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Alcoholics Anonymous (2nd Edition)

Public domain

The 1955 second edition of Alcoholics Anonymous. Public domain in the United States — copyright lapsed 1983 (not renewed).

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Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions

Copyright status under review

Bill W.'s 1953 essays expanding on the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions. Copyright status pending verification — showing short excerpts only.

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The Twelve Traditions (Long Form)

Public domain

The long form of the Twelve Traditions, derived from the public-domain 2nd-edition Big Book back matter (pp. 189–191). The same text also appears in the Big Book source. First published in the April/May 1946 AA Grapevine.

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Daily Reflections

Copyright protected

Daily Reflections: A Book of Reflections by A.A. Members for A.A. Members. © Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc. Concordance-only excerpts.

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The Twelve Steps

Public domain

The Twelve Steps as printed in the public-domain 2nd-edition Big Book (Chapter 5, pp. 80–81). The same text also appears in the Big Book source.

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The Twelve Concepts for World Service

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The Twelve Concepts for World Service. Under copyright review: the aa.org short form carries a © 1962 AAWS notice and the long form is in the copyrighted A.A. Service Manual, so no reproduction basis is recorded. Disabled — no text is rendered or indexed.

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The Promises and Step Prayers

Public domain

The Ninth Step Promises and the Third and Seventh Step prayers, derived from the public-domain 2nd-edition Big Book (pp. 83–84, 97, 104–105). The same text also appears in the Big Book source. The Eleventh Step prayer is not included.

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