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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
VOICE occurs
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1.
... voice.
12&12 p.142,
Tradition Three
Then one of the
three spoke
in a very
different voice.
2.
... voice and
the effective conscience of our ...
BB p.574,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
3.
... voice as
I sat, on still Sundays, ...
BB p.10,
Bill's Story
I could almost
hear the
sound
of the
preacher's
voice as
I
sat, on still
Sundays, way
over there on the
hillside; there was that
proffered temperance
pledge I
never signed; my
grandfather's
good natured contempt of some
church folk and their doings; his
insistence that the
spheres really had their
music; but his
denial of the
preacher's
right to tell
him how he
must listen; his
fearlessness as he
spoke of these things just before he
died; these
recollections welled
up from the
past.
4.
... voice came
faintly over long distance from ...
BB p.137,
To Employers
5.
... voice grew
more confident.
12&12 p.137,
Tradition Two
The
speaker's
voice grew more
confident.
6.
... voice kept
saying to me, 'The laborer ...
12&12 p.137,
Tradition Two
In
fact, it
came right out of the
Bible -- a
voice kept saying to me, 'The
laborer is
worthy of his
hire.'
7.
... voice of
Alcoholics Anonymous.
12&12 p.135,
Tradition Two
They
become the
voice of the
group conscience; in
fact, these are the
true voice of
Alcoholics Anonymous.
8.
... voice of
an old school friend asked ...
BB p.8,
Bill's Story
The
cheery voice of an
old school friend asked if he might
come over.
9.
... voice of
God.
12&12 p.138,
Tradition Two
The
group was
right and I
was
wrong; the
voice on the
subway was not the
voice of
God.
10.
... voice of
the group conscience; in fact, ...
12&12 p.135,
Tradition Two
They
become the
voice of the
group conscience; in
fact, these are the
true voice of
Alcoholics Anonymous.
11.
... voice on
the subway was not the ...
12&12 p.138,
Tradition Two
The
group was
right and I
was
wrong; the
voice on the
subway was not the
voice of
God.
12.
... voice says,
"I read a piece in ...
12&12 p.180,
Tradition Eleven
One
voice says, "I
read a
piece in the
newspapers..."; another, "We
heard a
radio program..."; and still another, "We saw a
moving picture..." or "We
saw something about
A.A. on
television...."
13.
... voice, welling
up out of my friends.
12&12 p.138,
Tradition Two
Here was the
true voice,
welling up out of my
friends.
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