From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... ability.
12&12 p.124,
Step Twelve
It mattered little whether we had sat on the shore of life drinking ourselves into
forgetfulness or had plunged in recklessly
and willfully beyond
our depth and ability.
2.
... ability.
BB p.13,
Bill's Story
3.
... ability and
both my father and mother ...
BB p.171,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
My father was a professional man of recognized ability and both my father and mother were most active in church affairs.
4.
... ability and
his knowledge of alcoholism.
12&12 p.158,
Tradition Six
Of course, there couldn't be the slightest objection if
such an association hired an A.A. member solely because of his public relations ability and his knowledge of alcoholism.
5.
... ability, by
God's grace, to take these ...
12&12 p.114,
Step Twelve
Our basic troubles are
the same as everyone else's, but when an honest effort is made "to practice these principles in all our affairs," well-grounded A.A.'s seem to have the ability, by God's grace, to take these troubles in stride and turn them into demonstrations of faith.
6.
... ability, good
sense, and high character.
BB p.26,
There Is A Solution
7.
... ability of
each A.A. to identify himself ...
12&12 p.150,
Tradition Five
The unique ability of each A.A. to identify himself with, and
bring recovery to, the newcomer in no way depends upon his learning, eloquence, or on any special individual skills.
8.
... ability, or
of his own strong personal ...
BB p.137,
To Employers
Because of the employee's special ability, or of his own strong personal attachment to him, the employer has sometimes
kept such a man at work long beyond a reasonable period.
9.
... ability our
suggested Twelve Steps to recovery, ...
12&12 p.174,
Tradition Nine
Unless each A.A. member follows to the best of his
ability our suggested Twelve Steps to recovery, he almost certainly signs his own death warrant.
10.
... ability to
accept conditions I cannot change?
12&12 p.52,
Step Four
Or, if my disturbance was seemingly caused by the behavior of others, why do I lack the ability to accept conditions I cannot change?
11.
... ability to
be fair-minded and tolerant evaporates ...
12&12 p.91,
Step Ten
When we speak or act hastily or rashly, the ability to be fair-minded and tolerant evaporates on the spot.
12.
... ability to
carry A.A.'s message.
12&12 p.111,
Step Twelve
Perhaps this will happen in a succession of
cases, and we may be deeply
discouraged as to our ability to carry A.A.'s message.
13.
... ability to
control our drinking.
BB p.30,
More About Alcoholism
14.
... ability to
cope with life.
12&12 p.48,
Step Four
But all who are in the least reasonable will agree upon one point: that there is plenty wrong with us alcoholics about which plenty will have to be done if we are to expect sobriety, progress, and
any real ability to cope with life.
15.
... ability to
elect all the directors of ...
BB p.575,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
They have custodial oversight of the separately incorporated and constantly active services, exercising
this through their ability
to elect all the directors of these entities.
16.
... ability to
help other people as we ...
12&12 p.102,
Step Eleven
Our immediate temptation will be to ask for specific solutions to specific problems, and for the ability
to help other people as we have already thought they should be helped.
17.
... ability to
recover?
BB p.143,
To Employers
18.
... ability to
think?
BB p.54,
We Agnostics
19.
... ability to
think, I went carefully over ...
BB p.41,
More About Alcoholism
20.
... ability to
think straight, be called anything ...
BB p.37,
More About Alcoholism
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