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


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... value at times of fatigue.   BB p.134, The Family Afterward   Go to page 133 in the Big Book
He thought all alcoholics should constantly have chocolate available for its quick energy value at times of fatigue.


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... value in life.   BB p.124, The Family Afterward   Go to page 124 in the Big Book
Henry Ford once made a wise remark to the effect that experience is the thing of supreme value in life.


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... value, it is also reproduced.   BB p.561(563), Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition   Display entire Appendix I
Because the "long form" is more explicit and of possible historic value, it is also reproduced.


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... value to other families still struggling with ...   BB p.124, The Family Afterward   Go to page 124 in the Big Book
This painful past may be of infinite value to other families still struggling with their problem.

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... value whatever.   12&12 p.40, Step Three
This statement may surprise newcomers who have experienced nothing but constant deflation and a growing conviction that human will is of no value whatever.


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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