From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... balance.
12&12 p.46,
Step Four
2.
... balance.
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.
3.
... balance.
12&12 p.102,
Step Eleven
4.
... balance.
12&12 p.121,
Step Twelve
5.
... balance.
12&12 p.142,
Tradition Three
6.
... balance, and
live to good purpose under ...
12&12 p.88,
Step Ten
Then comes the acid test: can we stay sober, keep in emotional balance, and live to good purpose under all conditions?
7.
... balance and
tempt us to make mistakes.
12&12 p.91,
Step Ten
The quick inventory is
aimed at our daily ups and downs, especially those where people or new events throw us off balance and tempt us to make mistakes.
8.
... balance by
creating an insatiable appetite for ...
12&12 p.85,
Step Nine
This atmosphere of approval and praise is apt to be so exhilarating
as to put us off balance by creating an insatiable
appetite for more of the
same.
9.
... balance, provided
we remember, and repeat to ...
12&12 p.103,
Step Eleven
If at these points our emotional disturbance
happens to be great, we will more surely keep our balance, provided we remember, and repeat to ourselves, a particular prayer or phrase that has appealed to
us in our reading or meditation.
10.
... balance sheet,
crediting ourselves with things well ...
12&12 p.89,
Step Ten
Here we cast up a balance sheet, crediting ourselves with things well done, and chalking up debits where due.
11.
... balance sheet
for the day.
12&12 p.93,
Step Ten
When evening comes, perhaps just before going to sleep, many of us draw up a balance sheet for the day.
12.
... balance, the
religions of mankind had done ...
BB p.11,
Bill's Story
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