From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... town.
12&12 p.133,
Tradition Two
They say to one another, "Perhaps it would
be a good idea if we continue to keep a firm hand on A.A. in this town.
2.
... town.
12&12 p.144,
Tradition Three
3.
... town.
12&12 p.148,
Tradition Four
4.
... town.
BB p.80,
Into Action
5.
... town.
BB p.154,
A Vision For You
6.
... town.
BB p.159,
A Vision For You
7.
... town a
couple of months more and ...
BB p.175,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
8.
... town before
during this particular dry spell, ...
BB p.41,
More About Alcoholism
I had been out of town before during this particular dry spell, so there was nothing
new about that.
9.
... town, but
just now we've got him ...
BB p.156,
A Vision For You
Understand he was once a
well-known lawyer in town, but just now we've got him strapped down tight.(*)
10.
... town has
had his opportunity to recover ...
BB p.164,
A Vision For You
When a few men in this city have found themselves, and have discovered the joy of helping others to face life again, there will be no stopping until everyone in that town has had his opportunity
to recover -- if he can and will.
11.
... town's membership
from a few into hundreds ...
12&12 p.186,
Tradition Twelve
Cleveland's Plain Dealer articles about us ran that town's membership from a few into
hundreds overnight.
12.
... town near
home.
BB p.179,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
13.
... town needed
a great big alcoholic center, ...
12&12 p.147,
Tradition Four
They figured the town needed a great big alcoholic center, a kind of pilot plant A.A. groups could duplicate everywhere.
14.
... town regularly
and even made a little ...
BB p.7,
Bill's Story
15.
... town to
which we new, young officers ...
BB p.1,
Bill's Story
War fever ran high in the New England town to which we new, young officers from Plattsburg were assigned, and we were flattered when the first citizens took us to their homes, making us feel heroic.
16.
... town was
well supplied with churches and ...
BB p.171,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
The town was well supplied with churches
and schools in which I pursued my early educational activities.
17.
... town we'll
call Middleton, a real crackerjack ...
12&12 p.147,
Tradition Four
18.
... town who
managed to get me back ...
BB p.175,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
Finally my father had to
send a doctor out from my home town who managed to get me back there in some way, and I was in bed about two months before I could venture out of the house.
19.
... town, who
now felt they had to ...
BB p.158,
A Vision For You
So, you see, there were three
alcoholics in that town,
who now felt they had to give to others what they had found, or be sunk.
20.
... town, who,
though formerly able and respected, ...
BB p.155,
A Vision For You
His call to the clergyman
led him presently to a certain resident of the
town, who, though formerly able and respected, was then nearing the nadir of alcoholic despair.
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