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TRADITIONS   occurs   19 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... Traditions and so gave A.A. its present ...   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.
... Traditions, and the directions for getting in ...   BB xi, Preface   Display entire Preface
The second edition added the appendices, the Twelve Traditions, and the directions for getting in touch with A.A.

3.
... Traditions apply to the life of the ...   12&12 p.15, Foreword
A.A.'s Twelve Traditions apply to the life of the Fellowship itself.


4.
... Traditions" are seen in their so-called "short ...   BB p.561(563), Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition   Display entire Appendix I
On the next page, A.A.'s "12 Traditions" are seen in their so-called "short form" the form in general use today.


5.
... Traditions as first printed in 1946.   BB p.561(563), Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition   Display entire Appendix I
This is a condensed version of the original "long form" A.A. Traditions as first printed in 1946.


6.
... Traditions ensure the unity of the Fellowship.   BB p.574, Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)   Display entire Appendix VII
The Twelve Traditions ensure the unity of the Fellowship.

7.
... traditions, ever reminding us to place principles ...   12&12 p.184, Tradition Twelve
"Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities."


8.
... Traditions, ever reminding us to place principles ...   BB p.562(564), Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition   Display entire Appendix I
Twelve -- Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our Traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities.

9.
... Traditions has been tried.   12&12 p.146, Tradition Four
Over the years, every conceivable deviation from our Twelve Steps and Traditions has been tried.

10.
... Traditions" of Alcoholics Anonymous.   12&12 p.15, Foreword
This book deals with the "Twelve Steps" and the "Twelve Traditions" of Alcoholics Anonymous.

11.
... Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous.   12&12 p.16, Foreword
There is, too, a rising interest in the Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous.


12.
... Traditions" of Alcoholics Anonymous are, we A.A.'s ...   BB p.561(563), Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition   Display entire Appendix I
The "12 Traditions" of Alcoholics Anonymous are, we A.A.'s believe, the best answers that our experience has yet given to those ever-urgent questions, "How can A.A. best function?" and, "How can A.A. best stay whole and so survive?"

13.
... Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous, which -- God willing ...   12&12 p.131, Tradition One
They live today in the Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous, which -- God willing -- shall sustain us in unity for so long as He may need us.

14.
... Traditions repeatedly ask us to give up ...   12&12 p.184, Tradition Twelve
Because A.A.'s Twelve Traditions repeatedly ask us to give up personal desires for the common good, we realize that the sacrificial spirit -- well symbolized by anonymity -- is the foundation of them all.

15.
... Traditions, the group, too, can deteriorate and ...   12&12 p.174, Tradition Nine
Unless there is approximate conformity to A.A.'s Twelve Traditions, the group, too, can deteriorate and die.

16.
... Traditions took form and were first published ...   12&12 p.18, Foreword
It was out of this vast welter of explosive experience that A.A.'s Twelve Traditions took form and were first published in 1946 and later confirmed at A.A.'s First International Convention, held at Cleveland in 1950.

17.
... Traditions were first published, in 1946, we ...   12&12 p.146, Tradition Four
When A.A.'s Traditions were first published, in 1946, we had become sure that an A.A. group could stand almost any amount of battering.


18.
... Traditions, which are stated in full on ...   BB xix, Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire 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.

19.
... Traditions which guarantee A.A.'s unity contain not ...   12&12 p.129, Tradition One
Our Twelve Steps to recovery are suggestions; the Twelve Traditions which guarantee A.A.'s unity contain not a single "Don't."


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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