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2. Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions - Wikipedia

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   Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions is a 1953 book, which explains the 24 basic principles of Alcoholics Anonymous and their application. [1] The book dedicates a chapter to each step and each tradition, providing a detailed interpretation of these principles for personal recovery and the organization of the group. [2] Bill W. began work on this ...

3. Twelve Traditions - Wikipedia

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   The traditions were first published in the April 1946 AA Grapevine under the title Twelve Points to Assure Our Future [3] and were formally adopted at AA's first international convention in 1950. [1] Wilson's book on the subject, Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, was published in April 1953. [3]

4. Twelve-step program - Wikipedia

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   Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), the first twelve-step fellowship, was founded in 1935 by Bill Wilson and Dr. Robert Holbrook Smith, known to AA members as "Bill W." and "Dr. Bob", in Akron, Ohio. In 1946 they formally established the twelve traditions to help deal with the issues of how various groups could relate and function as membership grew.

5. Jim Burwell - Wikipedia

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   In the foreword to the first edition of the book "Alcoholics Anonymous", historically prior to the standardization of the 12 Traditions, it is stated that "the only requirement for membership is an honest desire to stop drinking" [emphasis added]. The long form of the Third Tradition now reads:

6. Alcoholics Anonymous - Wikipedia

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   Alcoholics Anonymous publishes several books, reports, pamphlets, and other media, including a periodical known as the AA Grapevine. [47] Two books are used primarily: Alcoholics Anonymous (the "Big Book") and, expounding on the big book in regard to its subject, Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions.

7. List of twelve-step groups - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of Wikipedia articles about specific twelve-step recovery programs and fellowships.These programs, and the groups of people who follow them, are based on the set of guiding principles for recovery from addictive, compulsive, or other behavioral problems originally developed by Alcoholics Anonymous. [1]

8. Higher Power - Wikipedia

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   In current twelve-step program usage, a higher power can be anything at all that the member believes is adequate. Reported examples include their twelve-step group, nature, consciousness, existential freedom, God, mathematics, science, and Buddha. It is frequently stipulated that as long as a higher power is "greater" than the individual, then ...

9. The Big Book (Alcoholics Anonymous) - Wikipedia

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   Not-God: a history of Alcoholics Anonymous. Hazelden Publishing. 363 pp. Alcoholics Anonymous. Pass it On The Story of Bill Wilson and How The A.A. Message Reached the World, New York: Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc., 1984. Dick B. (1998). Utilizing Early A.A.'s Spiritual Roots for Recovery Today. Good Book Publishing Company. p. 85.