From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... asked.
12&12 p.108,
Step Twelve
Then, in Step Seven, we humbly asked God to remove our shortcomings such as He
could or would under the conditions of the day we
asked.
2.
... asked a
Higher Power, God as I ...
12&12 p.63,
Step Six
But when I became willing
to clean house and then
asked a Higher Power, God as I understood Him, to give me
release, my obsession
to drink vanished.
3.
... asked Charlie
for a little time to ...
12&12 p.137,
Tradition Two
4.
... asked Dr.
Silkworth if he had a ...
12&12 p.151,
Tradition Five
5.
... asked each
group to send in its ...
12&12 p.140,
Tradition Three
6.
... asked for
the grace to bring love, ...
12&12 p.101,
Step Eleven
Then he asked for the grace
to bring love, forgiveness, harmony,
truth, faith, hope, light, and joy to every human being he could.
7.
... asked God
to help and the drastic ...
BB p.80,
Into Action
If we have obtained permission, have consulted with others,
asked God to help and the drastic step is indicated we must not shrink.
8.
... asked God
to help us show them ...
BB p.67,
How It Works
We asked God to help us show them the same tolerance, pity, and patience that we
would cheerfully grant
a sick friend.
9.
... asked God
to mold our ideals and ...
BB p.69,
How It Works
10.
... asked God
to remove our shortcomings such ...
12&12 p.108,
Step Twelve
Then, in Step Seven, we humbly asked God to remove our shortcomings such as He
could or would under the conditions of the day we
asked.
11.
... asked God
to stop that.
12&12 p.31,
Step Two
12.
... asked him
point-blank why he could not ...
BB p.26,
There Is A Solution
13.
... asked Him
to remove our shortcomings."
12&12 p.70,
Step Seven
14.
... asked Him
to remove our shortcomings."
12&12 p.75,
Step Seven
It marked the time when we
could commence to see the
full implication of Step Seven: "Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings."
15.
... asked Him
to remove our shortcomings.
BB p.59,
How It Works
16.
... asked him
to tell us exactly how ...
BB p.36,
More About Alcoholism
17.
... asked himself
this question: "Is it possible ...
BB p.56,
We Agnostics
But later, alone in his room, he asked himself this question: "Is
it possible that all the religious people I have known are wrong?"
18.
... asked His
protection and care with complete ...
BB p.59,
How It Works
19.
... asked, 'How
much does your scheme cost?'
12&12 p.152,
Tradition Five
20.
... asked if
he might come over.
BB p.8,
Bill's Story
21.
... asked me
if I thought myself alcoholic ...
BB p.42,
More About Alcoholism
They grinned, which I didn't like so much, and then asked me if I thought myself alcoholic and if I
were really licked this time.
22.
... asked of
him than he can do.
12&12 p.49,
Step Four
So when A.A. suggests a fearless moral inventory, it must seem to every newcomer that more is being asked of him than he can
do.
23.
... asked ourselves
this: Are not some of ...
BB p.51,
We Agnostics
We asked ourselves this:
Are not some of us just as biased and unreasonable
about the realm of the spirit as were the ancients
about the realm of the material?
24.
... asked ourselves
why we had them.
BB p.68,
How It Works
25.
... asked ourselves
why we were angry.
BB p.64,
How It Works
26.
... asked the
A.A. groups for voluntary contributions.
12&12 p.162,
Tradition Seven
27.
... asked the
prospective publicity director how he ...
12&12 p.158,
Tradition Six
The minute we saw this compromising fact for
what it was, we asked the prospective publicity
director how he felt about
it.
28.
... asked to
be let in.
12&12 p.141,
Tradition Three
29.
... asked to
contribute a few words on ...
BB xxvii(xxv),
The Doctor's Opinion
There was, therefore, a sense of real satisfaction when I was asked to contribute a few words on a subject which is covered in
such masterly detail in these pages.
30.
... asked to
fill.
12&12 p.170,
Tradition Eight
31.
... asked to
speak at A.A. meetings because ...
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
32.
... asked what
God's will was for us; ...
12&12 p.31,
Step Two
At no time had we asked what God's will was for us; instead we
had been telling Him what it ought to be.
33.
... asked: "Why
can't we take a specific ...
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?"
34.
Asked why
they commenced to drink again, ...
BB p.107,
To Wives
35.
... asked, "will
you let me join your ...
12&12 p.142,
Tradition Three
36.
... asked yourself
why it is that all ...
BB p.20,
There Is A Solution
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