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The book, Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions was written by Bill Wilson. He was the founder of AA and author of the Big Book. He wrote the 12&12 volume to broaden and deepen the understanding of his earlier work. He also wrote it for a better public understanding of the fellowship and the evolution of our AA Traditions.
"Never since it began has Alcoholics Anonymous been divided by a major controversial issue. Nor has our Fellowship ever publicly taken sides on any question in
"When Tradition Nine was first written, it said that 'Alcoholics Anonymous needs the least possible organization.' In years since then, we have changed our
"Alcoholics Anonymous will never have a professional class. We have gained some understanding of the ancient words 'Freely ye have received, freely give.' We
"Self-supporting alcoholics? Who ever heard of such a thing? Yet we find that's what we have to be. This principle is telling evidence of the profound change
"The moment we saw that we had an answer for alcoholism, it was reasonable (or so it seemed at the time) for us to feel that we might have the answer to a lot