From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... action.
12&12 p.130,
Tradition One
They see liberty verging on license, yet they recognize at once that A.A. has an irresistible strength
of purpose and action.
2.
... action.
12&12 p.147,
Tradition Four
This meant, of course, that
we had been given the courage to declare each A.A. group an individual entity, strictly reliant on its own conscience as a guide to action.
3.
... action.
12&12 p.147,
Tradition Four
4.
... action.
BB p.9,
Bill's Story
5.
... action.
BB p.17,
There Is A Solution
We have a way out on which we
can absolutely agree,
and upon which we can join in
brotherly and harmonious action.
6.
... action.
BB p.85,
Into Action
7.
... action.
BB p.87,
Into Action
As we go through the day we pause, when agitated or doubtful, and
ask for the right thought or action.
8.
... action.
BB p.88,
Into Action
9.
... action.
BB p.93,
Working With Others
10.
... action.
BB p.94,
Working With Others
Tell him you once felt as he does, but you doubt
whether you would have made
much progress had you not
taken action.
11.
... action.
BB p.142,
To Employers
After satisfying yourself that your man wants to recover and that he
will go to any extreme to do so, you may
suggest a definite course of action.
12.
... action.
BB p.575,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
XII. The Conference shall observe the spirit of A.A. tradition, taking care that it never becomes the seat of perilous wealth or power; that sufficient operating funds and reserve be its prudent financial principle; that it place none of its members in a position of
unqualified authority over others; that it reach all important decisions by
discussion, vote, and,
whenever possible, by
substantial unanimity; that its actions never be personally punitive nor an incitement to public controversy; that
it never perform acts of government, and
that, like the Society it
serves, it will always remain democratic in thought
and action.
13.
... action; a
new therapy based on the ...
BB p.571(573),
Appendix IV, The Lasker Award
"The American Public Health Association presents a Lasker Group Award for 1951 to Alcoholics Anonymous in recognition of its unique and highly successful approach to
that age-old public health and social problem, alcoholism ... In emphasizing alcoholism as an illness, the social stigma associated with
this condition is being
blotted out ... Historians may one day recognize Alcoholics Anonymous
to have been a great venture in social pioneering which forged a
new instrument for social action; a new therapy based on the kinship of common suffering; one having a vast potential for the myriad
other ills of mankind."
14.
... action, and
grace to bear upon the ...
12&12 p.98,
Step Eleven
As we have seen, self-searching is the means by
which we bring new vision, action, and grace to bear upon the dark and negative side of our natures.
15.
... action and
more action.
BB p.88,
Into Action
16.
... action and
rest on our laurels.
BB p.85,
Into Action
17.
... action at
home.
BB p.98,
Working With Others
When your prospect has made such reparation as he can to his family, and has thoroughly explained
to them the new principles by which he is living, he should proceed to
put those principles into action at
home.
18.
... action by
which it carries our message ...
12&12 p.109,
Step Twelve
The wonderful energy it
releases and the eager
action by which it carries
our message to the next suffering alcoholic and
which finally translates the Twelve Steps into action upon all our affairs is the payoff, the magnificent
reality, of Alcoholics Anonymous.
19.
... action, explaining
how you made a self-appraisal, ...
BB p.94,
Working With Others
Outline the program of
action, explaining how
you made a self-appraisal, how you straightened out your past and why you are now endeavoring to be helpful to him.
20.
... action, for
it is only by action ...
12&12 p.34,
Step Three
Like all the remaining Steps, Step Three calls for affirmative action, for it
is only by action that we can cut away the self-will which has always blocked the entry of God -- or, if you like, a Higher Power -- into our lives.
21.
... action have
hurt us and others, then ...
12&12 p.55,
Step Five
If we have swept the searchlight of Step Four back and forth over our careers, and it has revealed in stark relief those experiences we'd rather
not remember, if we have come to know how wrong thinking and action have hurt us and others, then the need to quit living by ourselves with those tormenting ghosts of yesterday gets more urgent than ever.
22.
... action is
its key word.
12&12 p.106,
Step Twelve
23.
... action is
the key to good living; ...
12&12 p.125,
Step Twelve
Understanding is the key to right principles and attitudes, and right action is the key to good living; therefore the joy of good living is the theme of A.A.'s Twelfth Step.
24.
... action is
warranted.
BB p.98,
Working With Others
Yet we do go to great extremes to provide each other with these very things, when such action is warranted.
25.
... action met
widespread approval, and today he ...
BB p.80,
Into Action
26.
... action of
alcohol on his brain?
BB p.140,
To Employers
Can it be appreciated that he has been a victim of crooked thinking, directly caused by the action of alcohol on his brain?
27.
... action of
alcohol on his mind.
BB p.140,
To Employers
But these scrapes can generally be charged, no matter how bad, to the abnormal action of alcohol on his mind.
28.
... action of
alcohol on these chronic alcoholics ...
BB xxviii(xxvi),
The Doctor's Opinion
We believe, and so suggested a few years ago, that the action of alcohol on these chronic alcoholics is a
manifestation of an allergy; that the phenomenon of craving is
limited to this class and
never occurs in the average temperate drinker.
29.
... action on
our part, which, when completed, ...
BB p.72,
Into Action
This requires action on
our part, which, when completed, will mean that we have admitted to
God, to ourselves, and to
another human being, the exact nature of our defects.
30.
... action ought
to be deferred, and still ...
12&12 p.83,
Step Nine
There will be other cases where action ought to be deferred, and still others in which by the
very nature of the situation we shall never be able to make direct personal contact at all.
31.
... action ought
to be deferred, we should ...
12&12 p.79,
Step Eight
Though in some cases we
cannot make restitution
at all, and in some cases action ought to be deferred, we should nevertheless make an accurate and really exhaustive survey of our
past life as it has affected other people.
32.
... action that
might greatly affect A.A. as ...
12&12 p.189,
Tradition Four (Long)
And no group, regional committee, or
individual should ever
take any action that might greatly affect A.A. as a whole without conferring with the trustees of the General Service Board.
33.
... action that
might greatly affect A.A. as ...
BB p.563(565),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
And no group, regional committee, or
individual should ever
take any action that might greatly affect A.A. as a whole without conferring with the trustees of the General Service Board.
34.
... action that
we can cut away the ...
12&12 p.34,
Step Three
Like all the remaining Steps, Step Three calls for affirmative action, for it
is only by action that we can cut away the self-will which has always blocked the entry of God -- or, if you like, a Higher Power -- into our lives.
35.
... action, the
first step of which is ...
BB p.63,
How It Works
Next we launched out on a course of vigorous action, the first step of which is a personal housecleaning, which many of us had never attempted.
36.
... action they
carried out.
BB p.157,
A Vision For You
The two friends spoke of their spiritual experience and told him
about the course of action
they carried out.
37.
... action; they
required only acceptance.
12&12 p.34,
Step Three
38.
... action, though
entirely sensible, was pretty drastic.
BB p.42,
More About Alcoholism
39.
... action toward
their removal as quickly as ...
12&12 p.69,
Step Six
At the very least, we shall have to come to grips with some of our worst character defects and take action toward their removal as quickly as we can.
40.
... action upon
all our affairs is the ...
12&12 p.109,
Step Twelve
The wonderful energy it
releases and the eager
action by which it carries
our message to the next suffering alcoholic and
which finally translates the Twelve Steps into action upon all our affairs is the payoff, the magnificent
reality, of Alcoholics Anonymous.
41.
... action upon
these as a way of ...
12&12 p.40,
Step Three
42.
... action which
a hundred of them had ...
BB p.42,
More About Alcoholism
"Then they outlined the spiritual answer and program of action which a hundred of them had followed successfully.
43.
... action which
might implicate other people we ...
BB p.80,
Into Action
44.
... action without
arousing hostility.
BB p.113,
To Wives
45.
... action, without
which we find that "Faith ...
BB p.76,
Into Action
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