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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
AMENDS occurs
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1.
... amends.
12&12 p.86,
Step Nine
That will
arise in the
occasional situation
where to make a
full revelation would
seriously harm the one to
whom we are
making amends.
2.
... amends.
BB p.8,
Bill's Story
What would I not
give to make
amends.
3.
... amends.
BB p.76,
Into Action
We have a
list of all
persons we have
harmed and
to whom we are
willing to make
amends.
4.
... amends as
fast and as far as ...
12&12 p.87,
Step Nine
But all of them do
require a
complete willingness
to make
amends as
fast and as
far as may be
possible in a
given set of
conditions.
5.
... amends at
this level should always be ...
12&12 p.86,
Step Nine
We
needn't wallow in
excessive remorse before
those we have
harmed, but
amends at this
level should always
be
forthright and
generous.
6.
... amends divides
those we should approach into ...
12&12 p.83,
Step Nine
After we have made the
list of people we have
harmed, have
reflected carefully upon each
instance, and have
tried to
possess ourselves of the
right attitude in which to
proceed, we will see that the
making of
direct amends divides those we should
approach into several
classes.
7.
... amends from
the day we join Alcoholics ...
12&12 p.83,
Step Nine
8.
... amends quickly
if we have harmed anyone.
BB p.84,
Into Action
We
discuss them with someone
immediately and make
amends quickly if we have
harmed anyone.
9.
... amends still
neglected.
12&12 p.94,
Step Ten
Here we
need only
recognize that we did
act or
think badly,
try to
visualize how we might
have done
better, and
resolve with
God's
help to
carry these
lessons over into
tomorrow,
making, of
course, any
amends still
neglected.
10.
... amends that
we don't care what happens ...
12&12 p.86,
Step Nine
Are we
going to be so
rigidly righteous about
making amends that we don't
care what
happens to the
family and
home?
11.
... amends to
such people wherever possible, except ...
12&12 p.83,
Step Nine
"Made
direct amends to such
people
wherever possible,
except when to do
so would
injure them or others."
12.
... amends to
such people wherever possible, except ...
BB p.59,
How It Works
9. Made
direct amends to
such people
wherever possible,
except when to do
so would
injure them or others.
13.
... amends to
them all."
12&12 p.77,
Step Eight
"Made a
list of all
persons
we had
harmed, and
became
willing to make
amends to
them all."
14.
... amends to
them all.
BB p.59,
How It Works
8. Made a
list of all
persons we had
harmed, and
became willing to make
amends to them all.
15.
... amends to
those concerned, except when it ...
12&12 p.108,
Step Twelve
We
followed this up in
Step Nine by
making direct amends to those
concerned,
except when it would
injure
them or other people.
16.
... amends to
those we had harmed, or ...
12&12 p.32,
Step Two
In no
deep or
meaningful
sense had we ever
taken stock of ourselves, made
amends
to those we had
harmed, or
freely given to any other
human being without any
demand
for
reward.
17.
... amends, we
may enjoy such a sense ...
12&12 p.85,
Step Nine
After
taking this
preliminary trial at
making amends, we may
enjoy such a
sense of
relief that we
conclude our
task is
finished.
18.
... amends where
we have done harm, provided ...
BB p.69,
How It Works
We
must be
willing to make
amends where we have done
harm,
provided that we do not
bring about still more
harm in so doing.
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