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


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... statement.   12&12 p.136, Tradition Two
Charlie fished in his desk and came up with an old financial statement.


2.
... statement exonerating his rival?   BB p.80, Into Action   Go to page 80 in the Big Book
How could he possibly make a public statement exonerating his rival?


3.
... statement he confirms what we who have ...   BB xxvi(xxiv), The Doctor's Opinion   Display entire Doctor's Opinion
In this statement he confirms what we who have suffered alcoholic torture must believe -- that the body of the alcoholic is quite as abnormal as his mind.


4.
... statement hit me hard.   BB p.12, Bill's Story   Go to page 12 in the Big Book
That statement hit me hard.

5.
... statement: "It is important that we remain ...   12&12 p.184, Tradition Twelve
Its foreword made this revealing statement: "It is important that we remain anonymous because we are too few, at present, to handle the overwhelming number of personal appeals which may result from this publication.

6.
... statement like this: "Sure, I was beaten, ...   12&12 p.63, Step Six
He will usually offer his proof in a statement like this: "Sure, I was beaten, absolutely licked.

7.
... statement may surprise newcomers who have experienced ...   12&12 p.40, Step Three
This statement may surprise newcomers who have experienced nothing but constant deflation and a growing conviction that human will is of no value whatever.

8.
... statement of A.A. tradition carried this significant ...   12&12 p.146, Tradition Four
So confident of this had we become that the original statement of A.A. tradition carried this significant sentence: "Any two or three alcoholics gathered together for sobriety may call themselves an A.A. group provided that as a group they have no other affiliation."


9.
... statement to some of us: "What you ...   BB p.43, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 43 in the Big Book
One of these men, staff member of a world-renowned hospital, recently made this statement to some of us: "What you say about the general hopelessness of the average alcoholic's plight is, in my opinion, correct.


10.
... statement which follows.   BB xxvi(xxiv), The Doctor's Opinion   Display entire Doctor's Opinion
The physician who, at our request, gave us this letter, has been kind enough to enlarge upon his views in another statement which follows.


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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