From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... attitudes.
BB p.417(449),
Acceptance
I need to concentrate
not so much on what needs to
be changed in the world as
on what needs to be changed in me and in my attitudes.
2.
... attitudes a
wife may take with the ...
BB p.122,
The Family Afterward
3.
... attitudes and
actions that almost no alcoholic ...
12&12 p.24,
Step One
For practicing A.A.'s remaining eleven Steps means the adoption of attitudes and actions that almost no alcoholic who is still drinking can dream of taking.
4.
... attitudes and
actions toward security -- emotional security ...
12&12 p.115,
Step Twelve
After we come into A.A., if we go on growing, our attitudes and actions toward security -- emotional security and financial
security -- commence
to change profoundly.
5.
... attitudes, and
right action is the key ...
12&12 p.125,
Step Twelve
Understanding is the key to right principles and attitudes,
and right action is the key to good living; therefore the joy of good living is the theme of A.A.'s Twelfth Step.
6.
... attitudes are
common enough, we A.A.'s find ...
12&12 p.92,
Step Ten
Although these attitudes
are common enough, we A.A.'s find we need something much better in order to keep our balance.
7.
... attitudes have
caused us more trouble than ...
12&12 p.56,
Step Five
8.
... attitudes that
finally brought many of us ...
12&12 p.116,
Step Twelve
These were the new attitudes
that finally brought many of us an inner strength and peace that
could not be deeply shaken
by the shortcomings of others or by any calamity not of our own making.
9.
... attitudes toward
our instincts need to undergo ...
12&12 p.114,
Step Twelve
And as we grow spiritually, we find that
our old attitudes toward our instincts need to undergo drastic revisions.
10.
... attitudes, very
happy results do follow.
12&12 p.120,
Step Twelve
11.
... attitudes were
sharply reversed, often going much ...
12&12 p.120,
Step Twelve
Upon entering A.A., these attitudes were sharply reversed, often going much too far in the opposite direction.
12.
... attitudes which
make us more useful to ...
BB p.19,
There Is A Solution
Most of us sense that real tolerance of other people's shortcomings
and viewpoints and a respect for their opinions
are attitudes which make us more useful to others.
13.
... attitudes which
were once the guiding forces ...
BB p.27,
There Is A Solution
Ideas, emotions, and
attitudes which were once the
guiding forces of the lives of these men are suddenly cast to one side, and a completely new set of conceptions and motives begin to dominate them.
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