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


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... source of embarrassment to you and his ...   BB p.109, To Wives   Go to page 109 in the Big Book
Sometimes he is a source of embarrassment to you and his friends.

2.
... source of emotional stability to be God ...   12&12 p.116, Step Twelve
When we developed still more, we discovered the best possible source of emotional stability to be God Himself.

3.
... source of good stories.   12&12 p.181, Tradition Eleven
To them, we are something more than the source of good stories.


4.
... source of help is noted on page ...   BB p.104, To Wives (Note)   Go to page 104 in the Big Book
A further source of help is noted on page 121.

5.
... source of my discomfort and indicate whether ...   12&12 p.52, Step Four
These are the sort of fundamental inquiries that can disclose the source of my discomfort and indicate whether I may be able to alter my own conduct and so adjust myself serenely to self-discipline.


6.
... source of power much greater than yourself.   BB p.163, A Vision For You   Go to page 163 in the Big Book
You forget that you have just now tapped a source of power much greater than yourself.

7.
... source of strength.   12&12 p.39, Step Three
And far from being a weakness, this dependence was their chief source of strength.

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... source of strength which, in one way ...   12&12 p.107, Step Twelve
In a very real sense he has been transformed, because he has laid hold of a source of strength which, in one way or another, he had hitherto denied himself.

9.
... source, or of contributions carrying any obligation ...   12&12 p.190, Tradition Seven (Long)
We think that each group should soon achieve this ideal; that any public solicitation of funds using the name of Alcoholics Anonymous is highly dangerous, whether by groups, clubs, hospitals, or other outside agencies; that acceptance of large gifts from any source, or of contributions carrying any obligation whatever, is unwise.


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... source, or of contributions carrying any obligation ...   BB p.564(566), Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition   Display entire Appendix I
We think that each group should soon achieve this ideal; that any public solicitation of funds using the name of Alcoholics Anonymous is highly dangerous, whether by groups, clubs, hospitals, or other outside agencies; that acceptance of large gifts from any source, or of contributions carrying any obligation whatever, is unwise.


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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