From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... workers."
12&12 p.166,
Tradition Eight
"Alcoholics Anonymous should remain forever nonprofessional, but our service centers may employ special workers."
2.
... workers.
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
3.
... workers.
BB p.562(564),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
Eight -- Alcoholics Anonymous should remain forever nonprofessional, but our service centers may employ special workers.
4.
... workers and
intimate friends?
12&12 p.140,
Tradition Three
How could we know that thousands of these sometimes frightening
people were to make astonishing recoveries and become our
greatest workers and intimate friends?
5.
... workers nor
could any A.A. member carry ...
12&12 p.167,
Tradition Eight
But when we had declared that our Fellowship couldn't hire service workers nor could any A.A. member carry our knowledge into other fields, we were taking the counsel of fear, fear which today has been largely dispelled in the light of
experience.
6.
... workers of
ours who were often doing ...
12&12 p.167,
Tradition Eight
Ignoring the fact that
these labors were not Twelfth Step jobs at all, the critics attacked as A.A. professionals these workers of ours who were often doing thankless tasks that no one else
could or would do.
7.
... workers, to
be a useful member of ...
12&12 p.53,
Step Four
We have not once sought to
be one in a family, to be a
friend among friends, to be a worker among workers, to be a useful member of society.
8.
... workers to
serve us.
12&12 p.174,
Tradition Nine
It is clear now that we ought never to name boards to govern us, but it is equally
clear that we shall always need to authorize workers to serve us.
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