From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... substance, and
unity.
12&12 p.18,
Foreword
The Tradition section
of this volume portrays
in some detail the experience which finally
produced the Twelve Traditions and so gave A.A. its present form, substance, and unity.
2.
... substance of
A.A.'s Twelve Traditions, which are ...
BB xix,
Foreword to Second Edition
This was the substance of A.A.'s
Twelve Traditions,
which are stated in full on
page 561 of this book.
3.
... substance of
anonymity is sacrifice.
12&12 p.184,
Tradition Twelve
4.
... substance of
what we receive as we ...
12&12 p.110,
Step Twelve
To watch the eyes of men and women open with wonder as they move from darkness into light, to see their lives quickly fill with new purpose and meaning, to see whole families reassembled,
to see the alcoholic outcast received back into his community in
full citizenship, and
above all to watch these people awaken to the presence of a loving God in their lives -- these things are the substance of
what we receive as we carry A.A.'s message to the next alcoholic.
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