From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... weight.
BB p.7,
Bill's Story
2.
... weight.
BB xxviii(xxvi),
The Doctor's Opinion
3.
... weight in
about two months, looked like ...
BB p.177,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
I put on thirty pounds of weight in about two months, looked like a pig, and was uncomfortable from shortness of breath.
4.
... weight of
the A.A. name behind any ...
12&12 p.155,
Tradition Six
In fact, we felt duty-bound to throw the whole weight of the A.A. name behind any meritorious cause.
5.
... weight to
be willing to look for ...
12&12 p.38,
Step Three
Each of us has had his own near-fatal encounter with the juggernaut of self-will, and has suffered enough under its weight to be willing to look for something better.
6.
... weight we
could collectively throw back of ...
12&12 p.177,
Tradition Ten
We conceive the survival and spread of Alcoholics Anonymous
to be something of far greater importance than
the weight we could collectively throw back of any other cause.
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