From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
SPEAKING occurs
7 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
Speaking at
a dinner given by John ...
BB p.572(574),
Appendix V, The Religious View on A.A.
2.
... speaking, but
it still has to meet ...
12&12 p.37,
Step Three
This
brave philosophy,
wherein each
man plays God,
sounds good in the
speaking, but it still has to
meet
the
acid test: how well does
it
actually work?
3.
... speaking, it
isn't.
12&12 p.68,
Step Six
This
sounds like a
hard question, but
practically speaking, it
isn't.
4.
... speaking publicly
about alcoholism, we urge each ...
BB xiii,
Foreword to First Edition
5.
... speaking there
is a point of advantage ...
BB p.572(574),
Appendix V, The Religious View on A.A.
"I
think that
psychologically speaking there is a
point of
advantage in the
approach that is being made in this
movement that cannot be
duplicated.
6.
... speaking to
you of serious, sometimes tragic ...
BB p.132,
The Family Afterward
We have been
speaking to you of
serious, sometimes
tragic
things.
7.
... speaking with
me.
BB p.136,
To Employers
One
day my
secretary came in saying that
Mr. B___
insisted on
speaking with me.
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