From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... aim.
12&12 p.82,
Step Eight
2.
... aim.
12&12 p.178,
Tradition Ten
3.
... aim.
12&12 p.190,
Tradition Six (Long)
Six -- Problems of money, property, and authority may easily divert us from our primary
spiritual aim.
4.
... aim.
BB p.89,
Working With Others
To be helpful is our only aim.
5.
... aim.
BB p.563(565),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
6.
... aim at
spiritual and moral perfection; we ...
12&12 p.68,
Step Six
Therefore, it seems plain that few of us can quickly or easily become ready to aim at spiritual and moral perfection; we want to settle for only as much perfection as will get us by in life, according, of course, to our various and
sundry ideas of what will get us by.
7.
... aim at
the very best we know ...
12&12 p.65,
Step Six
The key words "entirely ready" underline the fact that we
want to aim at the very best we know or can learn.
8.
... aim of
each A.A. member is personal ...
12&12 p.175,
Tradition Nine
Just as the aim of each A.A. member is personal sobriety, the aim of our services is to bring sobriety within reach of all who want it.
9.
... aim of
life.
12&12 p.71,
Step Seven
Instead of regarding
the satisfaction of our material desires as the means by which we could live and
function as human beings, we had taken these satisfactions to be the final end and aim of life.
10.
... aim of
our lives.
12&12 p.114,
Step Twelve
11.
... aim of
our services is to bring ...
12&12 p.175,
Tradition Nine
Just as the aim of each A.A. member is personal sobriety, the aim of our services is to bring sobriety within reach of all who want it.
12.
... aim that
today animates A.A.'s all around ...
12&12 p.151,
Tradition Five
This is our gift from God, and
its bestowal upon others like us is the one aim that today animates A.A.'s all around the globe.
13.
... aim toward
perfection.
12&12 p.69,
Step Six
14.
... aim; we
now clamored for material security.
12&12 p.121,
Step Twelve
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