From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
WELFARE occurs
15 times
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1.
... welfare came
first.
12&12 p.131,
Tradition One
How well they saw that their
common welfare came first.
2.
... welfare comes
first.
12&12 p.189,
Tradition One (Long)
Hence our
common welfare comes first.
3.
... welfare comes
first.
BB p.563(565),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
Hence our
common welfare comes first.
4.
... welfare first?
12&12 p.130,
Tradition One
How can they
possibly place their
common welfare first?
5.
... welfare follows
close afterward.
12&12 p.189,
Tradition One (Long)
6.
... welfare follows
close afterward.
BB p.563(565),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
7.
... welfare, I
thought only of recapturing the ...
BB p.9,
Bill's Story
Unmindful of his
welfare,
I
thought only of
recapturing the
spirit
of other
days.
8.
... welfare is
paramount.
12&12 p.189,
Tradition Four (Long)
On such
issues our
common
welfare is
paramount.
9.
... welfare is
paramount.
BB p.563(565),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
On such
issues our
common
welfare is
paramount.
10.
... welfare of
neighboring groups also, those groups ...
12&12 p.189,
Tradition Four (Long)
But when
its plans concern the
welfare of
neighboring groups also,
those
groups ought to be
consulted.
11.
... welfare of
neighboring groups also, those groups ...
BB p.563(565),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
But when
its plans concern the
welfare of
neighboring groups also,
those
groups ought to be
consulted.
12.
... welfare of
other people ahead of his ...
BB p.94,
Working With Others
Suggest how
important
it is that he place the
welfare of other people
ahead of his
own.
13.
... welfare of
others, the things which matter ...
BB p.161,
A Vision For You
Being
wrecked in the same
vessel, being
restored and
united under one
God, with
hearts and
minds attuned to the
welfare of
others, the things which
matter so much to some
people no
longer signify
much to them.
14.
... welfare should
come first; personal recovery depends ...
12&12 p.129,
Tradition One
15.
... welfare should
come first; personal recovery depends ...
BB p.562(564),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
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