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TEN   occurs   17 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... Ten: "Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on ...   12&12 p.179, Tradition Ten
Thus was laid the cornerstone for Tradition Ten: "Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the A.A. name ought never be drawn into public controversy."


2.
Ten -- Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on ...   BB p.562(564), Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition   Display entire Appendix I
Ten -- Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the A.A. name ought never be drawn into public controversy.

3.
... ten-dollar word.   12&12 p.146, Tradition Four
Autonomy is a ten-dollar word.


4.
... ten men drink their heads off.   BB p.138, To Employers   Go to page 138 in the Big Book
I pointed out that I had had nothing to drink whatever for three years, and this in the face of difficulties that would have made nine out of ten men drink their heads off.

5.
... ten newcomers, and was gently diplomatic with ...   12&12 p.168, Tradition Eight
Then we saw that if a hardworking secretary answered the phone dozens of times a day, listened to twenty wailing wives, arranged hospitalization and got sponsorship for ten newcomers, and was gently diplomatic with the irate drunk who complained about the job she was doing and how she was overpaid, then such a person could surely not be called a professional A.A.

6.
Ten -- No A.A. group or member should ...   12&12 p.192, Tradition Ten (Long)
Ten -- No A.A. group or member should ever, in such a way as to implicate A.A., express any opinion on outside controversial issues -- particularly those of politics, alcohol reform, or sectarian religion.


7.
... ten o'clock -- so what?   BB p.4, Bill's Story   Go to page 4 in the Big Book
My friends had dropped several million since ten o'clock -- so what?

8.
... ten or fifteen years of literal hell ...   12&12 p.23, Step One
They were spared that last ten or fifteen years of literal hell the rest of us had gone through.


9.
... ten or twenty years of drunkenness would ...   BB p.83, Into Action   Go to page 83 in the Big Book
We must remember that ten or twenty years of drunkenness would make a skeptic out of anyone.


10.
... ten the unexpected happens.   BB p.78, Into Action   Go to page 78 in the Big Book
In nine cases out of ten the unexpected happens.

11.
... ten thousand dollars.   12&12 p.164, Tradition Seven
When her will was read, it was discovered she had left Alcoholics Anonymous in trust with the Alcoholic Foundation a sum of ten thousand dollars.

12.
... ten thousand dollars.   12&12 p.164, Tradition Seven
We needed that ten thousand dollars.

13.
... ten thousand dollars, and adopted a formal, ...   12&12 p.165, Tradition Seven
Difficult as it was, they officially declined that ten thousand dollars, and adopted a formal, airtight resolution that all such future gifts would be similarly declined.

14.
... ten thousand dollars under consideration wasn't much, ...   12&12 p.164, Tradition Seven
Compared to this prospect, the ten thousand dollars under consideration wasn't much, but like the alcoholic's first drink it would, if taken, inevitably set up a disastrous chain reaction.

15.
... Ten we commence to put our A.A. ...   12&12 p.88, Step Ten
But when we approach Step Ten we commence to put our A.A. way of living to practical use, day by day, in fair weather or foul.

16.
... Ten, we had begun to get a ...   12&12 p.108, Step Twelve
By this time, at Step Ten, we had begun to get a basis for daily living, and we keenly realized that we would need to continue taking personal inventory, and that when we were in the wrong we ought to admit it promptly.


17.
... Ten, which suggests we continue to take ...   BB p.84, Into Action   Go to page 84 in the Big Book
This thought brings us to Step Ten, which suggests we continue to take personal inventory and continue to set right any new mistakes as we go along.


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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