From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
1.
... admission, A.A.'s
other group received into its ...
12&12 p.143,
Tradition Three
Not long after the man with the double stigma knocked for admission, A.A.'s other group received into its membership a salesman
we shall call Ed.
2.
... admission and
correction of errors now.
12&12 p.89,
Step Ten
3.
... admission, he
is faced with something really ...
12&12 p.25,
Step Two
4.
... admission into
a new life.
12&12 p.75,
Step Seven
5.
... admission of
alcoholism and by attendance at ...
12&12 p.39,
Step Three
More sobriety brought about by the admission
of alcoholism and by attendance at a few meetings is very good indeed, but it is bound to be a far cry from permanent sobriety and a contented, useful life.
6.
... admission of
hopelessness.
12&12 p.23,
Step One
Many less desperate alcoholics
tried A.A., but did not succeed because they could
not make the admission of hopelessness.
7.
... admission of
our defects.
12&12 p.84,
Step Nine
8.
... admission of
our defects based upon that ...
12&12 p.59,
Step Five
Hence it was most evident
that a solitary self-appraisal, and the admission
of our defects based upon that alone, wouldn't be nearly enough.
9.
... admission of
our defects to another human ...
12&12 p.56,
Step Five
Most of us would declare that without a fearless admission of our defects to another human being we could not stay sober.
10.
... admission of
our wretched conduct to those ...
12&12 p.78,
Step Eight
We got a pretty severe shock when we realized that we were preparing to make a face-to-face admission of our wretched conduct to those we had hurt.
11.
... admission of
powerlessness over alcohol is his ...
12&12 p.73,
Step Seven
Every newcomer in Alcoholics Anonymous
is told, and soon realizes for himself, that
his humble admission of powerlessness over alcohol is his first step toward liberation from its paralyzing grip.
12.
... admission price
had purchased more than we ...
12&12 p.75,
Step Seven
13.
... admission that
our lives have become unmanageable, ...
12&12 p.23,
Step One
Since Step One requires an admission that
our lives have become unmanageable, how could people such as these take this Step?
14.
... admission that
when drinking we were sometimes ...
12&12 p.55,
Step Five
We search for an easier way -- which usually consists of the general
and fairly painless
admission that when drinking we were sometimes bad actors.
15.
... admission we
were powerless over alcohol, can ...
12&12 p.68,
Step Six
Only Step One, where we made the 100 percent admission we were powerless over alcohol, can be practiced
with absolute perfection.
16.
... admission would
be helpful.
12&12 p.93,
Step Ten
Whenever we fail any of these people, we can promptly admit it -- to ourselves always, and to
them also, when the admission
would be helpful.
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