From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... answers.
12&12 p.54,
Step Four
2.
... answers.
12&12 p.111,
Step Twelve
But in the longer run we clearly realize that these
are only the pains of growing up, and nothing but good can come from them if we turn more and more to the entire Twelve Steps for the answers.
3.
... answers, and
certainly not because he had ...
BB p.180,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
4.
... answers at
all.
12&12 p.103,
Step Eleven
5.
... answers come
after we have tried this ...
BB p.86,
Into Action
6.
... answers that
our experience has yet given ...
BB p.561(563),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
The "12 Traditions" of Alcoholics Anonymous
are, we A.A.'s believe, the
best answers that our experience has yet given to those ever-urgent questions, "How can A.A. best function?" and, "How can
A.A. best stay whole and so survive?"
7.
... answers that
work for us.
12&12 p.117,
Step Twelve
We A.A.'s cannot pretend to
offer full answers to age-old perplexities, but our
own experience does provide certain answers that work for us.
8.
... answers the
mail, and sends out notices ...
12&12 p.134,
Tradition Two
The secretary sees that
literature is on the table, looks after the phone-answering service, answers the mail, and sends out notices of meetings.
9.
... answers to
age-old perplexities, but our own ...
12&12 p.117,
Step Twelve
We A.A.'s cannot pretend to
offer full answers to age-old perplexities, but our
own experience does provide certain answers that work for us.
10.
... answers to
our requests?"
12&12 p.103,
Step Eleven
Of course, it is reasonable and understandable that the question is often asked: "Why can't we take a specific and troubling dilemma straight to God, and in prayer secure from Him sure and definite answers to our requests?"
11.
... answers will
come, if your own house ...
BB p.164,
A Vision For You
12.
... answers, "Yes!
12&12 p.132,
Tradition Two
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