When I joined my home group ...over 10 years ago....
The Paradoxes were being read in the opening Format.

....I had never heard of them.
When I asked "Where are they?" No one knew.
They used them because they heard them in another group.
Sooo...I got on line...did a search and found the sorce.
Ah Ha! 2nd Edition of Alcoholics Anonymous
I did add them here...on a sticky...AA Power Posts.
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...ower-post.html (AA Power Post)
Thanks to....
Early Times AA-Rockmart, Ga.
Paulding Co. AA-Dallas, Ga.
Does your AA group read The Paradoes?