From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... stories.
12&12 p.181,
Tradition Eleven
2.
... stories.
12&12 p.185,
Tradition Twelve
Alcoholics barely dry rushed about bright-eyed, buttonholing anyone who
would listen to their stories.
3.
... stories.
12&12 p.187,
Tradition Twelve
4.
... stories.
BB p.125,
The Family Afterward
5.
... stories.
BB xviii,
Foreword to Second Edition
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.
6.
... stories added
to this edition represent a ...
BB xxiii,
Foreword to Fourth Edition
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 xii,
Preface
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 xii,
Preface
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 p.29,
There Is A Solution
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 p.58,
How It Works
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 xii,
Preface
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 p.185,
Tradition Twelve
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 xii,
Preface
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 p.43,
More About Alcoholism
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 xii,
Preface
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 xii,
Preface
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 p.147,
Tradition Four
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 p.186,
Tradition Twelve
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 p.91,
Working With Others
20.
... stories or
case histories in which the ...
12&12 p.17,
Foreword
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 p.183,
Tradition Eleven
22.
... stories were
added.
BB xii,
Preface
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 xii,
Preface
"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 xii,
Preface
25.
... stories were
written, with new titles; thirty ...
BB xi,
Preface
"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 xi,
Preface
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 p.112,
To Wives
28.
... stories you
will find a wide variation ...
BB p.50,
We Agnostics
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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