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1.
... special abilities,
skills, and aptitudes, and has ...
BB p.21,
There Is A Solution
2.
... special ability,
or of his own strong ...
BB p.137,
To Employers
Because of the
employee's
special ability, or of his
own strong personal attachment to
him, the
employer has sometimes
kept such a
man at
work long beyond a
reasonable period.
3.
... special individual
skills.
12&12 p.151,
Tradition Five
The
unique ability of
each
A.A. to
identify
himself with, and bring
recovery to, the
newcomer in no way
depends
upon his
learning,
eloquence, or on any
special
individual skills.
4.
... special meaning.
12&12 p.117,
Step Twelve
For those of us who were like that,
A.A. had a very
special meaning.
5.
... special problem
that it may bring.
12&12 p.102,
Step Eleven
Perhaps we
think of our
day's
work and the
chances it may
afford us to be
useful and
helpful, or of some
special
problem that it may bring.
6.
... special problems.
BB p.573(575),
Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A.
This
headquarters will
give the
location of the
nearest family group and will, if you
wish,
correspond with you about your
special problems.
7.
... special service
boards and committees which in ...
12&12 p.172,
Tradition Nine
8.
... special services
may be well recompensed.
12&12 p.191,
Tradition Eight (Long)
Such
special services may
be well
recompensed.
9.
... special services
may be well recompensed.
BB p.564(566),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
Such
special services may
be well
recompensed.
10.
... special token
of appreciation?
BB p.1,
Bill's Story
I
fancied myself a
leader, for had not the
men of
my
battery given me a
special token of
appreciation?
11.
... special vigilance.
12&12 p.92,
Step Ten
Now that we're in
A.A. and
sober, and
winning back the
esteem of our
friends and
business associates,
we find that we still
need to
exercise special vigilance.
12.
... special virtue
which makes us feel superior ...
12&12 p.177,
Tradition Ten
Let us
reemphasize that this
reluctance to
fight one
another or anybody else is not
counted as some
special virtue which makes
us
feel superior to other
people.
13.
... special workers."
12&12 p.166,
Tradition Eight
14.
... special workers.
BB p.562(564),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
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