of our lives, then pride steps in to justify our excesses.

6.
... sole objective.   12&12 p.147, Tradition Four
Sobriety had to be its sole objective.

7.
... sole purpose was being compromised, and the ...   12&12 p.170, Tradition Eight
A.A.'s sole purpose was being compromised, and the name of Alcoholics Anonymous was being misused.

8.
... sole responsibility of those people who financially ...   12&12 p.190, Tradition Six (Long)
Their management should be the sole responsibility of those people who financially support them.


9.
... sole responsibility of those people who financially ...   BB p.564(566), Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition   Display entire Appendix I
Their management should be the sole responsibility of those people who financially support them.


10.
... sole vocation of this work, nor do ...   BB p.19, There Is A Solution   Go to page 19 in the Big Book
None of us makes a sole vocation of this work, nor do we think its effectiveness would be increased if we did.


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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