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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... answer.
12&12 p.32,
Step Two
There are too many of us who have been just like him, and have
found the
riddle's
answer.
2.
... answer.
12&12 p.57,
Step Five
Step Five was the
answer.
3.
... answer.
12&12 p.178,
Tradition Ten
Had they been
left to themselves, and had they
stuck to their one
goal, they
might have
found the
rest of
the
answer.
4.
... answer.
12&12 p.187,
Tradition Twelve
5.
... answer.
BB p.144,
To Employers
Ask him if he
thinks he has
the
answer.
6.
... answer.
BB p.160,
A Vision For You
Many an
alcoholic who
entered there
came away with
an
answer.
7.
... answer and
program of action which a ...
BB p.42,
More About Alcoholism
8.
... answer be
-- yes or no?"
12&12 p.142,
Tradition Three
What shall the answer be -- yes or no?"
9.
... answer enough
for any alcoholic.
12&12 p.37,
Step Three
One
good look in the
mirror ought to be
answer enough for any
alcoholic.
10.
... answer for
alcoholism, it was reasonable (or ...
12&12 p.155,
Tradition Six
The
moment we saw that we had an
answer for
alcoholism, it was
reasonable (or so it
seemed at the
time) for us to
feel that we might have the
answer to a
lot of other things.
11.
... answer for
sufferers of this disease.
12&12 p.150,
Tradition Five
Alcoholics Anonymous can be
likened
to a
group of
physicians who might find a
cure for
cancer, and upon whose
concerted work would
depend the
answer for
sufferers of this
disease.
12.
... answer for
that one.
12&12 p.153,
Tradition Five
"
Thank heaven I
came up with the
right answer for that one.
13.
... answer for
you.
BB p.110,
To Wives
His
case presents additional questions
which we shall
try to
answer
for you.
14.
... answer had
to be that A.A. needed ...
12&12 p.153,
Tradition Five
Suppose my
answer had to be
that
A.A. needed a
lot of
money; that
A.A. went in for
education,
hospitals, and
rehabilitation?
15.
... answer has
to do with the quality ...
12&12 p.32,
Step Two
This
answer has to do with the
quality of
faith rather than
its quantity.
16.
... answer he
felt as though he lived ...
BB p.56,
We Agnostics
While
pondering the
answer he
felt as though he
lived in
hell.
17.
... answer I
could make was that if ...
BB p.138,
To Employers
The only
answer I could make was that if the
man followed the
usual pattern, he would go on
a
bigger bust than ever.
18.
... answer is
in still more spiritual development.
12&12 p.114,
Step Twelve
Our
answer is in still more
spiritual development.
19.
... answer is
"No.
12&12 p.170,
Tradition Eight
We
think the
answer is "No.
20.
... answer is
that few people will sincerely ...
12&12 p.24,
Step One
The
answer is that few people will
sincerely try to
practice the
A.A. program unless they have
hit bottom.
21.
... answer is
that since these things have ...
BB p.153,
A Vision For You
The
practical answer is
that since these things have
happened among us,
they can
happen with you.
22.
... answer is
"Yes, notwithstanding the apparent lack ...
12&12 p.134,
Tradition Two
Most
emphatically the
answer is "Yes, notwithstanding the
apparent lack of it."
23.
... answer its
telephone, but it was an ...
12&12 p.167,
Tradition Eight
Even more
important, an
empty club couldn't
answer its telephone, but it was an
open invitation to a
drunk on a
binge who
possessed a
spare key.
24.
... answer may
begin to find one in ...
BB xxi,
Foreword to Second Edition
Yet it is our
great hope that all those who have as
yet found no
answer may
begin to find one in the
pages of this book and will
presently join us on the
high road to a new
freedom.
25.
... answer, now
seen in Tradition Three, was ...
12&12 p.141,
Tradition Three
The
answer, now seen in
Tradition Three, was
simplicity itself.
26.
... answer --
self-knowledge.
BB p.7,
Bill's Story
Surely this was the
answer
--
self-
knowledge.
27.
... answer such
questions specifically.
BB p.20,
There Is A Solution
It is the
purpose of this book to
answer such
questions specifically.
28.
... answer, that
he has no attitude of ...
BB p.18,
There Is A Solution
That the
man who is
making
the
approach has had the same
difficulty, that he
obviously knows what he is
talking about, that his
whole deportment shouts at the new
prospect
that he is a
man with a
real
answer, that he has no
attitude of
Holier Than
Thou,
nothing whatever
except the
sincere desire to be
helpful; that
there are no
fees to
pay, no
axes to
grind, no people to
please, no
lectures to be
endured -- these are the
conditions we have
found
most
effective.
29.
... answer the
riddle.
BB p.22,
There Is A Solution
We cannot
answer the
riddle.
30.
... answer these
questions satisfactorily, you need have ...
BB p.102,
Working With Others
31.
... answer this
by relating one of my ...
BB xxxi(xxix),
The Doctor's Opinion
Perhaps I can
best answer this
by
relating one of my
experiences.
32.
... answer this
question with a loud "No!"
12&12 p.129,
Tradition One
We may
certainly answer
this
question with a
loud
"No!"
33.
... answer to
a lot of other things.
12&12 p.155,
Tradition Six
The
moment we saw that we had an
answer for
alcoholism, it was
reasonable (or so it
seemed at the
time) for us to
feel that we might have the
answer to a
lot of other things.
34.
... answer to
alcoholism.
12&12 p.178,
Tradition Ten
35.
... answer to
all my problems today.
BB p.417(449),
Acceptance
And
acceptance is the
answer to all my
problems today.
36.
... answer to
it is apparent to us.
12&12 p.64,
Step Six
Nevertheless, at
least a
part
of the
answer to it is
apparent to us.
37.
... answer to
our satisfaction, we then look ...
BB p.76,
Into Action
If we can
answer to our
satisfaction, we then
look at
Step Six.
38.
... answer to
these questions.
BB p.22,
There Is A Solution
Perhaps there
never will be a
full answer to these
questions.
39.
... answer to
these questions about living is ...
12&12 p.112,
Step Twelve
The
A.A. answer to these
questions about
living is
"Yes, all of these things are
possible."
40.
... answer to
which may be only in ...
12&12 p.64,
Step Six
This is a
riddle of our
existence, the
full answer to which may be only in the
mind of
God.
41.
... answer was
'My own sobriety and a ...
12&12 p.152,
Tradition Five
"Of
course, my
answer was
'My
own sobriety and a
mighty happy life.'
42.
... answer we
had found.
BB p.35,
More About Alcoholism
We told him what we
knew of
alcoholism and the
answer
we had
found.
43.
... answer which
can fit all such dilemmas.
12&12 p.87,
Step Nine
Of
course, there is no
pat
answer which can
fit all such
dilemmas.
44.
... answer will
come, if we want it.
BB p.69,
How It Works
The
right answer will
come, if we
want it.
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