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... stories.
BB
Foreword to Second Edition, p.xviii
In the spring of 1940, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. gave a dinner for many of his friends to which he invited
A.A. members to tell their stories.
2.
... stories.
BB
The Family Afterward, p.125
3.
... stories.
12&12
Tradition Eleven, p.181
4.
... stories.
12&12
Tradition Twelve, p.185
Alcoholics barely dry rushed about bright-eyed, buttonholing anyone who
would listen to their stories.
5.
... stories.
12&12
Tradition Twelve, p.187
6.
... stories added
to this edition represent a ...
BB
Foreword to Fourth Edition, p.xxiii
The stories added to this edition represent a membership whose characteristics -- of age, gender, race, and culture -- have widened and have deepened to
encompass virtually everyone the first 100 members could have hoped to reach.
7.
... stories and
think: "Yes, that happened to ...
BB
Preface, p.xii
If you have a drinking problem, we hope that you may pause in reading one of the forty-two personal stories and think: "Yes, that happened to me"; or,
more important, "Yes, I've felt like that"; or, most important, "Yes, I believe this program can work for me too."
8.
... stories as
follows.
BB
Preface, p.xii
This fourth edition includes the Twelve Concepts for World Service and revises the three sections of personal stories as follows.
9.
... stories, describes
in his own language and ...
BB
There Is A Solution, p.29
Each individual, in the personal stories, describes in his own language and from his own point of view the way he established his relationship with God.
10.
... stories disclose
in a general way what ...
BB
How It Works, p.58
Our stories disclose in a general way what we used to be like, what happened, and what we are like
now.
11.
... stories; eight
were removed (in addition to ...
BB
Preface, p.xii
Part III now includes twelve new stories; eight were removed (in addition to the
two that were transferred
to Part I).
12.
... stories got
into circulation outside of A.A., ...
12&12
Tradition Twelve, p.185
When such stories got into circulation outside of A.A., the loss of confidence in our anonymity promise was severe.
13.
... stories have
been deleted.
BB
Preface, p.xii
One new story has been added to Part I, and two that originally appeared in Part III have been repositioned there; six
stories have been deleted.
14.
... stories I
have heard, there is no ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.43
As to two of you men, whose stories I have heard, there is no doubt in my mind that you were 100% hopeless, apart from divine help.
15.
... stories in
Part II have been carried ...
BB
Preface, p.xii
Six of the stories in Part II have been carried over, eleven new ones have been added, and eleven taken out.
16.
... stories in
Part II ("They Stopped in ...
BB
Preface, p.xii
Nine of the stories in Part II ("They Stopped in Time") were carried over from the second edition; eight new stories were added.
17.
... stories more,
but three would do for ...
12&12
Tradition Four, p.147
In imagination the gleaming center was to go up several
stories more, but three would do for a start.
18.
... stories of
Mr. Rockefeller's dinner for Alcoholics ...
12&12
Tradition Twelve, p.186
The news stories of Mr. Rockefeller's dinner for Alcoholics Anonymous helped double our total membership in a year's time.
19.
... stories of
your escapades.
BB
Working With Others, p.91
20.
... stories or
case histories in which the ...
12&12
Foreword, p.17
The remainder of the book
was devoted to thirty stories or case histories in which the alcoholics described
their drinking experiences and recoveries.
21.
... stories to
this end.
12&12
Tradition Eleven, p.183
22.
... stories were
added.
BB
Preface, p.xii
Nine of the stories in Part II ("They Stopped in Time") were carried over from the second edition; eight new stories were added.
23.
... stories were
added; and the story section ...
BB
Preface, pp.xi-xii
"Bill's Story," "Doctor Bob's Nightmare," and one other personal history from the first edition were retained intact; three were edited and one of these was retitled; new versions of two stories were written, with new titles; thirty completely new stories were added; and the story section was divided into three parts, under the same headings that are used now.
24.
... stories were
retained; five new ones were ...
BB
Preface, p.xii
25.
... stories were
written, with new titles; thirty ...
BB
Preface, pp.xi-xii
"Bill's Story," "Doctor Bob's Nightmare," and one other personal history from the first edition were retained intact; three were edited and one of these was retitled; new versions of two stories were written, with new titles; thirty completely new stories were added; and the story section was divided into three parts, under the same headings that are used now.
26.
... stories, which
was expanded to reflect the ...
BB
Preface, p.xi
But the chief change was in
the section of personal
stories, which was expanded
to reflect the Fellowship's growth.
27.
... stories you
have read.
BB
To Wives, p.112
28.
... stories you
will find a wide variation ...
BB
We Agnostics, p.50
In our personal stories you
will find a wide variation in the way each teller approaches and conceives of the Power which
is greater than himself.
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