From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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Speaking at
a dinner given by John ...
BB p.572(574),
Appendix V, The Religious View on A.A.
Speaking at a dinner given by John D. Rockefeller Jr. to introduce Alcoholics
Anonymous to some of his friends, Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick remarked:
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
4.
... speaking publicly
about alcoholism, we urge each ...
BB xiii,
Foreword to First Edition
When writing or speaking publicly about alcoholism, we urge each of our Fellowship to
omit his personal name, designating himself instead as "a member of Alcoholics Anonymous."
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
7.
... speaking with
me.
BB p.136,
To Employers
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