From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... asking a
few doctors, ministers, priests or ...
BB p.89,
Working With Others
2.
... asking each
morning in meditation that our ...
BB p.83,
Into Action
So we clean house with the
family, asking each morning in meditation that our Creator show us the way of patience, tolerance, kindliness
and love.
3.
... asking for
sympathy and attention.
12&12 p.94,
Step Ten
We were depressed and complained we felt bad, when in fact we were mainly asking for sympathy and attention.
4.
... asking forgiveness.
BB p.79,
Into Action
5.
... asking God's
help and guidance -- meanwhile resolving ...
12&12 p.86,
Step Nine
Do we lay the matter before our sponsor or spiritual adviser, earnestly asking God's help and guidance -- meanwhile resolving to do the right
thing when it becomes clear, cost what it may?
6.
... asking God
to do it our way.
12&12 p.102,
Step Eleven
7.
... asking, "Is
there anything in our tradition ...
12&12 p.158,
Tradition Six
Straightway he appeared at New York's A.A. headquarters, asking, "Is
there anything in our tradition that suggests
I shouldn't take a job like this one?
8.
... asking myself
how it happened.
BB p.6,
Bill's Story
9.
... asking only
for direction and strength to ...
BB p.13,
Bill's Story
I was to sit quietly when in
doubt, asking only for direction and strength
to meet my problems as He
would have me.
10.
... asking something
for nothing.
12&12 p.32,
Step Two
11.
... asking that
it be divorced from self-pity, ...
BB p.86,
Into Action
Before we begin, we ask God to direct our thinking, especially asking that it
be divorced from self-pity, dishonest or self-seeking motives.
12.
... asking --
"What do I have to do?"
BB p.20,
There Is A Solution
If you are an alcoholic who wants to get over it, you may already be
asking -- "What do I have to do?"
13.
... asking yourself
what they mean to you.
BB p.47,
We Agnostics
Do not let any prejudice you may have against spiritual terms deter you from honestly asking yourself what they mean to
you.
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