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

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TELEPHONE   occurs   9 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... telephone.   BB p.6, Bill's Story   Go to page 6 in the Big Book
One day I walked into a cafe to telephone.


2.
... telephone.   BB p.8, Bill's Story   Go to page 8 in the Big Book
My musing was interrupted by the telephone.


3.
... telephone book, you may obtain further information ...   BB p.121, To Wives (Note)   Go to page 121 in the Big Book
If there is no Al-Anon/Alateen listing in your local telephone book, you may obtain further information on Al-Anon/Alateen Family Groups by writing to its World Service Office, 1600 Corporate Landing Parkway, Virginia Beach, VA 23454-5617.

4.
... telephone, but it was an open invitation ...   12&12 p.167, Tradition Eight
Even more important, an empty club couldn't answer its telephone, but it was an open invitation to a drunk on a binge who possessed a spare key.


5.
... telephone directories.   BB p.573(575), Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A.   Display entire Appendix VI
These so-called intergroup associations are found under the listing "A.A." or "Alcoholics Anonymous" in telephone directories.


6.
... telephone directory, newspaper office, or police station, ...   BB p.573(575), Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A.   Display entire Appendix VI
In such places, A.A. can be located through the local telephone directory, newspaper office, or police station, or by contacting local priests or ministers.


7.
... telephone had never been invented.   BB p.115, To Wives   Go to page 115 in the Big Book
When your husband is bad, you become a trembling recluse, wishing the telephone had never been invented.


8.
... telephone may jangle at any time of ...   BB p.97, Working With Others   Go to page 97 in the Big Book
Your telephone may jangle at any time of the day or night.

9.
... telephone rings unanswered, if we do not ...   12&12 p.175, Tradition Nine
If nobody does the group's chores, if the area's telephone rings unanswered, if we do not reply to our mail, then A.A. as we know it would stop.


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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