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
2.
... statement exonerating
his rival?
BB p.80,
Into Action
3.
... statement he
confirms what we who have ...
BB xxvi(xxiv),
The 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
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
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
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
The physician who, at our request, gave us this letter, has been kind enough to enlarge upon his views in another statement which follows.
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