From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... accept a
spiritual remedy for his problem.
BB p.39,
More About Alcoholism
2.
... accept actual
reality.
12&12 p.122,
Step Twelve
3.
... accept all
the tenets of the Oxford ...
BB xvi,
Foreword to Second Edition
Though he could not accept
all the tenets of the Oxford Groups, he was convinced of the need for moral inventory, confession of personality defects, restitution to those harmed, helpfulness to
others, and the necessity of belief in and
dependence upon God.
4.
... accept and
adjust to either without despair ...
12&12 p.112,
Step Twelve
5.
... accept and
practice spiritual principles, there is ...
BB p.97,
Working With Others
Should they accept and practice spiritual principles, there is a much
better chance that the head of the family will recover.
6.
... accept any
sort of treatment or outside ...
BB p.569(571),
Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.
Dr. Harry M. Tiebout, psychiatrist:
"As a psychiatrist, I have thought a great deal about the relationship of my specialty to A.A. and I have
come to the conclusion
that our particular function can very often lie in preparing the way for the patient to accept any sort of treatment or outside help.
7.
... accept as
surely true the many articles ...
BB p.47,
We Agnostics
8.
... 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?
9.
... accept direction
could we set foot on ...
12&12 p.59,
Step Five
Only by discussing ourselves, holding back nothing, only by being willing to take advice and accept direction could we set foot on the road to straight thinking, solid honesty, and genuine humility.
10.
... accept employment
with outside agencies dealing with ...
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
No individuals have been
more buffeted by such emotional gusts than those A.A.'s bold enough to accept employment with outside
agencies dealing with
the alcohol problem.
11.
... accept impossible
situations, seeking neither to run ...
12&12 p.31,
Step Two
12.
... accept life
completely on life's terms, I ...
BB p.417(449),
Acceptance
Until I could accept my alcoholism, I could not stay sober; unless I accept life completely on life's terms, I cannot be happy.
13.
... accept much
on faith, we often found ...
BB p.47,
We Agnostics
Besides a seeming inability to accept much on faith, we often found ourselves handicapped
by obstinacy, sensitiveness, and unreasoning prejudice.
14.
... accept my
alcoholism, I could not stay ...
BB p.417(449),
Acceptance
Until I could accept my alcoholism, I could not stay sober; unless I accept life completely on life's terms, I cannot be happy.
15.
... accept poverty,
sickness, loneliness, and bereavement with ...
12&12 p.112,
Step Twelve
16.
... accept spiritual
help.
BB p.25,
There Is A Solution
We were in a position where life was becoming impossible, and if we had passed into the region from
which there is no return through human aid, we had but two alternatives: One was to
go on to the bitter end, blotting out the consciousness of
our intolerable situation as best we could;
and the other, to accept spiritual help.
17.
... accept that
person, place, thing or situation ...
BB p.417(449),
Acceptance
When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing or situation -- some
fact of my life -- unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment.
18.
... accept the
entire implication of Step Six?
12&12 p.68,
Step Six
19.
... accept the
sober fact that it does ...
12&12 p.166,
Tradition Eight
We do not decry professionalism in other fields, but we accept the sober fact that it does not work for
us.
20.
... accept the
things I cannot change, courage ...
12&12 p.41,
Step Three
In all times of emotional disturbance
or indecision, we can pause, ask for quiet, and in the stillness
simply say: "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to
know the difference. Thy will, not mine, be done."
21.
... accept the
things we cannot change, Courage ...
12&12 p.125,
Step Twelve
God grant us the serenity to accept the things we cannot change, Courage to change the things we can, And wisdom to
know the difference.
22.
... accept what
he can't.
12&12 p.119,
Step Twelve
The alcoholic, realizing what his wife has
endured, and now fully understanding how
much he himself did to damage her and his children, nearly always takes up his marriage responsibilities with a willingness to repair
what he can and to accept what he can't.
23.
... accept what
he finds, and until he ...
12&12 p.88,
Step Ten
For the wise have always known that no one can make much of his life until self-searching becomes a regular habit, until he is able to admit and accept what he finds, and until he patiently and persistently tries to correct what is wrong.
24.
... accept with
eagerness what you offer.
BB p.96,
Working With Others
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