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

writers
writes
writhing
WRITING   occurs   6 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
written
wrong
wronged

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1.
... writing (1939).   BB p.163, A Vision For You   Go to page 163 in the Big Book
This was only a few days ago at this writing (1939).

2.
... writing books -- all these we have seen ...   12&12 p.167, Tradition Eight
Caretakers who swept floors, cooks who fried hamburgers, secretaries in offices, authors writing books -- all these we have seen hotly assailed because they were, as their critics angrily remarked, "making money out of A.A."


3.
... writing or speaking publicly about alcoholism, we ...   BB xiii, Foreword to First Edition   Display entire Foreword to First Edition
When writing or speaking publicly about alcoholism, we urge each of our Fellowship to omit his personal name, designating himself instead as "a member of Alcoholics Anonymous."

4.
... writing profession disagreed with them.   12&12 p.182, Tradition Eleven
These were plausible arguments, but happily our friends of the writing profession disagreed with them.

5.
... writing the people concerned now overwhelmed us, ...   12&12 p.79, Step Eight
But the prospect of actually visiting or even writing the people concerned now overwhelmed us, especially when we remembered in what poor favor we stood with most of them.


6.
... writing to its World Service Office, 1600 ...   BB p.121, To Wives (Note)   Go to page 121 in the Big Book
If there is no Al-Anon/Alateen listing in your local telephone book, you may obtain further information on Al-Anon/Alateen Family Groups by writing to its World Service Office, 1600 Corporate Landing Parkway, Virginia Beach, VA 23454-5617.


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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