From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
APPLY occurs
11 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... apply.
BB p.38,
More About Alcoholism
Some of you are
thinking: "Yes, what you tell us
is
true, but it doesn't
fully
apply.
2.
... apply at
the office or factory.
12&12 p.84,
Step Nine
Much the same
approach will
apply at the
office or
factory.
3.
... apply spiritual
principles in their lives, we ...
BB p.116,
To Wives
As our
husbands began to
apply spiritual principles in their
lives,
we
began to see the
desirability of doing so too.
4.
... apply the
lessons it learned.
12&12 p.149,
Tradition Four
Moreover, it had
performed a
great service for
Alcoholics Anonymous,
because it had been
humbly willing to
apply the
lessons it
learned.
5.
... apply the
powers of good that lie ...
BB xxvii(xxv),
The Doctor's Opinion
6.
... apply to
husband number one should be ...
BB p.112,
To Wives
The same
principles which
apply to
husband number one should be
practiced.
7.
... apply to
nearly everyone bound by ties ...
BB p.104,
To Wives
What they say will
apply to
nearly everyone bound by
ties of
blood or
affection to an
alcoholic.
8.
... apply to
our human problems this same ...
BB p.52,
We Agnostics
We had to
ask ourselves why we shouldn't
apply to our
human problems this same
readiness to
change our
point of
view.
9.
... apply to
the Foundation for a charter.
12&12 p.148,
Tradition Four
They
understood that the
elders, just to
nail things
down
good, were about to
apply
to the
Foundation for a
charter.
10.
... apply to
the life of the Fellowship ...
12&12 p.15,
Foreword
A.A.'s
Twelve Traditions apply to the
life of the
Fellowship
itself.
11.
... apply to
them, too.
12&12 p.51,
Step Four
Businesswomen in
A.A.
will
naturally find that many of these
questions apply to them,
too.
Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous
and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.
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The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.
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