From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... 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.
... unity."
12&12 p.129,
Tradition One
3.
... unity.
12&12 p.150,
Tradition Five
4.
... unity.
12&12 p.187,
Tradition Twelve
As we lay aside these very human aspirations, we believe
that each of us takes part in the weaving of a protective mantle which
covers our whole Society and under which we
may grow and work in unity.
5.
... unity.
BB p.561(563),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
Therefore, no society of men and women ever had a more urgent need for continuous effectiveness and permanent unity.
6.
... unity.
BB p.562(564),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
7.
... unity and
effectiveness?
12&12 p.16,
Foreword
How can a set of traditional principles, having no legal force at all, hold the Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous
in unity and effectiveness?
8.
... unity and
relates itself to the world ...
12&12 p.15,
Foreword
They outline the means by
which A.A. maintains its unity and relates itself to the world about it, the way it lives and grows.
9.
... unity contain
not a single "Don't."
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."
10.
... unity for
so long as He may ...
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.
11.
... unity of
A.A. is one of the ...
BB xix,
Foreword to Second Edition
12.
... unity of
Alcoholics Anonymous is the most ...
12&12 p.129,
Tradition One
13.
... unity of
the Fellowship.
BB p.574,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
14.
... unity, the
heart of A.A. would cease ...
12&12 p.129,
Tradition One
Without unity, the heart of A.A. would cease to beat; our world arteries would no longer carry the life-giving grace of God; His gift to us would be spent aimlessly.
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