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... affairs.
BB
Bill's Story, p.14
My friend had emphasized
the absolute necessity
of demonstrating these principles in all my affairs.
2.
... affairs.
BB
There Is A Solution, p.19
A much more important demonstration of our principles lies before us in our respective
homes, occupations and
affairs.
3.
... affairs.
BB
How It Works, p.60
12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of
these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles
in all our affairs.
4.
... affairs.
BB
The Family Afterward, p.124
5.
... affairs.
BB
Doctor Bob's Nightmare, pp.171-172
My father was a professional man of recognized ability and both my father and mother were most active in church affairs.
6.
... affairs.
BB
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form), p.574
II. The General Service Conference of A.A. has become, for nearly every practical purpose, the active voice and the effective conscience of
our whole Society in its world affairs.
7.
... affairs."
12&12
Contents (Step Twelve), p.8
Step Twelve -- "Having had a
spiritual awakening as
the result of these steps, we
tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and
to practice these principles in all our affairs."
8.
... affairs?
12&12
Contents (Step Twelve), p.9
9.
... affairs.
12&12
Step Eleven, p.105
The moment we catch even a glimpse of God's will, the moment we begin to see truth, justice, and love as the real and eternal things in life, we are no longer deeply disturbed by all the
seeming evidence to the
contrary that surrounds
us in purely human affairs.
10.
... affairs."
12&12
Step Twelve, p.106
"Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of
these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles
in all our affairs."
11.
... affairs.
12&12
Step Twelve, p.106
12.
... affairs?
12&12
Step Twelve, p.111
13.
... affairs?
12&12
Tradition Five, pp.153-154
14.
... affairs.
12&12
Tradition Seven, p.161
Now and then, grateful benefactors had endowed
clubhouses, and as a result there was sometimes
outside interference
in our affairs.
15.
... affairs, am
I willing to take the ...
12&12
Step Four, p.52
If I am unable to change the
present state of affairs, am I willing to take the measures necessary to shape my life to conditions as they
are?
16.
... affairs as
it pleases, except when A.A. ...
12&12
Contents (Tradition Four), p.10
17.
... affairs": Domestic
relations in A.A.
12&12
Contents (Step Twelve), p.9
18.
... affairs, each
A.A. group should be responsible ...
BB
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.563
4. With respect to its own affairs, each A.A. group should be responsible
to no other authority than its own conscience.
19.
... affairs, each
A.A. group should be responsible ...
12&12
Tradition Four (Long), p.189
Four -- With respect to its own affairs, each A.A. group should be responsible to no other authority than its own conscience.
20.
... affairs exactly
as it pleases, except when ...
12&12
Tradition Four, p.146
But in relation to us, it means very simply that every A.A. group can manage its affairs exactly as it pleases, except when A.A. as a whole is threatened.
21.
... affairs from
top to bottom.
12&12
Step Ten, p.94
This odd trait of mind and emotion, this perverse wish to hide a bad motive underneath a good one, permeates human affairs from top to bottom.
22.
... affairs have
taken remarkable and unexpected turns ...
12&12
Step Eleven, pp.104-105
Almost any experienced A.A. will tell how his affairs have taken remarkable and unexpected turns for the better as he tried to improve his conscious contact with God.
23.
... affairs is
the payoff, the magnificent reality, ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.109
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.
24.
... affairs so
he will not be tempted ...
BB
To Wives, p.120
The slightest disposition on your part to
guide his appointments
or his affairs so he will not be
tempted will be noticed.
25.
... affairs. The
Conference Charter is not a ...
BB
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form), p.575
VII. The Charter and Bylaws of the General Service Board are legal instruments, empowering the trustees
to manage and conduct world service affairs. The Conference Charter is not a legal document; it relies upon tradition and the A.A. purse for final effectiveness.
26.
... affairs was
negligible, the Brotherhood of Man ...
BB
Bill's Story, p.11
Judging from what I had seen
in Europe and since, the power of God in human affairs was negligible, the Brotherhood of Man a grim jest.
27.
... affairs," well-grounded
A.A.'s seem to have the ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.114
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.
28.
... affairs which
we aren't really competent to ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.111
Perhaps we try to give them advice about their
affairs which we aren't really competent to give or ought not give at all.
29.
... affairs with
other men.
BB
To Wives, p.105
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